TY - BOOK ID - 5508894 TI - A short history of Ireland PY - 2012 SN - 9781107401945 9781107009233 9780511920745 9781139776387 113977638X 113978241X 9781139782418 0511920741 1107401941 9781283741439 1283741431 1107009235 1316089371 1139793799 1139779427 1107254272 1139777904 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Ireland KW - Northern Ireland KW - Irlande KW - Irlande du Nord KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Europe KW - Great Britain. KW - History. KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5508894 AB - 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. ER -