In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day

In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day
by Carmel McCaffrey

In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day
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Author: Carmel McCaffrey
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-26
ISBN: 1566637562
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ivan R Dee

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Book Review: Great Irish history book
Summary: 5 Stars

I love learning about Irish history, and this book is great for a background study. Don't start with this one, however. You also need the first book which tells of the earlier history.
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In In Search of Ancient Ireland, published by Ivan R. Dee in 2002, Carmel McCaffrey traced the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C. to the Norman invasion. Now, in an engaging sequel, Ms. McCaffrey tells the story of the struggle between English and Irish aspirations in the centuries since the first English incursions into Ireland in the twelfth century. This is a narrative history filled with powerful personalities and families who fought in battle and through constitutional means to free Ireland from English control. With an extensive use of original sources?letters, personal accounts, and parliamentary documents?Ms. McCaffrey brings these individuals to life and tells their story. We meet the intrepid O?Neills, the colorful O?Donnells, the wily Fitzgeralds, and many others whose passion for freedom and for Ireland could not be conquered. The Irish, as the book recounts, struggled over many generations to hold on to ancient lands only to lose their fight in the Elizabethan wars. In the early 1600s the ancient Irish Brehon laws were extinguished, and it seemed as if the Gaelic past had been washed from memory. Yet the story of Irish determination did not end there. Other generations took up the effort to establish an Irish parliament free of English control that would answer the needs of all citizens. To this stirring history Ms. McCaffrey brings the same adroitness that prompted Terry Golway of the New York Observer to call her first book "marvelous...fine storytelling and analysis." With 25 black-and-white photographs and a map.

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