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'History is indeed a difficult prison to escape from, and the history of Ireland is as difficult as any.' Robert Kee

Now completely updated to explore and explain the most recent events in Ireland, Robert Kee's classic book remains an essential survey of the country and its people; an introduction to the fascinating history that has made modern Ireland, and a thought-provoking examination of how past facts have bred present myths.

CONTENTS

Preface to the Revised Edition

Chronology of Events

Dangerous Altercations

A Nation Once Again?

No Surrender!

Two Nations?

Famine

Bold Fenian Men

Parnell

We Will Not Have Home Rule!

1916

Michael Collins and the Black and Tans

Civil War

Free State to Republic

Stormont

Dublin Is Just a Sunningdale Away

After Sunningdale

Ulster Says No!

The Road to the Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement and Beyond

Selected Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

Softcover; 320pp. New Edition 2003: Robert Kee