Moments that Changed UsIreland has changed enormously since the 1960s. The old country is barely recognisable today. Crucial moments in that process of transformation are the subject of Colum Kenny s new book. He recalls a series of linked events which, taken together, fired the engines of social, economic and cultural change in modern Ireland. He gathers his material by themes: Mother and Child (including education, school beatings, working mums); Violence (including the vanished, random attacks and atrocities); Rituals (including drugs, sport, religion). Other themes are Sexual Relations, Scandals, Politics, Society, Lifestyle and Culture. This fascinating necklace of moments and events gives a unique insight into the evolution of contemporary Ireland. Colum Kenny s cool, analytical intelligence interprets Ireland to the Irish for the twenty-first century. " |
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... Irish governments had agreed to a form of administration for Northern Ireland that required the involvement of both communities , but their scheme was fatally flawed because it had not won sufficient unionist backing to survive for long ...
... Northern Ireland and the Irish government . The council was given no powers of its own , but depended for its development and progress on the approval of the Oireachtas in Dublin and of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont . Both ...
... Northern Ireland . Carved out of the ancient province of Ulster , constituting six of its nine old counties , Northern Ireland was created to protect the interests and aspirations of a Protestant minority on the island of Ireland that ...
Contents
The gravel pit Galway City 7 May 1992 | 8 |
From confraternity to Celtic Babes Limerick City 26 July 2000 | 18 |
MOTHER AND CHILD | 29 |
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