02083nam a22003258a 4500 CR9780511920745 UkCbUP 20180107143415.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100922s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511920745 (ebook) 9781107009233 (hardback) 9781107401945 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda DA910 .R36 2012 941.5 23 Ranelagh, John O'Beirne, author. A Short History of Ireland / [electronic resource] John O'Beirne Ranelagh. 3rd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (445 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This 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. Print version: 9781107009233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511920745 Cambridge Books Online 236692 236692