I am making this thread to wish a merry christmas to /his/posters worldwide. My gift to you; a series of links to pdfs/free versions of rare or obscure Irish history books.Posting this then returning to festivities with the family. Enjoy yourselves today lads.
>The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and its Martyrs (1916)The first book ever published about the famous 1916 Easter Rebellion in Ireland; it came out just a few months later.http://www.rosenlake.net/er/irish/1916/image/Rebellion-1916-Colum-et-al.pdf>A General History of Ireland. From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. (1772)First Volume of an absolutely fascinating piece of historiography; an 18th Century book of Ireland's ancient stories and semi-mythological period where history and legend blend together.https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-general-history-of-ire_ohalloran-sylvester_1778_1>Phases of Irish History (1920)Eoin MacNeill was famously the leader of the Irish Volunteers prior to the 1916 Rising, and a key figure of the Gaelic Revival. This book was probably the most definitive book about ancient/pre-christian Ireland ever written; innumerous later studies of both ancient or early medieval Ireland built upon the foundation he laid.https://cartlann.org/dicilimt/2020/12/Phases-of-Irish-History-by-Eoin-MacNeill.pdf>Topographia Hibernica (1188)While most historians have confirmed that this book is more of a propaganda piece than an accurate description of Ireland, its not only funny as fuck to read but great to help understand English attitudes to Ireland at the time. Gerald of Wales was the original anti-Irish poster.https://scalar.usc.edu/works/praxis-of-social-imaginaries/media/the-topography-of-ireland>Revolutionary in Ireland (1975)Autobiography of the 1st Chief of Staff of the Provisional IRA. If you would like to read about the "rebirth" of Irish Republicanism+the IRA in the latter half of the 20th Century, this is a first hand account of how it happened. https://republicanarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/revolutionary-in-ireland-1975.pdfThat's my personal picks, I'll not be back ITT or on this retarded website until after Christmas. Enjoy yourselves, /his/.
Thanks anonI probably should expect it given the era, but I'm still struck by how full of miracle stories the Topographia Hibernica is. Also Gerald of Wales can not stay on topic at all.
thank you boganon, merry christmas
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