Download or read book Flight of the Earls written by Michael K. Reynolds and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of an Irish family in the 1840s immigrating to America, where love, adventure, tragedy, and a terrible secret are waiting.
Download or read book The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors written by Charles William FitzGerald Leinster (4th Duke of) and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fitz Gerald family of England and Kildare, Ireland between 1057 and and 1773; the family immigrated from England to Ireland about 1176, having been granted a barony there by the King. Some of the family during the 1200s used the surname Fitz Maurice. "The Fitz Geralds, or Geraldines, are descended from 'Dominus Otho,' or Other, who in 1057 (16th Edward the Confessor) was an honorary Baron of England. He is said to have been one of the family of the Gherardini of Florence ...".
Download or read book The Irish Earl written by Patricia Bray and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning author of Devlin’s Luck once again “keeps readers in eager anticipation” with a ribald Regency romance about the search for true love (RT Book Reviews). Rich and beautiful, Lady Felicity Winterbourne has traveled the world in search of a place she can call home. And while there are many gentlemen eager to oblige her every wish, she knows that their ardor has more to do with her lavish dowry than true affection. When she meets the roguish Gerald FitzDesmond, Earl of Kilgarvan, tales of his ramshackle Irish estate seize her imagination. Abandoning decorum, Felicity proposes a marriage of convenience, with the proviso—lest Gerald prove to be yet another fortune-hunter—that she holds the purse strings. His dark looks and undeniable charm, however, soon complicate Felicity’s practical arrangement with the dizziest of desires. Meanwhile, the hard-headed Gerald finds himself becoming enchanted with his insubordinate new bride. But will either of these strong-willed souls be able to yield enough to hold on to their unlikely love?
Download or read book The Earl of Castlehaven s Memoirs of the Irish wars 1684 With the Earl of Anglesey s Letter from a person of honour in the countrey Facsimile reproductions with an introduction by Douglas G Greene written by James TOUCHET (Earl of Castlehaven.) and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Parsons 3rd Earl of Rosse written by R. Charles Mollan and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions – locally in the town and county around Birr, in political and other functions in an Ireland administered by the Protestant Ascendancy, in the development and activities of the Royal Society, of which he was President from 1848–54, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Countess of Rosse, who receives full acknowledgement in the book, was a woman of many talents, among which was her pioneering work in photography, and the book includes reproductions of her artistic exposures, and many other attractive illustrations.
Download or read book The Great O Neill written by Seán O'Faoláin and published by Learning Links. This book was released on 1986 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1942, this is the story of Hugh O'Neill. Born in 1550, Hugh O'Neill lived in England from the age of nine as a protege of Queen Elizabeth I. He returned to Ireland as Baron Dungannon and was proclaimed Earl of tyrone in 1585, but when he went through the ancient ritual of becoming The O'Neill, the chief of Tir Eoghain, in 1595, he had bthrown down the gauntlet to Tudor power.
Download or read book The Geraldines and Medieval Ireland written by Peter Crooks and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geraldines (or FitzGeralds) are the most celebrated of the dynastics established in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion; and the dynasty's most celebrated member during the Middle Ages was Gearóid Mór, the Great Earl of Kildare. This inaugural volume in the Trinity Medieval Ireland Series arises from a symposium held in September 2013 to mark the 500th anniversary of the Great Earl's death in September 1513. The book traces the history of the Great Earl's family from its origins to the sixteenth century. Some of Ireland's finest historians offer fresh appraisals of the origins of the Geraldines (Seán Duffy); the role of Giraldus Cambrensis in shaping the self-image of his own family (Huw Pryce); the significance of the Geraldines as conquerors (Colin Veach), castle-builders (Linzi Simpson) and colonizers (Brendan Smith); the astonishing ramification of the family (Paul MacCotter); the 'rebellious' reputation of the first earl of Desmond (Robin Frame); and the brutal execution in 1468 of his great-grandson, the seventh earl of Desmond (Peter Crooks). The authors also investigate Geraldine engagement with Gaelic culture (Katharine Simms) and the culture of early REnaissance Europe (Aisling Byrne), as well as the familys dealings with the native Irish (Sparky Booker), culminating in the remarkable career of the Great Earl (Steven G. Ellis) and the disastrous Desmond Rebellion (David Edwards). The book considers, too, the reception of the 'myth' of the Geraldines from the sixteenth century onwards, including the romance of 'Silken Thomas' (Ciaran Brady) and the battle for the legacy of teh Geraldines in nineteenth-century Ireland (Ruairí Cullen).
Download or read book The Colonial World of Richard Boyle First Earl of Cork written by David Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers presented at the two-day conference 'The world of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork, 1566-1643', held at University College Cork in June 2013.-- Page 11.
Download or read book The Daughters of the First Earl of Cork written by Ann-Maria Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle (1566-1643), first earl of Cork, this book examines how these women perceived and wrote their lives as individuals and as members of their famous family. The book explores the theme of identity through close readings of the extant texts from a number of perspectives: the figuration of Ireland; gender; the impact of civil war rupture; Protestantism; and legacy-making. This original showcasing of the Boyle women's largely forgotten female-voiced texts further illuminates how these women used the occasion of family writing and record-keeping to develop self-presentation strategies that allowed them to situate their lives at the centre of the transformations that were taking place in early modern Ireland and Britain.
Download or read book The Earl of Castlehaven s Review Or His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in the Irish Wars written by James Touchet Earl of Castlehaven and published by . This book was released on 1684 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Earls of Kildare and Their Ancestors written by Charles William Fitzgerald Duke of Leinster and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Elders of Ireland written by Harry Roe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the Elders of Irelandis the first complete translation of the late Middle-IrishAcallam na Sen rach, the largest literary text surviving from twelfth-century Ireland. It contains the earliest and most comprehensive collection of Fenian stories and poetry, intermingling the contemporary Christian world of Saint Patrick with his scribes; clerics; occasional angels and souls rescued from Hell; the earlier pagan world of the ancient, giant Fenians and Irish kings; and the parallel, timeless Otherworld (peopled by ever-young, shape-shifting fairies). This readable, lucid new translation is based on existing manuscript sources and is richly annotated, complete with an Introduction discussing the place of theAcallamin Irish tradition and the impact of the Fenian or Ossianic tradition on English and European literature. About the Series:For over 100 yearsOxford World's Classicshas made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Download or read book The Earl of Castlehaven s Memoirs written by James Touchet Earl of Castlehaven and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland written by Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon and published by . This book was released on 1720 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surviving the Tudors written by Vincent Carey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving the Tudors focuses on the political and social world of Gerald Fitzgerald the 'Wizard' earl of Kildare from 1537 to 1586. Kildare's experience provides us with an important insight into the process by which the Irish elites came into conflict with the crown and its representatives in the decades after the fateful Kildare rebellion in 1534. As the case of the 'Wizard' earl suggests, however, this outcome was not inevitable. After surviving Henry VIII's efforts to capture him while in exile on the continent, Kildare went on in the reign of Edward VI to salvage his lands and return to Ireland. Under the Catholic Mary he was restored to the earldom and re-established Geraldine primacy on the Leinster borders. Kildare used his available resources in a flexible response to the gradual extension of English rule. These assets included Gaelic alliances, coign and livery, court connections, and the power that came from being the Pale's greatest feudal lord. Kildare was capable of using these resources to undermine hostile administrations. Traditional border and Gaelic practices and the oscillations of Elizabethan court politics, however, exposed him to the machinations of his New English rivals. Rebellion and religious-inspired foreign intrigue were easily linked to him and provided a means whereby his status at court and in Ireland was finally damaged. The dilemma posed for Kildare during the rebellions of 1579-83 suggests that the disjointed process by which the Tudors extended their rule in Ireland not alone subverted his traditional authority but also forced him to question his very identity.
Download or read book Thomas Butler Earl of Ossory 1634 80 written by Daniel Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of Valentine Lawless, 2nd Lord Cloncurry (1773-1853) provides a fresh perspective on the life of a late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century Irishman. During his sixty years in public life, Cloncurry was associated with almost every political or public event that occurred in Ireland. Involved at the highest levels in the United Irishmen, he went on to forsake radicalism and to embrace Irish Protestant liberalism and a view of the Irish people as a nation that was clearly ahead of its time. Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century he had a profound influence on many aspects of Irish life. Lionised during his lifetime, his contribution is often overlooked, usually misunderstood, and now almost totally forgotten. As the most senior United Irishman to be allowed to return to Ireland after serving three years imprisoned without trial in the Tower of London, Cloncurry's story serves as a salutary example of the difficulties and the challenges of someone with a radical past trying to settle in a post-Union Ireland and to deal with the prejudices and suspicions of the administration. This book examines: his struggles to ameliorate the sufferings of his fellow Irishmen throughout the 1820s and 1830s irrespective of denomination; his aspiration to separate church and state and to divert tithes to the relief of the poor; his commitment to non-divisive education; his role as benevolent landlord; and his plans for economic development through canal building and bog drainage. Moreover, this book chronicles his sometimes difficult personal life, his often-turbulent relationships with Daniel O'Connell, Robert Peel, and the Duke of Wellington, his rather unsuccessful career in the House of Lords and-what was often considered his greatest achievement-working for Famine relief during the 1845-8 period. [Subject: Biography, Irish Studies, History, 19th C. Studies, Politics, United Irishmen]
Download or read book The Irish Duke written by Virginia Henley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Louisa scoffed when James Hamilton, Lord Abercorn of Ireland, asked for her hand. They feisty, black-haired beauty would have none of it... James Hamilton, heir to the Irish dynasty, yearns for Lady Louisa. The finest beauty in all of England refuses everyone. But family scandal tests Louisa's loyalty-throwing her reluctantly into Hamilton's arms, with consequences she never expected...
