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Name: Narrative History Of Ireland (Stair-Sheanchas Éireann)

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Author: Ó Siochfhradha, Mícheál

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Category: Gaelic Collection

Publisher: Aubane Historical Society

Published: 2005

ISBN: 1 903497 21 3

Contents: Seo stair na hÉireann, ón tsean-aimsir go dtí an lá inniu, curtha in eagar ag Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha ó Chorcha Dhuibhne. Tá aistí eile sonnracha sa leabhar seo, mar atá, fianaise Phádraig Uí Shiochfhradha ("An Seabhac") i dtaobh Sheachtain na Cásca 1916, agus cur síos ar an tslí ar chuaigh cúrsaí domhanda i bhfeidhm ar stair na hÉireann sa fichiú aois. Má tá ré an aithbhreithiúnachais i stair scríobhtha na hÉireann ag teacht chun deiridh,is mithid breathnú siar arís ar an nós inar chuir stairithe na hÉireann an scéal ársa sin in iúl don tsaol. This is a narrative history of Ireland from prehistoric times until the present day. It gives a lucid, concise account of all the major events over two millenia. It is the perfect introduction to the course of Irish history and it was a standard school textbook for many years at Secondary level. It was originally published in Irish only by the Educational Company of Ireland. This is a bilingual edition. As in previous publications we have retained the original Gaelic script. Therefore, the book is both a study of history and a means of studying some Gaelic as well as an opportunity to appreciate a modern example of the unique Gaelic script.

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Price: £21.00

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Name: Ned Buckley's Poems

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Author: Buckley, Ned

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Category: Irish Collection

Publisher: Aubane Historical Society

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Contents: 112 pp. Paperback.

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Price: £12.00

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Name: Northern Ireland And The Algerian Analogy

Subtitle: A Suitable Case For Gaullism?

Author: Roberts, Hugh

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Category: Northern Ireland Collection

Publisher: Athol Books

Published: 1986

ISBN: 0 85034 031 4

Contents: The assumption that the Ulster Protestants are a privileged and reactionary colonial caste, comparable with the Europeans in Algeria, is widespread within the English liberal and left intelligentsia, and has exercised an influence on Government policy towards the province since 1968. An analogy between the Unions and the "colons" in Algeria is frequently alluded to, if rarely argued explicitly. In this book, Hugh Roberts, who has devoted the last 13 years to a specialist study of Algeria, subjects these assumptions to detailed scrutiny and devastating criticism. The idea that the British Government has only to take on the Unionists as De Gaulle took on the "colons" was central to the strategic conception underlying the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Hugh Roberts shows that this idea rests on a basic historical ignorance of both Algeria and Ireland, even when it is expounded by such an eminent academic as R. W. Johnson, and that the political strategy derived from it is a practical impossibility. At a time when that bungled piece of colonialist engineering, the Hillsborough Agreement, is visibly collapsing, Hugh Roberts' analysis provides an indispensable key to the Northern Ireland problem, and a long overdue refutation of the tacitly racist stereotype of the Ulster Protestants which is current in the English press and Universities. 72 pp.

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Price: £8.00

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Name: Northern Ireland: What Is It?

Subtitle: Professor Mansergh Changes His Mind

Author: Clifford, Brendan

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Category: Irish Politics

Publisher: Athol Books

Published: 2011

ISBN: 1 8740157 26 7

Contents: This book is called Northern Ireland: What Is It? It might also have been called, Northern Ireland: What Is It For? After all, there must have been good reason to establish such a perverse system of government in a society so divided. Or perhaps The State Of Northern Ireland would have been to the point. The ambiguity of that title also goes to the heart of what this book is about: the governing arrangement established by Britain and the trouble it has caused. The 1920 Government of Ireland Act described itself as providing for the "good government" of an area broken off from Ireland—but the forms it set up made bad government inevitable. In a sense "Northern Ireland" was a time-bomb planted by stealth with the detonation coming some fifty years later.

But why was this done? What was "Northern Ireland" for? That is a question which has never been considered.

This book considers what was established in Northern Ireland and why. The why is important. It had—and continues to have—to do with the handling of the bit of Ireland which broke the Imperial State: an Ireland which had to cope with seeing a national minority misgoverned across the Border.

Professor Nicholas Mansergh was a historian, constitutional expert, and part of the inner ruling class of Britain. He wrote a book on Northern Ireland in 1936 which correctly described the constitutional form while misconceiving its politics. In 1983 he altered his opinion of "Northern Ireland" and endorsed an academic description of it as an Irish 'state', setting a trend picked up by a medley of other academics. This book takes a look at those writings and takes issue with their approach, which fitted in with the new Oxbridge project of "Re-Writing Irish History". History-writing has become a political project. If war is a continuation of politics by other means, it might be said that politics is a continuation of war by other means. Britain may have lost in 1922, but the war is not over yet.

"Northern Ireland" is clearly continuing to serve the purpose for which it was set up.

A Belfast Magazine, No. 38.

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Price: £20.00

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Name: Notes On The History Of Millstreet

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Editor: Lane, Jack

Category: Irish Collection

Publisher: Aubane Historical Society

Published: 2001

ISBN: 1 903 497 04 3

Contents: These two contributions towards a history of Millstreet, by Canon Costello and Padraig O'Maidin, were prepared some time ago. "Canon Costello took a particular interest in the history of the Parish while he was Parish Priest here and collected a lot of interest over a number of years. The late Padraig O'Maidin was in charge of the County Library for many years and contributed an enormous amount to local history through his research and writings in many journals and newspapers." Their work will appeal to natives, exiles and anyone interested in the real history which is the detailed local knowledge of Ireland.

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Price: £5.00

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