Northern Ireland: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Northern Ireland: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780192801562

ISBN-10: 0192801562

ISBN-13: 9780192801562

Edition: 2003

Authors: Marc Mulholland

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From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have been engaged in conflict - Catholic against Protestant, Republican against Unionist. Marc Mulholland explores the pivotal moments in Northern Irish history - the rise of republicanism in the 1800s, Home Rule and the civil rights movement, the growth of Sinn Fein and the provisional IRA, and of the opposition, the DUP, led by Dr. Ian Paisley. His detailed examination of the violent upheaval of the last century, epitomized by the killing of 13 civilian demonstrators on Bloody Sunday, culminates in the controversy surrounding the current ongoing…

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List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English



List of illustrations



Divided Ulster: from plantation to partition



Home rule in Ulster: Stormont's record



Life cheapens: the descent into war



The long war



The long 'peace'



Conclusion


References


Further reading


Index