Ireland

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Frances Power

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Ghigo Roli

'Frances Power: Ireland ' összes példány

Kiadó:	O'Brien Press Ltd.
Kiadás helye:	Dublin
Kiadás éve:	2003
Kötés típusa:	Fűzött papírkötés
Oldalszám:	126 oldal
Sorozatcím:	The Golden Book
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	26 cm x 20 cm
ISBN:	88-8029-768-6
Megjegyzés:	Színes fotókkal és illusztrációkkal.

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mcsm INTRODUCTION I reland has had a turbulent history with wave after I wave of settlers, each leaving their mark on the 1 landscape in the shape of megaliths, monasteries, castles or great country houses. First came huntergatherers in about 6000BC, followed by Stone Age farmers who cleared land and cultivatedthe soil and left behind great stone monuments and the many dolmens and stone circles that are sprinkled around the country. With the Bronzé Age, around 1500BC, came an increasing sophistication in construction - the awe-inspiring forts of Dun Aengus on Inishmore and Crianán of Aileach in Donegal date from this period. Roughly a thousand years later the Celts arrived in Ireland from Central Europe. They lived in defensive structures such as ring forts, raths and crannógs of which over thirty thousand remain. Their skill in metalworking is to be seen in the beautiful bronzé pieces on show in the National Museum in Dublin. Under the Celts Ireland was divided into five provinces of which Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught still survive. Each province was broken up into many small kingdoms ruled over by a chieftain, and all were, supposedly, under the ruíe of a High King who, accorcling to myth, reigned from Tara in County Meath. In 432AD St Patrick arrivedother missionaries soon followed', and gradually Christianity seeped into pagan Ireland. While Europe was suffering the chaos of the Dark Ages, Ireland was becoming a centre of Christianity and scholarship. Missionaries such as St Columcille went to Europe, somé to set up schools and universities. Many ot Ireland's monastic sites date from this period', the most notable were Clonmacnois on the Snannon, Glendalough in Co Wicklow, and Kel Is, where the stunning Book of Kel Is may have been penned. These monasteries held great treasures - intricately worked gold shrines and, of course, illuminated manuscripts. And it was the promise of treasures such as these that lured the next wave of invaders, the Vikings, to Ireland at the end of the 8,h century. Their arrival alsó sparked the first attempt at a unified Irish defence. At the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Brian Ború, High King of Irelandled an alliance of Gaelic chiefs against the Norsemen. They scored a decisive victory. Those Vikings who did not flee, married into the Irish and, for a few years at least, there was peace. Then a squabble in 1169 led the deposed Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, to turn to Henry II of England for help in regaining his kingdom. In response, Henry sent Richárd FitzGilbert de Clare, known as Strongbow, with his Anglo-Norman forces to Ireland and the first stages of English rule began. One ofthe many dolmens constructed by Stone Age settlers. Vissza

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INDEX
Map of Ireland page 2
Introduction " 3
DUBLIN " 11
Around Dublin " 40
Around O'Connell Street " 34
Brazen Head Pub " 26
Christ Church Cathedral " 23
City Hall ; 22
College Creen " 22
Custom House " 32
Dame Street " 22
Dublin Castle " 20
Dublin Writers' Museum || 35
Fitzwilliam Street 19
Four Courts " 33
Carden of Remembrance " 38
General Post Office " 31
Crafton Street " 17
Grand Canal [ 39
Guinness Brewery " 28
Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery " 35
Kilmainham Gaol " 29
King's Inns " 36
Lei nster House " 17
Liffey, The " 31
Mansion House " 16
Marsh's Library " 29
Merrion Square " 19
National Gallery, The " 16
National Library, The " 15
O'Connell Bridge " 31
Parnell Square " 36
Phoenix Park " 38
Royal Hospitál Kilmainham " 29
St Audoen's Church " 24
St Michan's Church " 33
St Patrick's Cathedral " 25
St Stephen's Green " 18
Temple Bar " 26
Trinity College " 12
Trinity Library " 14
CONNAUGHT " 86
Aran Islands " 92
Ballinasloe October Fair " 89
Benbulben " 96
Boyle Abbey " 95
Browne Doorway " 87
Carrick-on-Shannon " 97
Carrowmore " 96
Clifden " 90
Cong Abbey " 94
Drumcliff " 96
Dun Aenghus " 92
Dunguaire Castle " 91
Galway " 86
Galway International Oyster Festival ... " 88
Inishmore " 92
Kylemore Abbey " 90
Leitrim " 97
LongWalk, The " 87
Lough Corrib page 91
Lynch's Castle " 87
Mayo 93
Parke's Castle n 97
Roscommon " 95
Ross ErriIly Abbey " 91
Sligo [ 96
Spanish Arch " 87
LEINSTER ; 42
Bective Abbey '' 57
Birr 56
Browne's Hill Dolmen " 51
Carlow " 51
Castletown House " 54
Clonmacnois Monastery " 55
Drogheda " 60
Glendalough " 44
Hill of Tara " 58
Hook Head " 47
Irish National Stud " 53
Japanese Gardens " 53
Jerpoint Abbey " 50
Kiídare " 52
Kilkenny " 49
Kilkenny Castle " 49
KilmoreQuay " 47
Louth " 60
Meath " 57
Mellifont Abbey n 60
Muiredach's Cross " 61
New^range " 59
St Brigid's Cathedral " 52
Thatched Cottages n 48
Trim Castle " 57
Wexford " 46
Wicklow " 43
MUNSTER " 62
Adare tt 79
AillweeCaves " 84
Ballyvaughan " 83
Bantry House " 71
Barleycove Beach " 70
Bunratty Castle " 80
Burren, The " 82
Clare " 60
Cliffsof Moher " 80
Cobh Village " 66
Conor Pass " 77
Cork " 65
Cork City " 65
Cork City Gaol || 66
Dingle Village || 76
Doolin " 83
Doolin Pier " 84
Drombeg Stone Circle || 69
Dunbeg Fort n" 78
Gallarus Oratory, The " n 78
Garnish Island " 72
mch : 57
Kenmare
II "7 0
Kerry n 'Jt
Kilmakedar Church 78
Kingjohn's Castle page 79
Kinsale " 68
Lakes of Killarney " 75
Limerick " 79
Lisdoonvarna " 83
Lough Gur " 79
Mizen Head " 70
Old Courthouse, The " 68
Poulnabrone Dolmen " 82
Reginald's Tower " 63
Rock of Cashel " 62
Seal Island " 72
St Multose Church " 68
Timoleague Abbey " 67
Tipperary " 62
Waterford " 63
Waterford Crystal Factory " 64
ULSTER " 98
Albert Memóriái Clock Tower "116
Antrim " 105
Armagh " 126
Ballintoy " 109
Belfast "114
Boa Island " 99
Botanic Gardens " 117
Bushmills Whiskey Distillery u 108
Carnlough "111
Carrick-a-rede " 109
Carrickfergus "111
Catholic St Patrick's Cathedral " 126
City Hall "114
City Walls (Derry), The " 104
Crown Liquor Saloon " 118
Derry " 103
Donegal " 99
Donegall Square " 115
Down " 121
Dunluce Castle " 107
Enniskillen " 98
Európa Hotel "119
Fermanagh " 98
Giant's Causeway " 105
Glenarm "111
Glens of Antrim, The " 110
Greencastle " 122
Grianán of Aileach " 100
Guildhall (Derry) 11 104
Inishowen Peninsula " 100
Killybegs " 100
Malin Beg " 100
Mount Stewart House " 121
Mourne Mountains, The " 123
Na van Fort 11 126
Newcastle " 122
Political Murals " 120
Pottinger's Entry " 119
Queen's University 11 117
St Columb's Cathedral " 103
Stormont "119
Torr Head " 110
Tyrone " 102
Ulster History Park 11 102
Whitepark Bay " 107