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The Irish Difference

- The Story of Ireland's 400-Year Journey to Independence
Af: Fergal Tobin Engelsk Paperback

The Irish Difference

- The Story of Ireland's 400-Year Journey to Independence
Af: Fergal Tobin Engelsk Paperback
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A fascinating and entertaining investigation into what makes Ireland so different from its neighbors, by a respected Irish historian.

For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, suggested some movement towards political union. It was an uneven, stop-start business and it worked better in some places than in others. Still, England, Wales and Scotland have hung together through thick and thin, despite internal divisions of language, religion, law, culture and disposition that might have broken up a less resilient polity. And, for a long time, it seemed that something similar might have been said about the smaller island to the west: Ireland.

Ireland was always a more awkward fit in the London-centric mini-imperium but no one imagined that it might detach itself altogether, until the moment came for rupture, quite suddenly and dramatically, in the fall-out from World War I. So, what was it - is it - about Ireland that is so different? Different enough to sever historical ties of centuries with such sudden violence and unapologetic efficiency. Wherein lies the Irish difference, a difference sufficient to have caused a rupture of that nature?

In a wide-ranging and witty narrative, historian Fergal Tobin traces the relationship between Ireland and her neighbors, taking in everything from sports and culture to religion and politics, and reveals what it is that makes the Irish so different.
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A fascinating and entertaining investigation into what makes Ireland so different from its neighbors, by a respected Irish historian.

For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, suggested some movement towards political union. It was an uneven, stop-start business and it worked better in some places than in others. Still, England, Wales and Scotland have hung together through thick and thin, despite internal divisions of language, religion, law, culture and disposition that might have broken up a less resilient polity. And, for a long time, it seemed that something similar might have been said about the smaller island to the west: Ireland.

Ireland was always a more awkward fit in the London-centric mini-imperium but no one imagined that it might detach itself altogether, until the moment came for rupture, quite suddenly and dramatically, in the fall-out from World War I. So, what was it - is it - about Ireland that is so different? Different enough to sever historical ties of centuries with such sudden violence and unapologetic efficiency. Wherein lies the Irish difference, a difference sufficient to have caused a rupture of that nature?

In a wide-ranging and witty narrative, historian Fergal Tobin traces the relationship between Ireland and her neighbors, taking in everything from sports and culture to religion and politics, and reveals what it is that makes the Irish so different.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781838952631
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1838952632
Kategori: Irland
Udg. Dato: 5 jan 2023
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 127mm
Forlag: Atlantic Books
Oplagsdato: 5 jan 2023
Forfatter(e): Fergal Tobin
Forfatter(e) Fergal Tobin


Kategori Irland


ISBN-13 9781838952631


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 127mm


Udg. Dato 5 jan 2023


Oplagsdato 5 jan 2023


Forlag Atlantic Books

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