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THE COURSE OF IRISH HISTORY T H E C O U R S E O F I R I S H H I S T O R Y EDITED BY T. W. F. X. M o o d y a n d M a r tin Published in association with Radio Telefís Éireann by Roberts Rinehart Publishers Published in the United States and Canada Roberts Rinehart Publishers An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200 Lanham, MD 20706 Distributed by National Book Network Copyright © Radio Telefís Éireann 1967,1984,1994,2001. Published under license from Mercier Press, Cork, Ireland. First published 1967 Fifteenth impression 1980 Revised and enlarged edition 1984 Seventeenth impression 1993 Revised and enlarged edition 1994 Tenth impression 2000 Revised and enlarged edition 2001 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. Library of Congress Control Number: 2001097799 ISBN 1-58979-002-2 Manufactured in the United States of America. © The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Dedication To the memory of Theo Moody (1907-1984) and Frank X. Martin (1922—2000) in appreciation oftheir lifetime of work as historians and their pioneering contribution to the academic broadcasting of their subject on television. Contents Preface xiii 1 A Geographer’s View of Irish History Dr J. H. Andrews 1 2 Prehistoric Ireland Dr G. F. Mitchell 13 3 Early Irish Society: 1st-9th Century F. J. Byrne 25 4 The Beginnings of Christianity: 5th and 6th Centuries Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich 41 5 The Golden Age of Early Christian Ireland: 7th and 8th Centuries Dr Kathleen Hughes 54 6 The Age of the Viking: Wars 9th and 10th Centuries Liam de Paor 67 7 Ireland in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: c. 1000-1169 Dr Brian Ó Cuiv 81 8 The Normans: Arrival and Settlement: 1169-c. 1300 Dr F. X. Martin 95 9 The Medieval English Colony: 13th and 14th Centuries Dr J. F. Lydon 113 10 The Gaelic Resurgence and the Geraldine Supremacy: c. 1400- 1534 Art Cosgrove 125 11 The Tudor Conquest: 1534-1603 Dr G. A. Hayes-McCoy 139 12 The Colonisation of Ulster and the Rebellion of 1641: 1603-60 Dr Aidan Clarke 152 13 The Restoration and the Jacobite War: 1660-91 DrJ.G. Simms 165 14 The Age of the Penal Laws: 1691-1778 Maureen Wall 176 15 The Protestant Nation: 1775-1800 Dr R. B. McDowell 190 16 The Age of Daniel O’Connell: 1800-47 J. H. Whyte 204 17 The Great Famine: 1845-50 , Dr E. R. R. Green 218 18 Fenianism, Home Rule and the Land War: 1850-91 Dr T.W. Moody 228 19 From Parnell to Pearse: 1891-1921 Dr Donal McCartney 245 20 N orthern Ireland: 1921-66 Dr J. L. McCracken 262 21 The Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland: 1921-66 Patrick Lynch 272 22 Ireland: 1966-82 J. H. Whyte 288 23 Ireland: 1982-94 Dr Richard English 306 y 24 Ireland at the Turn of the Century: 1994-2001 Dr Dcrmot Keogh 321 Notes 345 Bibliography 350 Chronology 396 Contributors 438 Index 443
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