The shape of Irish history /A.T.Q. Stewart.
- Montreal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2001.
- 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The walled garden -- The night of time -- Hibernia antiqua -- Holy disorders -- Hibernia curiosa -- Liberty and the hour -- The restless nation -- Revolution -- The Cain-Abel business.
Publisher Fact Sheet A meditation on the nature of history that challenges hitherto sacrosanct assumptions about Ireland's past. Annotation In an exploration of the essential structure of what is called Irish history, A.T.Q. Stewart looks at some shadowy areas and asks provocative questions about popular misconceptions. Even where such misconceptions have been refuted by academic research, Stewart argues, the information has not percolated into the general domain because modern historians, writing mainly for one another, have lost the wider audience.