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The King's Irish

Author : John Barratt
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781912866533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book The King's Irish written by John Barratt and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English troops serving in Ireland were vital source of experienced and possibly war-winning manpower sought after by both King and Parliament in the Civil War. The "cessation" or truce which King Charles reached with the Irish Confederates in September 1643 enabled him to begin shipping over troops fro Ireland to reinforce the Royalist armies. During the following year the "Irish", as they were frequently if inaccurately known by both sides were an important factor in the war. The Nantwich campaign (December 1643-January 1644), the consolidation of Royalist control in the Welsh Marches during the spring of 1644, the Marston Moor campaign, and the Battle of Montgomery (September 1644) all received major contributions from the troops from Ireland. Other troops from Ireland, mainly from the province of Munster, provided important reinforcements for the Western and Oxford Royalist armies during the 1644 campaigns in western and southern England. The "Irish" were still a significant part of the Royalist army during the Naseby campaign of 1645, and elements remained in action until the end of the war. The book will look at the Irish campaign and its influence on the experience and behaviour of the troops when they reached England. It will examine their equipment, logistical care, and experience following their return. It will look at the performance of some of the troops, such as the "firelocks" who changed sides and became valuable additions to the Parliamentarian forces. Also examined is the controversial topic of "native Irish" troops who were involved, and a number of prominent indiduals who also srved in the war. Full use is made of extensive contemporary primary sources and also later research.

Richard II and the Irish Kings

Author : Darren McGettigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846826023
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Richard II and the Irish Kings written by Darren McGettigan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late medieval kings of England showed little interest in their Lordship of Ireland. They showed even less interest in the Gaelic Irish population of the island. Richard II, however, was different. This English monarch led two expeditions to Ireland in 1394-5 and the summer of 1399. Once across the Irish Sea, it was Richard's fate to encounter a group of able Gaelic Irish kings, who were probably the most capable and talented of the entire late medieval period. Of these chieftains the most prominent were Art MacMurchadha Caomhanach, king of the Leinster Mountains, and Niall Mor and Niall Og O Neill, kings of Tyrone and high-kings of Ulster. Richard II ended up largely out-negotiated after his first expedition to the island, and unexpectedly outfought during his second. When he returned to his English kingdom Richard was immediately deposed and later murdered by his cousin, Henry, duke of Hereford, who then became King Henry IV. This book is the story of these remarkable encounters between a late medieval English monarch and his reluctant Gaelic Irish vassals at the close of the 14th century. *** "Among the most valuable aspects of the book is its meticulous account of the contemporary sources. Recommended [for] library collections on Richard II, the English monarchy, and medieval Ireland." --Choice, Vol. 54, No. 9, May 2017 [Subject: Medieval History, Early Modern History, Invasions & Conquests, Monarchy, Ireland & the UK]

Leabhar na g-Ceart, or, The book of rights

Author : John O'Donovan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leabhar na g-Ceart, or, The book of rights written by John O'Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The King of Ireland's Son

Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613102844
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The King of Ireland's Son written by Padraic Colum and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1944 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the adventures of the King of Ireland's eldest and wildest son, describing how he encounters an enchanter's daughter, the king of the cats, Gilly of the goat-skin, and numerous others.

The Old English in Ireland, 1625-42

Author : Aidan Clarke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Old English in Ireland, 1625-42 written by Aidan Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lion of Ireland

Author : Morgan Llywelyn
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429913207
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Lion of Ireland written by Morgan Llywelyn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King, warrior, and lover Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. His women were as remarkable as his adventures: Fiona, the druidess with mystical powers; Deirdre, beautiful victim of a Norse invader's brutal lust; Gormlaith, six-foot, read-haired goddess of sensuality. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, Lion of Ireland is a story rich in truth and legend-in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled. Morgan Llywelyn has written one of the greatest novels of Irish history. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Wars of the Irish Kings

Author : David W. McCullough
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307434737
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Wars of the Irish Kings written by David W. McCullough and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of how Ireland came to be, told through eyewitness accounts from a thousand years of struggle “A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical events. . . . Lovers of Irish and medieval literature will relish this book.”—Booklist For the first thousand years of its history, Ireland was shaped by its wars. Beginning with the legends of ancient battles and warriors, Wars of the Irish Kings moves through a time when history and storytelling were equally prized, into the age when history was as much propaganda as fact. This remarkable book tells of tribal battles, foreign invasions, Viking raids, family feuds, wars between rival Irish kingdoms, and wars of rebellion against the English. While the battles formed the legends of the land, it was the people fighting the battles—Cuchulain, Finn MacCool, Brian Boru, Robert the Bruce, Elizabeth I, and Hugh O’Donnell—who shaped the destiny and identity of the Irish nation. Brought together for the first time in one volume, Wars of the Irish Kings is a surprisingly immediate and stunning portrait of an all-but-forgotten time that forged the Ireland of today.

Irish Kings and High-kings

Author : Francis John Byrne
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Irish Kings and High-kings written by Francis John Byrne and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1973 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish Kings and High-Kings is an analysis of the nature of early Irish kingship, using annalistic and genealogical material to interpret Irish saga and legend.Professor Byrne examines the unique blend of pagan tribalism and Christian monasticism which characterises the political landscape of early Ireland, exploring the nature of the traditional Five Fifths of Ireland, the mythology of Tara, and the growth of the high-kingship of Ireland. Numerous maps and genealogical tables illustrate the development of the great over-kingships of Ulster, Leinster and Connacht, and Cashel. The confrontation of St Patrick with the Irish kings, the relations between St Colum Cille and his royal cousins, and the ecclesiastical politics of Armagh, Kildare and Clonmacnoise are described and analysed. More than twenty years after its original publication, Irish Kings and High-Kings remains unsurpassed as an overview of this central issue in Irish history. In a new introduction to this edition, Professor Byrne updates his conclusions in the light of further researches, and provides a comprehensive bibliography of new work in the field. --

The Irish Fairy Book

Author : Alfred Perceval Graves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Fairy Book written by Alfred Perceval Graves and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What Life was Like Among Druids and High Kings

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book What Life was Like Among Druids and High Kings written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1998 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a portrait of life in Celtic Ireland, from A.D. 400 to 1200, through an examination of legends, ancient texts, artifacts, art, and architecture of the time.

Brian Boru

Author : Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752429212
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Brian Boru written by Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Boru King of Munster, was among the most successful of all medieval Irish monarchs. This is a biography of the most famous of Ireland's High Kings.

The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, AD 800-1060

Author : Darren McGettigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846828362
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings, AD 800-1060 written by Darren McGettigan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an account of Viking activity in the north of Ireland, one of the less well-known episodes in the history of early medieval Ireland. It is also the story of the Cenel nEogain dynasty, an important Irish population group in the north of the island. The kings of Ailech came to prominence c.800 AD, just as the first Viking fleets began to raid the coasts of Ulster. Early Viking activity in the north of Ireland followed a similar pattern to raiding activity elsewhere on the island. It began to diverge after 866 when Aed Findliath, a high-king of Ireland from the Cenel nEogain dynasty, destroyed Scandinavian settlements in what is now Co. Antrim. It appears to have been the intention of the Cenel nEogain to allow Viking strongholds to survive further south in Ulaid territory at Strangford Lough and Carlingford, and later-on also at Ruib Mena on Lough Neagh. However, these longphuirt too were eventually destroyed by the Irish of the north of Ireland, the final ones in a spiral of violence that surrounded the death of the famous king of Aileach, Muirchertach na Cochall Craicinn (of the Leather Cloaks), who was killed by the Vikings in 943. This book also tells the stories of other note-worthy early medieval high-kings of Ireland who sprang from the Cenel nEogain dynasty. Among those discussed is Niall Glundub, killed at the battle of Dublin in 919, leading the combined armies of the Northern and Southern Ui Neill against Viking invaders known as the grandsons of Ivarr. Also included is his grandson Domnall Ua Neill, one of the first Irishmen to adopt a surname (which he took from his well-known grandfather). It was Domnall's over-ambitious plans, caused by the expulsion of the Vikings from the north of Ireland, that instead led to the collapse of the traditional Ui Neill high-kingship of Ireland in the early eleventh century.

The King's Irishmen

Author : Mark Williams
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843839253
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The King's Irishmen written by Mark Williams and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel study of the political, religious, and cultural worlds of the principal Irish figures at the exiled court of Charles II

The Princes of Ireland

Author : Edward Rutherfurd
Publisher : Seal Books
ISBN 13 : 0307371484
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Princes of Ireland written by Edward Rutherfurd and published by Seal Books. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally bestselling author of London and Sarum -- a magnificent epic about love and war, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of seventeen centuries. Like the novels of James Michener, The Princes of Ireland brilliantly interweaves engrossing fiction and well-researched fact to capture the essence of a place. Edward Rutherfurd has introduced millions of readers to the human dramas that are the lifeblood of history. From his first bestseller, Sarum, to the #1 bestseller London, he has captivated audiences with gripping narratives that follow the fortunes of several fictional families down through the ages. The Princes of Ireland, a sweeping panorama steeped in the tragedy and glory that is Ireland, epitomizes the power and richness of Rutherfurd’s storytelling magic. The saga begins in pre-Christian Ireland with a clever refashioning of the legend of Cuchulainn, and culminates in the dramatic founding of the Free Irish State in 1922. Through the interlocking stories of a wonderfully imagined cast of characters -- monks and noblemen, soldiers and rebels, craftswomen and writers -- Rutherfurd vividly conveys the personal passions and shared dreams that shaped the character of the country. He takes readers inside all the major events in Irish history: the reign of the fierce and mighty kings of Tara; the mission of Saint Patrick; the Viking invasion and the founding of Dublin; the trickery of Henry II, which gave England its foothold on the island in 1167; the plantations of the Tudors and the savagery of Cromwell; the flight of the “Wild Geese”; the failed rebellion of 1798; the Great Famine and the Easter Rebellion. With Rutherfurd’s well-crafted storytelling, readers witness the rise of the Fenians in the late nineteenth century, the splendours of the Irish cultural renaissance, and the bloody battles for Irish independence, as though experiencing their momentous impact firsthand. Tens of millions of North Americans claim Irish descent. Generations of people have been enchanted by Irish literature, and visitors flock to Dublin and its environs year after year. The Princes of Ireland will appeal to all of them -- and to anyone who relishes epic entertainment spun by a master.

The Royal Irish Constabulary

Author : Jim Herlihy
Publisher : Open Air
ISBN 13 : 9781846826153
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Irish Constabulary written by Jim Herlihy and published by Open Air. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, revised and expanded edition brings back into print an excellent resource for those interested in the history of the RIC and the revolutionary period generally. In the period 1816 to 1922 some 85,000 men served in the RIC and its predecessor forces. Information on all these policemen is available, constituting a quarry for their descendants in Ireland, the US and elsewhere. The book consists of chapters on the history of policing in Ireland (to illustrate the type of men in the Force, their background and their lifestyle etc.), followed by a section on 'Tracing your ancestors in the RIC'. New appendices to this edition identify members of the RIC who were rewarded for their service during the Young Ireland Rising, 1848; the Fenian Rising, 1867; the Easter Rising, 1916; and the War of Independence, 1919-21. Also members of the RIC who volunteered for service in the Mounted Staff Corps and the Commissariat during the Crimean War; members who served as drivers and orderlies on secondment to the Irish Hospital in the South African War in 1900; and members who served in the British Army in the First World War are identified. RIC recipients of the King George V, Coronation (Police) Medal, 1911; the Constabulary Medal; and the Kings Police Medal are listed, as are ex-RIC men who transferred to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1922 and received additional bravery medals. [Subject: 19th Century History, 20th Century History, Policing, Genealogy & Archives, Ireland]

The Last of the High Kings

Author : Ferdia MacAnna
Publisher : Modern Irish Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781848401068
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Last of the High Kings written by Ferdia MacAnna and published by Modern Irish Classics. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set during the summer of Punk in Howth, a small fishing town in North County Dublin, The Last of the High Kings is a coming-of-age comic novel that tells the story of 17 year old Frankie Griffin as he tries to deal with his eccentric family. First published in 1991, New Island bring this Modern Irish Classic back to life

Early Irish Kingship and Succession

Author : Bart Jaski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846824265
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (242 download)

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Download or read book Early Irish Kingship and Succession written by Bart Jaski and published by . This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early medieval Ireland was ruled by a large number of lords, kings, and overkings. In a complicated network of affiliations, the Irish kings and the dynasties to which they belonged played a never-ending game of prevail or perish. Most kings had to deal with jealous relatives, unruly sons, dissatisfied noblemen, and ambitious overkings. On the sideline, clerics and poets were keeping a critical eye on their rule. On the basis of a wide range of written sources (laws, sagas, poetry, annals, genealogy, hagiography), Early Irish Kingship and Succession - now available in paperback - provides new insights about the place of lords and kings in early Irish society. The book analyzes the relationship with their subjects, by which means they ruled, and their strategies of survival in a competitive society. This is set in a context of the early Irish ideology of rulership, which combined Celtic ideas about sacral kingship with Christian concepts about proper behavior and heavenly punishment. A lord or king had to be qualified for his office. Considerations - such as descent, seniority, dignity, wealth, supporters, and physical and mental capacities - were all taken into account when a new lord or king was chosen. This study re-evaluates the rule of succession, its origins, and its expression in narrative literature, and it examines the meaning of the kingship of Tara and the titles rigdamna and tanaise rig. It sketches the background of the medieval Irish polity, with its expanding and fragmenting dynasties, and it explains why none ever gained permanent rule over the whole island.