The Shortest History Of Ireland
by James Hawes
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Pages:
288
Published:
Apr 2026
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Black Inc.
Imprint
Black Inc.
ISBN:
9781760646271
In The Shortest History of Ireland, James Hawes presents Irish history as a whole new story that is as captivating as a novel- galloping from the Ice Age to the present, this book will completely change the way people see the Irish past - and future.
For the first time, Hawes charts the absolute centrality of Ireland's links to its real Mainland - Europe - and to its exiled children in America. For centuries Europe provided hope in the face of near-genocidal colonisation - and then Greater Ireland (as it was sometimes called) across the Atlantic took over- the Fenian rebels had a grand HQ on Union Square, and the orders for the 1916 Easter Rising were wired from New York. The modern revelation of Ireland since JFK's iconic 1963 visit as a land naturally peaceful and prosperous has been enabled by America and the EEC/EU, often in the teeth of Westminster. Today, Ireland just has to sidestep - with their help - the last, toxic wreckage of the British Empire, and that fascinating past will flow into a bright future.
This is popular history at its thrilling best.
For the first time, Hawes charts the absolute centrality of Ireland's links to its real Mainland - Europe - and to its exiled children in America. For centuries Europe provided hope in the face of near-genocidal colonisation - and then Greater Ireland (as it was sometimes called) across the Atlantic took over- the Fenian rebels had a grand HQ on Union Square, and the orders for the 1916 Easter Rising were wired from New York. The modern revelation of Ireland since JFK's iconic 1963 visit as a land naturally peaceful and prosperous has been enabled by America and the EEC/EU, often in the teeth of Westminster. Today, Ireland just has to sidestep - with their help - the last, toxic wreckage of the British Empire, and that fascinating past will flow into a bright future.
This is popular history at its thrilling best.
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