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The Irish Difference

Yazan: Fergal Tobin
Seslendiren: Aidan Kelly
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A fascinating and entertaining historical investigation into what makes Ireland so different from its neighbours and why that led to independence.

For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, suggested some movement towards political union. It was an uneven, stop-start business and it worked better in some places than in others. Still, England, Wales and Scotland have hung together through thick and thin, despite internal divisions of language, religion, law, culture and disposition that might have broken up a less resilient polity. And, for a long time, it seemed that something similar might have been said about the smaller island to the west: Ireland.

Ireland was always a more awkward fit in the London-centric mini-imperium but no one imagined that it might detach itself altogether, until the moment came for rupture, quite suddenly and dramatically, in the fall-out from World War I. So, what was it - is it - about Ireland that is so different? Different enough to sever historical ties of centuries with such sudden violence and unapologetic efficiency. Wherein lies the Irish difference, a difference sufficient to have caused a rupture of that nature?

In a wide-ranging and witty narrative, historian Fergal Tobin looks into Ireland's past, taking in everything from religion and politics to sports and literature, and traces the roots of her journey towards independence.©2022 Fergal Tobin (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd Europe İngiltere Esprili Birleşik Krallık
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I have read and even studied Ireland much, however, this is one of the, if not the, most clear, succinct and therefore, informative books I’ve read. I’m English and so deservedly on the end of many of the justifiable barbs, and having lived and worked on the Island of Ireland, this certainly stung a bit! But for all I’ve read and experienced, I still found this book provided me with new information, more perspectives and another reason to detest the Little Englanders who have put many people at risk again through the type of blinkered tribalism we often criticised both sides of the community in NI for. I have friends from ‘both sides’ as well as the Republic, and so I hope a new path can be found. Some of my friends will find a lot of this book hard to stomach maybe (guess which side) but I think it is accurate, compelling and an important part of our collective understanding. RIP Feargal, I’ll look out for more of your wise words. Stuart

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