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Shane O'Neill
Ciaran Brady
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Description for Shane O'Neill
Paperback. In this critical study of Shane O'Neill's life and times, Ciaran Brady, returns this neglected historical figure to his rightful place - at the centre of this turbulent period in Irish history. Brady offers an original interpretation that sets Shane against the multi-layered backgrounds of Ulster, Irish and English Court politics of his time. Series: Historical Association of Ireland Life and Times New Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 123 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
Shane O'Neill played a key role in Ireland's story in the sixteenth century, yet he has suffered a peculiar fate. Memorialised in drama, poetry and fiction as 'Shane the Proud', he has been remarkably neglected by historians who have been content - or resigned - to accept the largely personalised accounts of his character and actions, broadcast by his enemies, as a fair estimation of his historical significance. In this extended and critical study of Shane's life and times, Ciaran Brady, leading historian in Early Modern History, returns this neglected and misunderstood historical figure to his rightful place - at ... Read more
Shane O'Neill played a key role in Ireland's story in the sixteenth century, yet he has suffered a peculiar fate. Memorialised in drama, poetry and fiction as 'Shane the Proud', he has been remarkably neglected by historians who have been content - or resigned - to accept the largely personalised accounts of his character and actions, broadcast by his enemies, as a fair estimation of his historical significance. In this extended and critical study of Shane's life and times, Ciaran Brady, leading historian in Early Modern History, returns this neglected and misunderstood historical figure to his rightful place - at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
Series
Historical Association of Ireland Life and Times New Series
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781910820056
SKU
V9781910820056
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About Ciaran Brady
Ciaran Brady FTCD, MRIA is Professor of Early Modern History and Historiography in the School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin. His most recent book is James Anthony Froude: An Intellectual Biography of a Victorian Prophet (Oxford, 2013).
Reviews for Shane O'Neill
'In this second revised edition the meticulous Prof. Ciaran Brady, basing himself on detailed research in the primary sources for a clear view of opinion among the Irish, proposes a more benign assessment of Shane ... Like the other studies in this series, which is aimed at senior classes in school and undergraduates readers in college, as well as the ... Read more