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Synopsis
IT is now six years since Modem Ireland, 1850-1950 first appeared. During that time, many books and articles have appeared, throwing new light on Irish history for the period after 1850. This second edition tries to take into consideration much of this recent scholarship. I have also tried to incorporate the suggestions of readers and friends, who kindly pointed out some inconsistencies and ambiguities in the first edition. I am most grateful to them all. While this textbook is directed primarily to students of the higher and lower courses of the Leaving Certificate, it makes no claim to be a complete history of the period. It is rather meant to be a guide and a pointer, and in no way should it be treated as an encyclopaedia. It is to be hoped that students will read other textbooks, as well as some of the excellent histories and biographies of Irish interest in their school and local libraries. Irish history since 1850 is a complicated and involved subject. To many people it appears as a jigsaw puzzle. There is the added difficulty that from 1886 on we are trying to work out two jigsaw puzzles. On the one hand we have the emergence of the Irish Free State, while on the other hand separate developments in Ulster leading to the establishment of Northern Ireland. Both are part of the history of modem Ireland. The period covered in this new edition has been extended to bring it up to the end of the Sean Lemass era (1966) for the Republic of Ireland, and to the end of Captain Terence O Neill s premiership (1969) for Ulster.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1978
Publisher
Gill & MacMillan
Pages
241
Format
Book
ISBN
9780717108862