Irish Peasants

Irish Peasants
Author: Samuel Clark
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2003-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780299093747

"The strength of this volume cannot be conveyed by an itemisation of its contents; for what it provides is an incisive commentary on the newly-recognised landmarks of Irish agrarian history in the modern period. . . . The importance, even indispensability, of this achievement is compounded by exemplary editing."—Roy Foster, London Times Literary Supplement "As a whole, the volume demonstrates the wealth, complexity, and sophistication of Irish rural studies. The book is essential reading for anyone involved in modern Irish history. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to this rich field for scholars of other peasant communities and all interested in problems of economic and political developments."—American Historical Review "A milestone in the evolution of Irish social history. There is a remarkable consistency of style and standard in the essays. . . . This is truly history from the grassroots."—Timothy P. O'Neill, Studia Hibernica

The Irish in America

The Irish in America
Author: John Francis Maguire
Publisher: New York, Montreal, D. & J. Sadlier
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1868
Genre: History
ISBN:

A Man who Does Not Exist

A Man who Does Not Exist
Author: Deborah Fleming
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1995
Genre: English literature
ISBN: 9780472105816

A unique perspective on Yeats's and Synge's contributions to the literature of revolutionary Ireland

Shanty Irish

Shanty Irish
Author: Jim Tully
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1928
Genre: American fiction
ISBN:

Shows what life was like in the late nineteenth century for a poor Irish-American family.

Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847

Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847
Author: Thomas Gallagher
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780156707008

Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened. Index.

How the Irish Saved Civilization

How the Irish Saved Civilization
Author: Thomas Cahill
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-04-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307755134

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.