Vanishing Kingdoms
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Vanishing Kingdoms

Irish Chiefs and Their Families AD900 -2004

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Vanishing Kingdoms

Irish Chiefs and Their Families AD900 -2004

About this book

Vanishing Kingdoms combines an account of aristocracy and its history in Ireland with an interview-based description of twenty recognized Irish chiefs of the name and their family backgrounds. Three of them, The O'Brien, O'Conor Don and The O'Neill, have legitimate claims to high kingship; all are descendants of territorial kings and sub-kings. For the most part shorn of their privileges and territories in a democratized, socially fluid Ireland of the twenty-first century, as a group the chiefs exercise a continuing fascination and a living link to the past, leaving an imaginative yet tangible mark on the Irish landscape. The families are grouped by province. Through the unfolding diorama of these individual family stories, Vanishing Kingdoms gives an enriching view of Irish history and society. Contemporary portraits of the current chiefs, photographs and engravings of their dwellings, past and present, complement a vivid narrative.

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Yes, you can access Vanishing Kingdoms by Walter J.P. Curley,Walter Curley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Social History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2004
Print ISBN
9781843510550
eBook ISBN
9781843512905

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Map
  8. Foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. I : The Old Order
  11. II : The Claimants
  12. III : The Chiefs
  13. IV : The Past and the Future
  14. V : The Royal Survivors
  15. Postscript
  16. Bibliography and Further Reading
  17. Index
  18. Copyright