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Éamonn Ó Ciardha
Éamonn Ó Ciardha is an Irish historian and writer. Biography Ó Ciardha is a native of Scotshouse, a village in the west of County Monaghan. He has an M.A. from the National University of Ireland and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His areas of interest are 17th- and 18th-century Irish history, focusing on Jacobitism, law, disorder and Irish language sources for the era. Formerly a visiting professor at St Michael's College, University of Toronto, and at the Keough Institute of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame, he is currently an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences fellow in the department of Modern History, Trinity College, Dublin (TCD). References * ''About the author'' - ''Ireland And The Jacobite Cause'', 2004. Bibliography Articles * ''Gaelic sources for the history of Ireland and Scotland in the early-modern period'', in ''Bulletin of the Early Modern Ireland Committee'', 1 (2). (1994), pp. 21–34. * ''TóraÃochas is Rapairà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
