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The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
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Summary
“The Honorable Member must remember that in the South they boasted of a Catholic State. They still boast of Southern Ireland being a Catholic State. All I boast of is that we are a Protestant Parliament and a Protestant State. It would be rather interesting for historians of the future to compare a Catholic State launched in the South with a Protestant State launched in the North and to see which gets on the better and prospers the more.” (Sir James Craig)
One of the most bitter and divisive struggles in the history of the British Isles, and in the history of the British Empire, played out over the question of Home Rule and Irish independence, and then later still as the British province of Northern Ireland grappled within itself for the right to secede from the United Kingdom or the right to remain.
What is it within this complicated relationship that has kept this strange duality of mutual love and hate at play? A rendition of “Danny Boy” has the power to reduce both Irishmen and Englishmen to tears, and yet they have torn at one another in a violent conflict that can be traced to the very dawn of their contact.
This history of the British Isles themselves is in part responsible. The fraternal difficulties of two neighbors so closely aligned, but so unequally endowed, can be blamed for much of the trouble. The imperialist tendencies of the English themselves, tendencies that created an empire that embodied the best and worst of humanity, alienated them from not only the Irish, but the Scots and Welsh too. However, the British also extended that colonial duality to other great societies of the world, India not least among them, without the same enduring suspicion and hostility. There is certainly something much more than the sum of its parts in this curious combination of love and loathing that characterizes the Anglo-Irish relationship.
The Partition of Ireland and the Troubles: The History of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to the Good Friday Agreement analyzes the tumultuous events that marked the creation of Northern Ireland, and the conflicts fueled by the partition. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Northern Ireland like never before.
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- XY z
- 23-01-20
Needs an editor
Disrespectful of the facts. Norman Tebbit at this moment is alive and well, not one of the victims of the Brighton bomb, although his wife was badly injured. The Omagh bombing was carried out by a group calling itself the Real Irish Republican Army. It was not the IRA. So the fact checking is really not up to scratch. The pronunciation of many words needs to be corrected.
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- Sam
- 19-01-20
It's OK to start but also not completely true
There is nothing majorally incorrect but a lot of the nuance around the partition seems missing. there is nothing about Edward Carson for example. Also Irish words and place names are incorrectly pronounced
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- Mr D.
- 25-10-19
Wrong on Tebbit
The author claims that Norman Tebbit died in the 1984 Grand Hotel explosion. He didn’t. I saw him the other day.
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- Alan Smith
- 20-01-20
Inaccurate
Norman Tebbit was not killed in Brighton bombing his wife was injured so not correct.
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- Marie B.
- 04-04-20
Rather superficial and tendentious
The coverage is rather superficial and opinionated, rather than presenting evidence, the pronunciation of Irish place names, political party names, including counties in Northern Ireland is really terrible and the reading is rather robotic. I would not recommend it.
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- Connor Paul McCarthy
- 09-02-22
Not bad factually but awful linguistically
As an Irishman it is painful to listen to this Englishman butcher Irish words.
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- KH
- 28-10-21
Not too much not too little
I felt the book had just the right amount of information for someone with a limited knowledge of the subject. A good basis from which to explore the subject further.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-07-19
Horribly biased with terrible narration
Difficult to listen to. Narration sounds like a computer. Biased beyond belief or truth. Could not recommend.
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- Jenny Penny
- 16-12-19
Dreadful reading. Literally can’t even pronounce “Sligo” correctly
The performer of this story has no clue how to pronounce even the simplest of Irish names. A book about Irish politics and he can’t even pronounce Taoiseach or Dáil Éireann correctly.
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- Alan McGrath
- 12-08-19
Awful narration
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