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Irish History/Documentaries/Books

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  • 08-10-2013 2:42am
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    donnbradman
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    Are there many ye would recommend? Im looking for anything really, like from the Norman invasion up to the civil war.


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    Historybluff
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    Documentaries

    TV Documentaries

    Here are some TV documentaries that I've seen and found interesting:

    Cromwell in Ireland (made by RTÉ and The History Channel and originally broadcast in 2008); it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnPQa0PZEG4

    Ireland: A Television History (BBC, 1981); covers Irish history from the earliest times to the modern day; it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2lKq0mkjY

    Seven Ages (RTÉ, 2000); covers Ireland from the 1920s to the 1990s; I can't find it on youtube

    The Story of Ireland (BBC, 2009); again, it covers Irish history from ancient times to the modern day; it's on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Iwt1SP-Xg


    Radio Documentaries

    RTÉ Radio 1 broadcasts Irish history documentaries from time to time. I did a quick search on their website and here's the results: http://www.rte.ie/search/?query=history%20documentary



    Books

    There are thousands of books on Irish history from the Norman invasion to the present day. Here are some that I've read and found interesting. Each has a bibliography which you can use to find more books.

    One book that covers the entire period is Thomas Bartlett, Ireland: A History (Cambridge University Press, 2010); it focuses mainly on political history.

    A New History of Ireland (Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1970s-1990s), volumes 2-7 cover the period from 1169 to 1984, dealing with political, social and cultural history; it can be rather dry at times.


    Books on Early Modern Irish History

    S.J. Connolly, Contested Island: Ireland 1460-1630 (Oxford University Press, 2007); political history

    S.J. Connolly, Divided Kingdom: Ireland 1630-1800 (Oxford University Press, 2008); political history


    Books on Modern Irish History

    Paul Bew, Ireland: The Politics of Emnity 1789-2006 (Oxford University Press, 2007); focuses on high politics and is particularly good on Daniel O'Connell

    Richard English, Irish Freedom: The History of Irish Nationalism (Macmillan, 2006); political history

    Diarmaid Ferriter, The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (Profile Books, 2004); a good mixture of social and political history

    Diarmaid Ferriter, Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland (Profile Books, 2009); good social history

    Emmet O'Connor, A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-2000 (UCD Press, 2011); history of the labour movement in Ireland

    Charles Townshend, Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion (Allen Lane/Penguin, 2005); political history

    Charles Townshend, The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923 (Allen Lane/Penguin, 2013); political history

    Clare Wills, That Neutral Island: Ireland During the Emergency (Faber & Faber, 2007); a study of Ireland politically and socially during the Second World War


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