02006nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082001400246100003800260245005800298250001200356264005200368300005900420336002600479337002600505338003600531500007300567520097000640776003501610856004701645CR9780511920745UkCbUP20171022142807.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100922s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511920745 (ebook)  z9781107009233 (hardback)  z9781107401945 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aDA910 b.R36 201200a941.52231 aRanelagh, John O'Beirne,eauthor.12aA Short History of Ireland /cJohn O'Beirne Ranelagh.  a3rd ed. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (445 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aThis third edition of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's classic history of Ireland incorporates contemporary political and economic events as well as the latest archaeological and DNA discoveries. Comprehensively revised and updated throughout, it considers Irish history from the earliest times through the Celts, Cromwell, plantations, famine, Independence, the Omagh bomb, peace initiatives, and financial collapse. It profiles the key players in Irish history from Diarmuid MacMurrough to Gerry Adams and casts new light on the events, North and South, that have shaped Ireland today. Ireland's place in the modern world and its relationship with Britain, the USA and Europe is also examined with a fresh and original eye. Worldwide interest in Ireland continues to increase, but whereas it once focused on violence in Northern Ireland, the tumultuous financial events in the South have opened fresh debates and drawn fresh interest. This is a new history for a new era.08iPrint version: z978110700923340uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920745