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  • A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000

    by John Gibney ...
    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century.Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. Beginning with Ireland's modern period at the dawn of the sixteenth century, John Gibney continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The United Irishmen, Rebellion and the Act of Union, 1798–1803

    Edited by John Gibney ...
    Series series Irish Perspectives
    The 1790s is one of the most critical decades in the history of modern Ireland. The decade witnessed the birth of the modern ideology of separatist Irish republicanism, the creation of the Orange Order, and the greatest bloodletting in modern Irish history in the form of the 1798 rebellion. In the aftermath of the rebellion came the Act of Union that brought Ireland into the United Kingdom for the ... Read more

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  • The Irish War of Independence and Civil War

    by John Gibney ...
    Series series Irish Perspectives
    An in-depth look at how the Irish Free State was born, from a variety of perspectives.In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom. Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged. What made the revolution in the UK distinctive is that it took place within one of the victorious ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Irish Diaspora

    by John Gibney ...
    Series series Irish Perspectives
    A history of the Irish migrant experience across the globe, as told through real-life stories from throughout the centuries.Ireland is known worldwide as a country that produced emigrants. The existence of the Irish "diaspora" is the subject of this fifth installment of the Irish Perspectives series. From the early Christian era, Irish missionaries traveled across Europe. From the early modern ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender and Sexuality in Ireland

    Edited by John Gibney ...
    Series series Irish Perspectives
    The history of sexuality in Ireland remains relatively understudied when compared with the more well-worn paths of political and military history, but that is not to say that it has never been considered. Now, in the fourth installment of the 'Irish perspectives' collaboration between Pen and Sword and History Ireland, a range of experts explore Irish history from the perspective of the broad ... Read more

    $10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ireland and the Monarchy

    Edited by John Gibney ...
    Series series Irish Perspectives
    "Taken as a whole, these easily digestible vignettes collectively provide an illustrative, if not quite exhaustive, arc of Irish thought on royalty, adeptly addressing the particular interests of academic specialists without sacrificing clarity for a wider popular audience." – CHOICEIn the twenty-first century there are two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland, and two very different heads of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolutionary Dublin, 1912–1923

    A Walking Guide

    by John Gibney, Donal Fallon ...
    Step back in time with this accessible walking guide to the revolutionary history of Dublin. John Gibney and Donal Fallon have spent years leading historical walking tours through the city, and now guide readers at their own pace through this radical period, bringing it to life in a novel way, from the perspective of the streets and buildings in which it took place.Beginning in 1912, when Dublin ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

    by John Gibney ...
    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first centuryFive centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the beginning of Ireland’s modern period and continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sean Heuston

    16Lives

    by John Gibney, Lorcan Collins (Editor) ...
    Series series 16Lives
    Seán Heuston was an Irish rebel and member of Fianna Éireann who took part in the Easter Rising of 1916. With The Volunteers, he held the Mendicity Institute on the River Liffey for over two days. He was executed by firing squad on May 8 in Kilmainham Jail. This book, part of the '16 lives' series, is a fascinating and moving account of his life leading up to and during these events.It follows his ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000

    by John Gibney ...
    Narrated by Gerard Doyle ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 15 min

    A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century.Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the beginning of Ireland’s modern period and continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Handover

    by John Gibney ...
    This book illustrates the 1922 handover of power by the outgoing British administration to the Provisional Government of Ireland led by Michael Collins in early 1922. The handover fell between the Treaty split of January 1922 and the outbreak of the Civil War in June 1922 and is usually overshadowed by both. The book bridges this gap by telling a relatively unfamiliar but hugely important story. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Ireland

    by John Gibney ...
    Ireland had a foreign policy and a diplomatic service before there was an internationally recognised independent Irish state. The origins of the modern Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade lie in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established as one of the first four government departments of the first Dail in January 1919. This richly illustrated book is a history of Irish foreign policy, rather ... Read more

    $55.29 USD