The Rough Guide to Ireland is the definitive guide to this fascinating island with its world-renowned pubs, historical sights, spectacular landscapes, and pulsating nightlife. It will guide you through Ireland with reliable information and a clearly explained background on everything from traditional sports and music to the country's history and literature.
Beckett's Radio Plays RTÉ (Ireland's National Radio and Television) Radio 1 in association with Gare St Lazare
Players Ireland broadcast Beckett's seven radio plays; Embers, Words and Music, Rough for Radio 1, Rough for Radio 2, Cascando, The Old Tune and All that Fall to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett on Thursday, 13 April 2006.
This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were the most turbulent years of British history and their reverberations have been felt down the centuries. Throughout the middle decades of the seventeenth century England, Scotland, and Ireland were convulsed by political upheaval and wracked by rebellion and civil war.
St. Patrick’s Day is a special holiday that comes each year on March 17 . It is a day for Irish people to celebrate their country. Many Americans and Canadians whose family came from Ireland honor their family’s homeland on this day.
The last generation has seen a veritable revolution in scholarly work on Elizabeth I, on Ireland, and on the colonial aspects of the literary productions that typically served to link the two. It is now commonly accepted that Elizabeth was a much more active and activist figure than an older scholarship allowed. Gaelic elites are acknowledged to have had close interactions with the crown and continental powers; Ireland itself has been shown to have occupied a greater place in Tudor political calculations than previously thought. Literary masterpieces of the age are recognised for their imperial and colonial entanglements.
