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IRELAND: LITERATURE, HISTORY, and CULTURE

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REFERENCE BOOKS

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (e-book)
A Dictionary of World History (e-book)
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (e-book)
The Encyclopedia of Ireland REF. 941.5003 En19La
Encyclopedia of Ireland: An A-Z Guide To Its People, Places, History, and Culture REF. 941.5003 En19br
The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland REF. 941.5 Ox2fo
Place-names of Great Britain and Ireland REF. 914.1 F456pL
Encyclopedia of Irish History And Culture REF. 941.5 En19do
Brewer’s Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable REF. 941.5 M227br
The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature REF. 820.99415 Ox2we
Dictionary Of Irish Literature REF. 820.99415 D561 v.1
Medieval Ireland: an Encyclopedia REF. 941.50303 M468du
The Penguin Atlas of British & Irish History REF. 911.41 P367cu

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TRAVEL

Frommer’s Ireland 914.15 F927 2010
Back Roads Ireland 914.15 B126da
A to Z Maps Online (Database)

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BOOKS

▪ Contemporary Ireland
Continuity, Change and Crisis in Contemporary Ireland 941.50824 C767gi
“Blighted Beginnings”: Coming Of Age in Independent Ireland 823.0099417 B639bL
The Transformation of Ireland 941.5 F417tr
Celtic Revival?: The Rise, Fall, and Renewal of Global Ireland 941.50824 K18ce
▪ History of Ireland
The Irish Experience: A Concise History 941.5 H115ir2
Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change from 1970 941.7082 F816Lu
The Rising: Ireland–Easter 1916 941.7082 M171ri
Spying On Ireland: British Intelligence and Irish Neutrality During the Second World War 940.548641 Oh1sp
Ireland: A History 941.7 B284ir
The Making of Modern Ireland, 1603-1923 941.5 B388ma
Timeline of Irish History from the BBC (website)
▪ Irish Politics
Religion, Identity and Politics in Northern Ireland: Boundaries of Belonging And Belief 941.60842 M692re
Irish Women and Nationalism: Soldiers, New Women, and Wicked Hags 305.4209415 Ir4ry
Our Own Devices: National Symbols and Political Conflict in Twentieth-Century Ireland 941.5082 M831ou
Ireland: The Politics of Enmity, 1789-2006 941.508 B468ir
▪ Culture of Ireland
Culture and Customs of Ireland 306.09415 Sca63cu
Global Ireland: Same Difference 941.70824 In4gL
I Never Knew That About Ireland 941.5 W73in
▪ Literature of Ireland
Poetry and Translation in Northern Ireland: Dislocations in Contemporary Writing 821.0099416 H756po
Twentieth-Century Irish Literature 820.99415 K295tw
The Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend And Romance 398.209415 Oh5Lo
James Joyce in Context 823.91 j853ymccou2
A History of the Irish Short Story 823.0109 In4hi
Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation 820.99415 K533in
Irish Sagas And Folk-Tales 398.209415 Of1ir
Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland 398.2109415 F169ye
▪ Art and Music of Ireland
National Museum Of Ireland (website)
IMMA: Irish Museum Of Modern Art (website)
National Photographic Archive From The National Library Of Ireland (website)
Music in Ireland: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture 780.9415 H279mu
*Music in Ireland: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Audio CD) CD 780.9415 H279mu
The Heartbeat of Irish Music 780.9415 W866he
Music and Irish Cultural History 780.9415 M973gi

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DVDS – Feature Films and Documentaries

Over Ireland VHS 914.15 Ov2pi

Go on a thrilling journey above the Emerald Isle in Over Ireland.

The Dead DVD 791.4352 D34hu

Based on the short story “The dead” from the collection “Dubliners” by James Joyce.

Hunger DVD 791.4352 H894mc

In Northern Ireland’s Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government’s refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley DVD 791.4352 W722Lo

Driven by a deep sense of duty and a love for his country, Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy in a dangerous and violent fight for freedom in Ireland in 1920. As the Irish freedom fighters’ bold tactics bring the British to a breaking point, both sides finally agree to a treaty to end the bloodshed. But, despite the apparent victory, civil war erupts and families who fought side by side find themselves pitted against one another, putting their loyalties to the ultimate test.

Strumpet City DVD 791.4572 St89ba vols. 1-3

Recreates the era of the Dublin Lockout of 1913, one of the country’s most famous and devastating labor uprisings, with a memorable cast of fictional characters from all walks of life and the real-life figure of Irish labor hero Jim Larkin.

The Shadow of A Gunman DVD 822.912 Oc1sh

Set in a Dublin tenement in the 1920’s, this is the first part of Sean O’Casey’s celebrated “Dublin Trilogy.” Equal parts comedy and tragedy.

Bloody Sunday DVD 791.4352 B623gr

Recreation of the events of “Bloody Sunday”, Jan. 30, 1972, when British troops fired on unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. By the end of the day, 13 civilians were dead and 14 more wounded in the tumult and tragedy of Northern Ireland’s darkest day.

Michael Collins DVD 791.4352 M582jo

Michael Collins is the biopic of the charismatic and controversial Irish rebel leader who led the fight for independence from Britain.

Irish Writers DVD 820.99415 Ir4ku

Documentary on the lives of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, plus a visual tour of the locations that influenced and inspired them.

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RESEARCH DATABASES

Academic Source Premier

Scholarly, trade and popular magazines and journals on multi-disciplinary topics.

JSTOR

Scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, humanities and social sciences. (See the Ireland Collection and the list of Irish Studies Collection Titles).

Project Muse

Scholarly journal titles covering the humanities and social sciences.

Lexis Nexis Academic Universe

Access to thousands of newspapers, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, wire services, and broadcast transcripts. Offers international resources in several languages.

NewsBank Access World News AND NewsBank Retrospective (1970-1991)

Articles from international newspapers (1992-present) and an archive of news articles from 1970-1991.

Historical Abstracts

World History articles from 1450 to the present.

MLA International Bibliography

Provides citations to research in literature, literary criticism, linguistics, modern languages, drama, folklore, film and video, and other communicative behavior.

International Medieval Bibliography

Index of articles in journals and miscellany volumes on the Middle Ages (400-1500).

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