Download or read book Ireland a Cultural Encyclopaedia written by Brian De Breffny and published by . This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ireland a Cultural Encyclopaedia written by Brian De Breffny and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes general articles on architecture, sculpture, literature, traditional crafts; biographical data on artists, composers, actors; archaeological sites and important buildings.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture written by James S. Donnelly and published by MacMillan Reference Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, covering entries A-O, presents the history and culture of Ireland, from the earliest times down to the present day.
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture written by James S. Donnelly and published by Schirmer Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over four hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on the history, politics, religion, arts, society, and culture of Ireland, and includes nearly two hundred photos, etchings, and maps, and approximately 150 primary documents.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ireland written by Ciaran Brady and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Oxford reference, find Francis Bacon, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett; Enya (but not Sinead O'Connor), the Chieftains, and Van Morrison; the IRA and the United Irishmen; Irish towns and counties; or Irish Music and Irish Film. Though entries are fairly short, this encyclopedia's reach is long, featuring 300 biographies, 500 historical entries, 400 geographical entries, 15 chronologies on Irish history, and 200 quotations on the country--about 2,000 entries in all. Other areas covered include Irish symbols, genealogy, politics, and the contributions of the Irish diaspora. The editor is senior lecturer in Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland written by Barra Boydell and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The encyclopaedia of music in Ireland ... represents the first comprehensive attempt to chart Irish musical experience across recorded history. It also documents Ireland's musical relations with the world at large, notably in Britain, continental Europe and the United States, and it seeks to identify those agencies (personal and organisational) through which music has expressed itself as a cardinal feature of Irish political, social, religious and cultural life"--Introduction, page xxi.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture P Z Primary documents index written by James S. Donnelly, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture spans prehistoric times to the present, and treats both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in detail. Entries represent an inclusive, cross-disciplinary approach, written by specialists in history, archaeology, anthropology, geography, politics, economics, the Irish and English languages and literatures, the visual arts and other fields.
Download or read book The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Ireland written by Ciaran Brady and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia gives a wealth of information about: Ireland's history, its modern-day institutions, politics, and government; towns and places in Ireland, including tourist attractions; Irish men and women in all fields of activity; and Ireland's notable cultural heritage, literature, music, film, and sport. The work should appeal to anyone looking for reliable information about Ireland and its place in Europe.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ireland written by Brian Lalor and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all aspects of Irish life, culture, and history, within Ireland and abroad.
Download or read book The Lore of Ireland written by Dáithí Ó Hogáin and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive reference book on Ireland's cultural and religious heritage. Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are 350 substantial entries, in alphabetical order from Abán, a 6th-century saint, to Weather, all with full references to sources, a synopsis of relevant stories, and discussion of their origin, nature and development. These are complimented by a genre-list of material under various headings, such as Mythical Lore, Fianna Cycle, Ulster Cycle, King Cycles, Peoples and Traditions, Religious Lore, and Folk Custom and Belief. There is also a wealth of genealogical detail, indicating how historical and social circumstances have influenced the growth and spread of Irish lore. DAITHI O HOGAIN, Associate Professor of Irish Folklore at University College Dublin, was an international authority on folklore and traditional literature.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Ireland written by Brian Lalor and published by Gill. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopaedia of Ireland contains a full A-Z listing of over 5500 articles on all things Irish, past and present, written by experts in the various fields. All the text has been specially commissioned and written for the Encyclopaedia. From the Mesolithic Age to the 21st century, this reference covers subjects as diverse as: biography, education, art and architecture, topography, sport, literature, history and politics, military, commerce and law, folklore, natural history, science, religion, transport, engineering, diet, food and drink, music and many more.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America written by Michael Glazier and published by Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distinguished scholars from American, Ireland, Canada and Britain have contributed major articles about important events, themes, and people of the Irish saga in American, from colonial times to today.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Irish Culture written by Luke Gibbons and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 500 entries, the Encyclopedia brings conceptions of Irish identity fully up-to-date and in to line with developments in modern, or post-modern Irish Culture.
Download or read book Ireland and the Americas written by James Patrick Byrne and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Locating Irish Folklore written by Diarmuid Ó Giolláin and published by Cork University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of its kind, Irish Folklore is a key text that uses Nordic ethnography methods and Latin American culture theory to explain how differing groups legitimise their own identities by identifying with notions drawn from folklore.
