Research Catalog

Title

A history of County Wexford / Nicholas Furlong.

Author

Furlong, Nicholas.

Publication

Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, c2003.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

viii, 168 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Nicholas Furlong traces the story of the county from its earliest settlements through its Gaelic, Christian, Norse and Norman phases of life to the turbulence of the Elizabethan and Cromwellian regimes. He brings the reader through the great upheaval of 1798 and the institutional revival of Catholicism in the nineteenth century, which was particularly focused on County Wexford. He details the continued property of the county throughout modern times. Driven by the sporting and cultural revival of the 1950s - the birth of the Wexford Opera Festival and the legendary hurling team of that era - Wexford has today built itself into the nation's holiday playground and a vital European transport hub."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Wexford

Subject

Wexford (Ireland : County) > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. County Wexford's First Humans -- 2. The Celts and the Age of Iron -- 3. The Dawn of Christianity -- 4. The Kingdom of Ui Chennselaig -- 5. Ui Chennselaig Expands, Norsemen Land -- 6. The Vikings in Wexford -- 7. Years of Power -- 8. Dermot, King of Leinster -- 9. The Market for Swords -- 10. The New Foreigners -- 11. Infestation and Restoration -- 12. Art Mor MacMurrough Kavanagh -- 13. The World Changes -- 14. Havoc and War -- 15. From Cromwell to William -- 16. Two Kings, Two Bishops -- 17. Revolution -- 18. A Final Solution -- 19. Less Turbulent Years -- 20. The Technology Age -- 21. War and Peace -- 22. Consolidation.

ISBN

071713461X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004445225

OCLC

• 52531678
• SCSB-10692192

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library