{"product_id":"eyewitness-to-irish-history-hardcover","title":"Eyewitness to Irish History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Berresford Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough sources ranging from ancient forsundun (praise songs) and the hero kings to newspaper accounts, public decrees, and even graffiti, this book offers vivid portraits of major events and everyday life in Ireland through the centuries--beginning with Golamh, the legendary leader of the band of Iberian Celts who settled the island more than three thousand years ago, and concluding with gripping accounts by those on both sides of the bloody civil conflict in Northern Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is easy to see why Ireland has produced so many notable storytellers, poets, and historians. It has a rich oral and written history stretching back over three thousand years. More important, it has what may be the oldest vernacular literature of Europe. The Irish have been writing eloquently in the language spoken by the common people for more than fourteen hundred years-despite concerted efforts by the English, beginning with Henry VIII, to extinguish the Irish language and deny the people any formal education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique documentary history of Irish civilization from ancient times to the present, Eyewitness to Irish History draws upon original source materials to capture the tumultuous events and distinctive texture of Irish history like no other book. Comparing the readings compiled here to snapshots, the renowned Celtic scholar Peter Berresford Ellis offers what, in essence, is a family photo album of Ireland and the Irish people-beginning with Golamh, the legendary leader of the band of Iberian Celts who settled the island more than three thousand years ago, as told in the Lebor Gabala Erenn, or Book of Invasions, and concluding with gripping firsthand accounts by those on both sides of the bloody civil conflict in Northern Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the codification of the Irish laws by the poet Ollamh Fodhla in the eighth century b.c.e. to the defeat of the Vikings by High King Brian Boiroihme in 1014 c.e., from the English Tudor conquests of the sixteenthcentury to the Easter Uprising of 1916 and the subsequent establishment of the Irish Free State, virtually every major event is covered here in texts ranging from ancient forsundun (praise songs) and the hero kings to newspaper accounts, public decrees, and even graffiti. At the same time, you'll find vivid portraits of everyday life in Ireland throughout the centuries as chronicled in everything from St. Patrick's confessions to heartrending accounts of the famine of 1848 to the letters, diaries, and memoirs of a vast and multifarious array of authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of Ireland as told through the words of those who actually lived it, Eyewitness to Irish History offers you an unparalleled opportunity to experience the grand sweep of one of the world's most ancient and vital civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOllamh Fodhla, fierce in valour, \u003cbr\u003eMarked out the Scholar's Rampart, \u003cbr\u003eThe first mighty king with grace\u003cbr\u003eWho convened the Festival of Tara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty years, it was tuneful fame, \u003cbr\u003eWas he in the High Kingship over Ireland\u003cbr\u003eSo that from him, with fortunate freedom, \u003cbr\u003eUlaidh [Ulster] received its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe died a natural death within his capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Lebor Gabala Erenn (Book of Invasions)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have often said, and written, it is Famine which must consume them (the Irish); our swords and other endeavours work not that speedy effect which is expected, for their overthrow.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Lord Arthur Chichester, Lord Deputy, November 22, 1601\u003cbr\u003e Written to Lord Burghley, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In O'Connell Street large groups of people were gathered together. From the flagstaff pole on top of the General Post Office, the GPO, floated a new flag, a tricolour one of green, white and orange, the colours running out from the mast. 'What's it all about?' I asked a man who stood near me, a scowl on his face. 'Those boyhoes, [sic] the Volunteers, have seized the Post Office. They want nothing less than a Republic, ' he laughed scornfully. 'They've killed some Lancers; but they'll soon run away when the soldiers come.' \"\u003cbr\u003e-Ernie O'Malley \u003cbr\u003eOn Another Man's Wound, London, 1936\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER BERRESFORD ELLIS, from an old Cork family, took his degrees in Celtic Studies and was recently acclaimed as \"the pre-eminent Celtic Scholar now writing\" (Times Educational Supplement). As well as his popular books on the ancient Celts, he is the author of many notable Irish histories, including History of the Irish Working Class; Hell or Connaught!: The Cromwellian Colonization of Ireland 1652--1660; The Boyne Water: The Battle of the Boyne, 1690; A Dictionary of Irish Mythology; and Erin's Blood Royal. Under his own name he was the author of a bestselling novel The Rising of the Moon, about the Irish Republican Brotherhood's 1866 attempt to invade Canada. Under the pseudonym of Peter Tremayne, he is best known for his internationally bestselling Sister Fidelma mystery series set in seventh- century Ireland. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.6 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346737913958,"sku":"9780471266334","price":48.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cWpzUXBGcWlIcjJxdzcreGNmTVJFQT09.webp?v=1774983004","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/eyewitness-to-irish-history-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}