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The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in ...

The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism and Political Violence in ...

Niall Whelehan

Based on a doctoral thesis written for European University Institute, Florence.
Population, providence and empire: The churches and ...

Population, providence and empire: The churches and ...

Sarah Roddy

On political fundraising among the diaspora see Keyes, Funding the Nation, pp. 100–3; 109–42; M.V. Hazel, 'First Link: Parnell's American Tour, 1880' in ÉireIreland, xv:1 (Spring 1980), 6–24; Niall Whelehan, The Dynamiters: Irish Nationalism ...
Transnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History

Transnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History

Niall Whelehan

Among the Italian and Irish historians who have either mentioned or ana- lysed Cavour's 1844 essay, Italo De Feo, Rosario Romeo, Adriano Viarengo, Nicholas Mansergh, D. George Boyce and Helen Mulvey are particularly important; see ...
Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, ...

Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse: Boats, ...

Irial Glynn

Thanks go to Niall Whelehan, Mark Jones, Jim Jupp, David McCourt and my two brothers, Andrew and Marcus Glynn, for reading and commenting upon earlier draft chapters. I am indebted to Klaus Neumann, Janet Phillips, Harriet Spinks and ...
Transnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History

Transnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History

Niall Whelehan

Independence, 1821–1833 (London, 1973), 107¥20; C. M. Woodhouse, The Philhellenes (London, 1969); William StClair, That GreeceMight Still be Free:The Philhellenes in the War of Independence (Oxford, 1972); David Brewer, TheGreek ...
Blood Runs Green: The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago

Blood Runs Green: The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago

Gillian O'Brien

7, 1885, quoted in Niall Whelehan, “Skirmishing, The Irish World, and Empire, 1876–1886,” Éire-Ireland 42 (Spring–Summer 2007): 196. 41n1 By commandeering the Land League funds: On May 6, 1882, Cavendish and Burke were killed by ...
Irish Terrorism in the Atlantic Community, 1865-1922

Irish Terrorism in the Atlantic Community, 1865-1922

J. Gantt

Niall Whelehan, “Skirmishing, The Irish World, and Empire, 1876–86,” Éire- Ireland, vol. 42, Spring/Summer 2007, 180–200. Brian Jenkins, The Fenian Problem: Insurgency and Terrorism in a Liberal State, 1858– 1874 (Montreal, Kingston, ...
Ireland in the World: Comparative, Transnational, and ...

Ireland in the World: Comparative, Transnational, and ...

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... 15VTransnational Perspectives on Modern Irish History Edited by Niall Whelehan 16VIreland in the World Comparative, Transnational, and Personal Perspectives Edited by Angela McCarthy Ireland in the World Comparative, Transnational, ...
Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, ...

Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, ...

Brenda Niall

By allowing Georgiana's own voice to be heard through her letters and journals Brenda Niall has brought a legendary colonial figure into authentic vibrant life.
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson

To generals, it’s the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it’s the chains of labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.
The Beauty of Everyday Life: Stories In Honour of Teenline ...

The Beauty of Everyday Life: Stories In Honour of Teenline ...

Adrian Millar

NIALL BRESLIN ('BRESSIE') Singer, songwriter, producer and performer, Niall Breslin was a member of one of Ireland's biggest rock 'n' roll bands, The Blizzards , before turning solo in 2010. He is a judge on RTÉ's The Voice. The Swim One ...
Civilization: The West and the Rest

Civilization: The West and the Rest

Niall Ferguson

The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications" that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic.
Modern Feminist Thought: From the Second Wave to \Post-Feminism\

Modern Feminist Thought: From the Second Wave to \Post-Feminism\

Imelda Whelehan

The book is divided into two parts, the first of which takes a close look at the most influential strands of feminism: liberal feminism, Marxist/socialist feminism, radical feminism, lesbian feminism, and black feminism.
Fifty Key Thinkers on History

Fifty Key Thinkers on History

Marnie Hughes-Warrington

This third edition has been updated throughout and features new entries on Machiavelli, Ranajit Guha, William McNeil and Niall Ferguson.
Kerry Landing, August, 1992: An Episode of the Civil War

Kerry Landing, August, 1992: An Episode of the Civil War

Niall C. Harrington

On August 2, 1922 the Lady Wicklow steamed into Tralee Bay.
One Direction

One Direction

Fiona Davis

One Direction is one of the most popular boy bands in the world with hundreds of thousands of fans. Read all about Louis, Liam, Zayn, Niall and Harry and their extraordinary rise to fame.
Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough ...

Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough ...

Niall Breslin

It is also the story of a road to reconciliation with brokenness - beginning after a massive panic attack before a live TV appearance in 2012 - leading to brighter horizons.
Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough ...

Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A story of big dreams, tough ...

Niall Breslin

It is also the story of a road to reconciliation with brokenness - beginning after a massive panic attack before a live TV appearance in 2012 - leading to brighter horizons.
Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A Story of Big Dreams, Tough ...

Me and My Mate Jeffrey: A Story of Big Dreams, Tough ...

Niall Breslin

It is also the story of a road to reconciliation with brokenness - beginning after a massive panic attack before a live TV appearance in 2012 - leading to brighter horizons.
A Pride of Princes

A Pride of Princes

Jennifer Roberson

Brennan, Hart, and Corin, the three Cheysuli sons of Niall, ruler of Homana, must each fulfill their destiny according to the ancient prophecy of the Firstborn, or risk endangering Homanan and Cheysuli alike
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing ...

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing ...

Paul Collier

" --Niall Ferguson, The New York Times Book Review "Rich in both analysis and recommendations.... Read this book. You will learn much you do not know.
Se?n MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904-1946

Se?n MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904-1946

Caoimhe Nic Dh?ibh?id

... the Fort.69 Colonel Niall Harrington's investigation into the circumstances of the raid revealed that this slackness of the approach had been identified as early as 1937, when plans had been drawn up but abandoned to conduct a similar raid .
Kelly + Victor

Kelly + Victor

Niall Griffiths

So the story of Kelly + Victor progresses, through two mirror-image narratives: a story of the growth and spiralling intensity of a sexual obsession, traced to its inevitable, devastating conclusion.
Plautus in Performance: The Theatre of the Mind

Plautus in Performance: The Theatre of the Mind

Niall W. Slater

A. S. Gratwick has recently proposed reading Curculio for the present gurgulio at Trinunimus 1016, thereby restoring a reference to the title character of what we now see to be Plautus' previous play.1 Gratwick's arguments are persuasive: ...
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Third Series

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Third Series

William Shakespeare

Sarah Hatchuel and Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (Rouen, 2004), 13–36 Renaissance Quarterly Frankie Rubinstein, A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance (Basingstoke, 1989) Niall Rudd, 'Pyramus and Thisbe in ...
ThirdWay

ThirdWay

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iJ7 Faith in care Niall Cooper advises the church to keep its distance Loving the sinner Neil Pugmire on paedophilia in the church 23 Normal service Calvin Scerveld on art as it is meant to be ESTABLISHED 1977 Bless her! Simon Jenkins ...
Irish University Review

Irish University Review

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Dublin: Anvil Books, 1992. 193 pages. IR£7.95. There is a dual serendipity about being asked to review these three books in combination. I served in the Irish Defence Forces with both John Duggan and Niall Harrington, though my ...
Understanding Feminism

Understanding Feminism

Peta Bowden

... support during the writing process: Rose Bishop, Brodie Cooper, April Jane Fleming, Helena Grehan, Trish Harris, Niall Lucy, Nell Newman, Marnie Nolton, Dick Ounsworth, Jodi Peskett, Lorraine Sim, SamStevenson and Anne Surma.
The Theater of Plautus: Playing to the Audience

The Theater of Plautus: Playing to the Audience

Timothy J. Moore

As a result, when I began to study Plautus more formally, I found the performance -centered work of critics such as Gianna Petrone and Niall Slater most congenial. Inspired by such performance critics and my own experience onstage, I have ...
Irish Historical Studies

Irish Historical Studies

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1922, cited in Niall C. Harrington, An episode of the Civil War: Kerry landing, August 1922 (Dublin, 1992), p. 45. 41Ibid., p. 66. 42Joe Sweeney interview with Ernie O'Malley (U.C.D.A., O'Malley notebooks, P17b/97). "'General situation: ...

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