What Have The Irish Ever Done For Us

Author : Sharon Arbuthnot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911479185
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Ireland in 100 Words written by Sharon Arbuthnot and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Ireland in 100 words has been shortlisted for 'best Irish-published book of the year' at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2019. November 2019. Did you know that Cú Chulainn was conceived with a thirst-quenching drink? That 'cluas', the modern Irish word for 'ear', also means the handle of a cup? That the Old Irish word for 'ring' may have inspired Tolkien's 'nazg'? How and why does the word for noble (saor) come to mean cheap? Why does a word that once meant law (cáin) now mean tax? And why are turkeys in Irish French birds? From murder to beekeeping and everything between, discover how the Irish ate, drank, dressed, loved and lied. This book tells a history of Ireland by looking at the development of 100 medieval Irish words drawn from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of the Irish Language. Words tell stories and encapsulate histories and this book captures aspects of Ireland's changing history by examining the changing meaning of 100 key words. The book is aimed at a general readership and no prior knowledge of the Irish language is required to delve into the fascinating insights it provides. The book is divided into themes, including writing and literature; food and feasting; technology and science; mind and body. Readers can explore words relating to particular concepts, dipping in and out where they please.

Author : Edward T. O'Donnell
Publisher : Gramercy
ISBN 13 : 9780517227541
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about Irish American History written by Edward T. O'Donnell and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete yet concise, and beautifully documented with more than 100 historic photos, there is no better tribute to Irish-American history, a cultural cornerstone of our nation. High school & older.

Author : David Forsythe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520699226
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Have the Irish Ever Done for Us? written by David Forsythe and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the Irish have had an impact on the world far beyond what you would expect for a tiny nation on the edge of Europe.In What have the Irish ever done for us? we learn how the Irish have:Saved European culture Inspired the Chinese economic miracleRevolutionised global agricultureBrought water to Los AngelesSplit the atomFounded modern economicsBuilt the White HouseInvented the submarine and the tankCreated drinking chocolateAnd many more fascinating stories!The book is arranged into 51 short chapters and covers a wide range of topics including how the Irish built New York, why a Cork woman was awarded Israel's highest honour and how the Irish helped create the modern-day horror boom.

Author : David Forsythe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782189046
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Have the Irish Ever Done for Us? written by David Forsythe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the Irish have had an impact on the world far beyond what you would expect for a tiny nation on the edge of Europe. Here, we learn how the Irish have revolutionized global agriculture, brought water to Los Angeles, split the atom, invented the submarine and the tank, created drinking chocolate, and many more fascinating stories! This book covers a wide range of topics including how the Irish built New York, why a Cork woman was awarded Israel's highest honor and how the Irish helped create the modern-day horror genre.

Author : Mathieu W. Billings
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809338009
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish in Illinois written by Mathieu W. Billings and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first statewide history of the Irish in the Prairie State Today over a million people in Illinois claim Irish ancestry and celebrate their love for Ireland. In this concise narrative history, authors Mathieu W. Billings and Sean Farrell bring together both familiar and unheralded stories of the Irish in Illinois, highlighting the critical roles these immigrants and their descendants played in the settlement and the making of the Prairie State. Short biographies and twenty-eight photographs vividly illustrate the significance and diversity of Irish contributions to Illinois. Billings and Farrell remind us of the countless ways Irish men and women have shaped the history and culture of the state. They fought in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Civil War, and two world wars; built the state’s infrastructure and worked in its factories; taught Illinois children and served the poor. Irish political leaders helped to draw up the state’s first constitution, served in city, county, and state offices, and created a machine that dominated twentieth-century politics in Chicago and the state. This lively history adds to our understanding of the history of the Irish in the state over the past two hundred fifty years. Illinoisans and Midwesterners celebrating their connections to Ireland will treasure this rich and important account of the state’s history.

Author : Kerby Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey of Hope written by Kerby Miller and published by . This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A three-dimensional book featuring images and documents of Irish immigrants.

Author : Katy Hayward
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529773482
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Irish Border? written by Katy Hayward and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irish border is a manifestation of the relationship between Britain and Ireland. When that relationship has been tense, we have seen the worst effects at the Irish border in the form of violence, controls and barriers. When the relationship has been good, the Irish border has become - to all intents and purposes - open, invisible and criss-crossed with connections. Throughout its short existence, the symbolism of the border has remained just as important as its practical impact. With the UK’s exit from the European Union, the challenge of managing the Irish border as a source and a symbol of British-Irish difference became an international concern. The solution found in the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement gives the Irish border a globally unique status. A century after partition, and as we enter the post-Brexit era, this book considers what we should know and do about this highly complex and ever-contested boundary line.

Author : John Francis Maguire
Publisher : New York, Montreal, D. & J. Sadlier
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Irish in America written by John Francis Maguire and published by New York, Montreal, D. & J. Sadlier. This book was released on 1868 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kevin Kenny
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317889169
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Irish written by Kevin Kenny and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Irish: A History, is the first concise, general history of its subject in a generation. It provides a long-overdue synthesis of Irish-American history from the beginnings of emigration in the early eighteenth century to the present day. While most previous accounts of the subject have concentrated on the nineteenth century, and especially the period from the famine (1840s) to Irish independence (1920s), The American Irish: A History incorporates the Ulster Protestant emigration of the eighteenth century and is the first book to include extensive coverage of the twentieth century. Drawing on the most innovative scholarship from both sides of the Atlantic in the last generation, the book offers an extended analysis of the conditions in Ireland that led to mass migration and examines the Irish immigrant experience in the United States in terms of arrival and settlement, social mobility and assimilation, labor, race, gender, politics, and nationalism. It is ideal for courses on Irish history, Irish-American history, and the history of American immigration more generally.

Author : Kerby Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781568332116
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of Ireland written by Kerby Miller and published by . This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries of Irish emigration to the U.S. are portrayed through rare photos and the letters of emigrants writing of their New World experiences.