About the Author
Finbar Madden is Head of Government and Politics at St Columb's College, Derry, Ireland.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Ireland before 1500: a land of saints and scholars / Chapter 2 Reformation and rebellion / Chapter 3 From restoration to revolution / Chapter 4 Nationalism and Unionism / Chapter 5 Culture, society and politics / Chapter 6 Making the break / Chapter 7 The freedom to achieve freedom? / Chapter 8 A Protestant parliament and a protestant state / Chapter 9 Breaking the links: the Irish Free State, 1922-39 / Chapter 10 Ireland and the Second World War / Chapter 11 Ireland in the post-war years / Chapter 12 Transforming the face of Ulster? The 1960s / Chapter 13 Countdown to chaos: ‘the Troubles begin / Chapter 14 The search for a solution: 1974-85 / Chapter 15 The beginning of the end: 1985-97 / Chapter 16 The Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath / Chapter 17 The Republic of Ireland since the 1960s / abbreviations / glossary / taking it further / index