Ryan, M.P., The American patade: represenrations of the nineteenth -century social order', in L. Hunt (ed.), The New Cultural History (Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1989). Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the ...
The Wearing of the Green O Paddy dear , and did you hear the news that's going round ? The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground ; St Patrick's Day no more we'll keep , his colours can't be seen , For there's a bloody law ...
Discusses the historical background and events of the five-year uprising that led to Irish independence after nearly 800 years of British rule.
Lynch, however, was unmoved. He even addressed the revived parade of 1862 from the steps of the cathedral, congratulating the organizers for their 'noble efforts on behalf of faith and fatherland'.115 Behind the scenes, however, ...
This lively and ambitious book explores the whole range of St Patrick's Day celebrations, from parades to plastic leprechauns, within a historical and contemporary context.
Discusses the historical background and events of the five-year uprising that led to Irish independence after nearly 800 years of British rule.
A powerful historical novel exploring themes of racism, classism and gender expectations present in a growing nation.
The Wearing of the Green: A Political History of the Irish in Manchester