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“Ireland: A History” is an informative, readable narrative of the political history that led Ireland to the turmoil it was experiencing at the time of the writing in 1980. From the landing of Strongbow and his Norman colleagues, who began English involvement in Irish affairs, it follows through William III and James II, who are still heroes to the Protestant and Catholic communities in Ulster, Nineteenth Century political activists Daniel O’Connell and Charles Stewart Parnell to Michael Collins, Pádraig Pearse and Eamon de Valera who made Ireland 'A Nation Once Again' ( at least, as some would see it, a nation in part)
But did the heroes of 1916 really make a nation once again? Author Robert Kee explores the nature of Irish nationhood through the centuries. He examines the shifting relationships among Protestant gentry, who considered themselves to be truly Irish, the identification Irish nationality acquired with Catholicism and the question of who represented the true Ireland in 1916 - the rebels in GPO or the regiments of Irishmen along the Western Front?
This was issued for a large scale co-production for BBC and RTÉ in !980, first edition, Small closed tears to the edges of the dustjacket. Dust darkening to top of page block, some age spotting to page block and internal text pages.
