I bought this book on a whim, partly because I guessed (correctly) that it would have something in it about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is a casual interest of mine. Judging by what I’ve found on the internet, the book…
Tag: Irish history
Which three topics really engage Irish Americans?
According to the Irish news website Irish Central: There are three topics that fire the imagination, that really engage Irish Americans – Michael Collins, President John F. Kennedy and the Irish Famine. If you want to create a website with…
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As part of the Smashwords Read an Ebook Week, the Irish History Compressed e-book is on offer at half the normal price. Click here to go to the download page.
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Irish History Compressed’s Pinterest board on the Decade of Commemorations/Centenaries
There are so many images available online from the period 1912-1923 (the source of the ‘Decade of Commemorations/Centenaries’ I’ve written about before) that I decided to make a dedicated Pinterest board to store any that I find. Have a look, and if you like share and comment.
Book review: Acts of Union and Disunion, by Linda Colley
I bought this on a whim last week and have now almost finished reading it. It’s based on the BBC Radio 4 radio series of the same name, which dealt with the various acts and processes that have either bound…
Scenes of old Ireland from ‘The Two Hemispheres’
The Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Still in existence (and open to visitors!) today. Illustration from The Two Hemispheres by George Goudie Chisolm, 1885.
The book The Two Hemispheres: a popular account of the countries and peoples of the world … Illustrated, etc. (1885) covers, as its title suggests, the whole world. Scans of its illustrations were among the thousands recently uploaded to Flickr by the British Library. I’ve extracted and added to the Irish History Compressed Pinterest account the ones of sights in Ireland.
Friday quiz: Can you identify this object?
I sent this question round on twitter to brighten up a dull Friday. Here’s the answer:
You can find many more fascinating pictures about Ireland’s history here: http://www.pinterest.com/irishhistory/
Irish History Compressed e-book January sale
For a limited time you can get a 50% discount on our brief history of Ireland, using the following discount code: AY22T Click here to redeem it and download the e-book at once: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/311082 All the usual formats are available: Kindle,…
My top books on Irish history
There are a lot of books on Irish history, and the current Decade of Commemoration has prompted a flood of new ones. Here’s my choice of a few of those that have been around for a while but are still…
A Beginner’s Guide to Plantations in Ireland
I’ve been mulling over a longer post on this topic, but it’s taking a while, so I decided to write something shorter, more along the lines of a “for Dummies” or The Guardian’s Pass Notes series. So here goes: Plantations…