Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ireland written by Ciaran Brady and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Oxford reference, find Francis Bacon, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett; Enya (but not Sinead O'Connor), the Chieftains, and Van Morrison; the IRA and the United Irishmen; Irish towns and counties; or Irish Music and Irish Film. Though entries are fairly short, this encyclopedia's reach is long, featuring 300 biographies, 500 historical entries, 400 geographical entries, 15 chronologies on Irish history, and 200 quotations on the country--about 2,000 entries in all. Other areas covered include Irish symbols, genealogy, politics, and the contributions of the Irish diaspora. The editor is senior lecturer in Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR