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A concise history of Ireland / Máire and Conor Cruise O'Brien.
By: O'Brien, Máire
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Contributor(s): O'Brien, Conor Cruise.
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BookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1972Description: 192p : ill, facsims, maps, ports ; 25cm.ISBN: 0500450110; 9780500450116.Subject(s): Ireland -- HistoryDDC classification: 941.5 CRU
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 941.5 CRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000121206 |
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| 941.5 COO The Irish : a personal view / | 941.5 COO Ireland in the twentieth century / | 941.5 CRO Irish nationalism : a history of its roots and ideology / | 941.5 CRU A concise history of Ireland / | 941.5 CUL The emergence of modern Ireland 1600-1900 / | 941.5 DAL Social and economic history of Ireland since 1800. | 941.5 DEB Heritage of Ireland / |
Bibliographyp.175-177. _ Includes index.
Bibliographyp.175-177. - Includes index.
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Writer and diplomat Conor Cruise O'Brien was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 3, 1917. He studied history at Trinity College and found a job in the civil service. While working as a civil servant, he wrote two books Maria Cross (1952) and Parnell and His Party (1957). As a diplomat, he focused on creating an independent position for Ireland in the United Nations and played a critical role in the United Nations intervention in Congo in 1961. In 1969, he won a seat in Ireland's Parliament. He also was editor in chief of The Observer and was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, and The Irish Independent. He wrote numerous books throughout his lifetime including To Katanga and Back, The Great Melody, Memoir: My Life and Themes, and The Long Affair. He died on December 18, 2008 at the age of 91.(Bowker Author Biography)