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Ireland and the monarchy / John Gibney, editor. - xi, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white)

Brian Boru : Imperator Scotorum -- Life after Brian : the high-kingship -- King John and the origins of colonial rule in Ireland -- Thomas Holand : Richard II's king of Ireland? -- The remonstrance of Irish princes, 1317 -- A Lancastrian prince in Ireland -- James IV, the O'Donnell's of Tyrconnell and the road to Flodden -- Contesting the sovereignty of early modern Ireland -- King Billy : a military assessment -- 'Fighting Dick' Talbot, the 'chevalier' Wogan and lally-tollendal : Jacobites, jailbreakers and jailbirds -- 'Erin cordially welcomes the empress' : Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary in Ireland, 1879 and 1880 -- The chequered fate of a queen -- July 1903 : Edward VII, the Gordon Bennett Cup and the Emmett centennial -- The theft of the Irish crown jewels, 1907 -- Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and Ireland -- The queen was in the parlour -- Commemoration and conciliation during the royal visit, 2011.

ISBN: 9781526736710 9781526757647

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB983711 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Monarchy--Ireland.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Ireland--Kings and rulers.
Ireland--History.
Northern Ireland--Kings and rulers.
Northern Ireland--History.

Dewey Class. No.: 941.50099