The shadow of a year : the 1641 rebellion in Irish history and memory

The shadow of a year : the 1641 rebellion in Irish history and memory / John Gibney.

In October 1641, a rebellion broke out in Ireland. Dispossessed Irish Catholics rose up against British Protestant settlers whom they held responsible for their plight. This uprising, the first significant sectarian rebellion in Irish history, gave rise to a decade of war that would culminate in the...

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Main Author: Gibney, John, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]
©2013
Series:History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
Subjects:
1641
HISTORY.
General.
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
Historiography
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Ireland.
Ireland > History > Rebellion of 1641 > Historiography.
Ireland > Historiography.
Ireland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • "The sad story of our miseries" : Protestant interpretations of the rebellion, c. 1641-c.1840
  • "The naked truth of this tragical history" : Catholic interpretations of the rising, c. 1641-c. 1865
  • "Historical facts" and "stupendous falsehoods" : an Irish insurrection at the limits of scholarship, c. 1865-c. 1965
  • Conclusion.

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