Bunbury’s Offbeat History of Ireland
Full title: Ireland’s Forgotten Past: a history of the overlooked & disremembered
Creator / Author: Turtle Bunbury
Item Type / Page count: Book / 223p
When Published: 2020
Publisher / Place of Publication: Thames & Hudson Ltd. / 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7Q
About: In thirty-six short chapters, the author recounts brief episodes from the span of Irish history. Some of these may be familiar, but most will not be widely-known. All, however, are interesting and are presented in an accessible and engaging way by this bestselling writer. A glance at the contents listing below will give some idea of the range of the subjects covered.
ID number(s): 9780500022535 / 9780500296363
Chapters: Introduction — Of Tetrapods and Volcanic Rings — It Starts with a Bear — Neolithic Stargazers — The Bell-Beakers — The Bog Toghers — Roman Hibernia — Pagan Christians & Holy Wells — High Crosses of the Kingdom of Ossory — The Ui Dunlainge Kings of Leinster — Sitric Silkbeard & Queen Gormflaith — The Knights Templar of Ireland — Rohesia’s Castle — Great Scot: Edward the Bruce’s Invasion of Ireland — Prince Lionel Comes to Carlow — Great Pretenders & Warring Roses — The Midland Shires — Sir William Stanley, Public Enemy No. 1 — Rise & Fall: The Maguires of Fermanagh — Cromwell’s Tailor — The Byerley Turk: A Warhorse on the Boyne — The Lixnaw Project — Joshua Dawson, Spymaster — Lord Rosse & the Hell-Fire Club — The Butcher’s Column — Peg Plunkett, Queen of Vice — The Cherokee Club — Gold Fever in Avoca — Medicinal Springs — The Night of the Big Wind — The Crimean Banquet — The Prince of Wales & the Curragh Wren — John Henry Foley, Sculptor of an Empire — Bloody Balfour’s Kindly Deeds — Queen Victoria’s Dublin Visit, 1900 — Killer Gas in the Great War — Operation Shamrock — Epilogue: The Power of Remembrance — Bibliography — Acknowledgements — Index.
WW Connection #1: The author attended primary school in Baltinglass.
Extra #1: Profusely illustrated in black and white by Joe McLaren.
Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.
Extra #3: Check OCLC WorldCat.org for this publication in libraries worldwide.
Extra #4: Link to the Author’s website http://www.turtlebunbury.com
Extra #5: Link to the Publisher’s website www.thamesandhudson.com