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Ireland in the twentieth century / Tim Pat Coogan.

By: Coogan, Tim Pat, 1935-.
Publisher: London : Arrow, 2004Description: xv, 862 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0099415224; 9780099415220.Subject(s): History | European history | History | Social & cultural history | Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 941.7082 | 941.5 COO
Contents:
Grasping the Orange Nettle -- Aftermath and Civil War -- From Blood to Book-keeping -- Ourselves (Very much) alone -- Stormont: A Body Impolithic -- Republicans fall and rise, Croziers Fall -- Lemass: The Window-Opener -- The Green Flickers Out, The Orange Ignites -- Decade of Dissension -- Paisley the Parliamentarian -- Sinn Fein Re-emerges -- The Peace Process -- Culture and Society.
Summary: A thorough, highly detailed account of the current history of Ireland, especially political.Summary: This history of Ireland in the 20th century, written by Tim Pat Coogan, covers the 1916 Rebellion, the Sinn Fein movement, the IRA, the Anglo-Irish war and the Civil War as well as the partitioning of the country.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 941.7082 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00116786
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 941.5 COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000576367
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ireland's bestselling popular historian tells the story of contemporary Ireland - controversial, authoritative and highly readable. Tim Pat Coogan's biographies of Michael Collins and DeValera and his studies of the IRA, the Troubles and the Irish Diaspora have transformed our understanding of contemporary Ireland, and all have been massive bestsellers. Now he has produced a major history of Ireland in the twentieth century. Covering both South and North and dealing with cultural and social history as well as political, this enthralling work will become the definitive single-volume account of the making of modern Ireland.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 755-783) and index.
Bibliography: (pages 785-810).

Grasping the Orange Nettle -- Aftermath and Civil War -- From Blood to Book-keeping -- Ourselves (Very much) alone -- Stormont: A Body Impolithic -- Republicans fall and rise, Croziers Fall -- Lemass: The Window-Opener -- The Green Flickers Out, The Orange Ignites -- Decade of Dissension -- Paisley the Parliamentarian -- Sinn Fein Re-emerges -- The Peace Process -- Culture and Society.

A thorough, highly detailed account of the current history of Ireland, especially political.

This history of Ireland in the 20th century, written by Tim Pat Coogan, covers the 1916 Rebellion, the Sinn Fein movement, the IRA, the Anglo-Irish war and the Civil War as well as the partitioning of the country.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Tim Pat Coogan, former editor of the Irish Press, is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his journalism and especially for his books, which include Wherever Green is Worn, The Troubles, Michael Collins and De Valera.