In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day"The struggle between English and Irish aspirations for Ireland began with the first English incursions into the country in the twelfth century and have persisted to the present day. Carmel McCaffrey's narrative history of these times is filled with powerful personalities and families who fought - in battle and through constitutional means - to free Ireland from English control. Her book is a sequel to In Search of Ancient Ireland, which traced the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C. to the Norman invasion." --Book Jacket. |
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Page 18
... proved for centuries to be virtually unconquerable . Succeeding English mon- archs were to discover that control of one area did not guarantee control of a neighboring region . As when Christianity first arrived in Ireland , the Irish ...
... proved for centuries to be virtually unconquerable . Succeeding English mon- archs were to discover that control of one area did not guarantee control of a neighboring region . As when Christianity first arrived in Ireland , the Irish ...
Page 44
... proved to be politically dif- ficult to thwart . Part of their ambition involved an absolute deter- mination to control Ireland . During the sixteenth century Tudor monarchs would politically dominate Ireland , using whatever force and ...
... proved to be politically dif- ficult to thwart . Part of their ambition involved an absolute deter- mination to control Ireland . During the sixteenth century Tudor monarchs would politically dominate Ireland , using whatever force and ...
Page 208
... proved difficult . In light of the Celtic Renaissance and the enhanced feelings of national self- worth , many Irish were growing restless and impatient with the re- ality that Home Rule would not easily be granted by the British ...
... proved difficult . In light of the Celtic Renaissance and the enhanced feelings of national self- worth , many Irish were growing restless and impatient with the re- ality that Home Rule would not easily be granted by the British ...
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