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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2012
      11 October 2012
      ISBN:
      9780511920745
      9781107009233
      9781107401945
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920745
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.72kg, 448 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.61kg, 448 Pages
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      British History: General Interest, History
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    This third edition of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's classic history of Ireland incorporates contemporary political and economic events as well as the latest archaeological and DNA discoveries. Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, it considers Irish history from the earliest times through the Celts, Cromwell, plantations, famine, Independence, the Omagh bomb, peace initiatives, and financial collapse. It profiles the key players in Irish history from Diarmuid MacMurrough to Gerry Adams and casts new light on the events, North and South, that have shaped Ireland today. Ireland's place in the modern world and its relationship with Britain, the USA and Europe is also examined with a fresh and original eye. Worldwide interest in Ireland continues to increase, but whereas it once focused on violence in Northern Ireland, the tumultuous financial events in the South have opened fresh debates and drawn fresh interest. This is a new history for a new era.

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