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A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. The third volume opens with a character study of early modern Ireland and a panoramic survey of Ireland in 1534, followed by twelve chapters of narrative history. There are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the Irish abroad. Two surveys, `Land and People', c.1600 and c.1685, are included.
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September 2, 2010
This is a a masterpiece of historical writing. The book covers the period from 1538-1691 and is an outstanding piece of work. It covers what may be the darkest period of irish history documenting a century of religious persecution, wars, famine, plagues, rebellion and ethnic cleansing on an unimaginable scale. Its includes the period of the Desmond Rebellion, the Nine Years war, the Wars of the three Kingdoms in England, Scotland and Ireland, the Confederate Wars, the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, population resettlement, famine and plague; the execution of a king and the ending of the Stuart dynasty, the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and ultimately the ruination of old Ireland and its Gaelic lords. This is an excellent history of Ireland one that I would urge anyone to read
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