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Book Flight of the Earls

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael K. Reynolds
  • Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1433678195
  • Pages : 448 pages

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.

Book The Daughters of the First Earl of Cork

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.

Book William Parsons  3rd Earl of Rosse

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 380 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.

Book The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland

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:

Book Tales of the Elders of Ireland

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.

Book The Irish Nation

Download or read book The Irish Nation written by James Wills and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Geraldines  Earls of Desmond  and the Persecution of the Irish Catholics

Download or read book The Geraldines Earls of Desmond and the Persecution of the Irish Catholics written by Daniel Daly and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Irish Duke

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  • Author : Virginia Henley
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2010-03-02
  • ISBN : 110118583X
  • Pages : 417 pages

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 417 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...

Book The Irish Nation

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Wills
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-04-11
  • ISBN : 3382176955
  • Pages : 710 pages

Download or read book The Irish Nation written by James Wills and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Book Tyrone s Rebellion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hiram Morgan
  • Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780851156835
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Tyrone s Rebellion written by Hiram Morgan and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `A study of both Tudor Anglo-Irish relations and the 16th century, Morgan's work is first rate, thoughtful, well-researched and subtle.' ARCHIVES As a study of both Tudor Anglo-Irish relations and the sixteenth-century, Morgan's work is first rate, thoughtful, well-researched and subtle. ARCHIVES Fascinating piece of detective work... No serious student of late Tudor Ireland can afford to ignore this rigorous and painstaking analysis. HISTORY Between 1594-1603 Elizabeth I faced her most dangerous challenge - the insurrection in Ireland known to British historians as the rebellion of the earl of Tyrone, and to their Irish counterparts in the Nine Years War. This study examines the causes of the conflict in the developing policy of the Crown, which climaxed in the Monaghan settlement of 1591, and the continuing resilience of the Gaelic system which brought to power Hugh Roe O'Donnell and Hugh O'Neill. The role of Hugh O'Neill, the earl of Tyrone, was pivotal in the conspiracies leading up to the war and in the leadership ofthe Irish cause thereafter. O'Neill's acceptance of an alliance with Spain rather than a fragile compromise with England is the terminal point of the study. By exploiting all the available source material, Dr Morgan has not only provided a critical reassessment of the early career of Hugh O'Neill but also made an original and lasting contribution to both Irish and Tudor historiography. HIRAM MORGAN is lecturer in history, University College, Cork.

Book The Great O Neill

Download or read book The Great O Neill written by Seán O'Faoláin and published by Dufour Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great deal more than a popular biography of one of Ireland's greatest chieftains. It is also a graphic portrait of life in Gaelic Ireland, When the Gaels were making their last stand against the English invaders, and the Gaelic way of life was abo

Book Thomas Butler  Earl of Ossory  1634 80

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]

Book The Geraldines and Medieval Ireland

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).

Book The Irish Compendium  Or  Rudiments of Honour  Containing the Descent  Marriage  Isssue  Titles  Posts  and Seats  of All the Nobility of Ireland  with Their Arms  Crests  Supporters  Motto s  and Parliament Robes  Exactly Engraved on Copper Plates

Download or read book The Irish Compendium Or Rudiments of Honour Containing the Descent Marriage Isssue Titles Posts and Seats of All the Nobility of Ireland with Their Arms Crests Supporters Motto s and Parliament Robes Exactly Engraved on Copper Plates written by Francis Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Irish Nation

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  • Author : James Wills (D.D.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1875
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 744 pages

Download or read book The Irish Nation written by James Wills (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Colonial World of Richard Boyle  First Earl of Cork

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.

Book The Irish Compendium Or Rudiments of Honour Containing the Descent  Marriage  Issue  Titles Posts and Seats of All the Nobility of Ireland with Their Arms Crests Supporters  Motto s and Parliaments Roles Exactly Engraved on Copper plates

Download or read book The Irish Compendium Or Rudiments of Honour Containing the Descent Marriage Issue Titles Posts and Seats of All the Nobility of Ireland with Their Arms Crests Supporters Motto s and Parliaments Roles Exactly Engraved on Copper plates written by Irish Compendium and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: