Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their impact.

Table of Contents

• Meet the author
• Only got a minute?
• Only got five minutes?
• Only got ten minutes?
• 1 Ireland before 1500: a land of saints and scholars
• 2 Reformation and rebellion
• 3 From restoration to revolution
• 4 Nationalism and unionism
• 5 Culture, society and politics
• 6 Making the break
• 7 The freedom to achieve freedom?
• 8 A Protestant parliament and a Protestant state
• 9 Breaking the links: the Irish Free State, 1922-39
• 10 Ireland and the Second World War
• 11 Ireland in the post-war years
• 12 Transforming the face of Ulster? 1960s
• 13 Countdown to chaos: ‘the Troubles’ begin
• 14 The search for a solution: 1974-85
• 15 The beginning of the end: 1985-97
• 16 The Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath
• 17 The end of the beginning?
• 18 The Republic of Ireland since the 1960's
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Taking it further