Diarmaid Ferriter

The Revelation of Ireland explores a country transformed significantly since the mid-1990s. Ireland, now a strikingly different nation, has undergone dramatic economic, social, and cultural changes. The Celtic Tiger boom, as well as increasingly secular debates concerning abortion, the status of women, and same-sex marriage, highlight the scale of this transformation. The country's newfound diversity in population and its literary...

Ferriter has richly earned his reputation as one of Ireland's leading historians - Irish Independent Absorbing ... A fascinating exploration of the Civil War and its impact on Ireland and Irish politics - Irish Times In June 1922, just seven months after Sinn Fein negotiators signed a compromise treaty with representatives of the British government to create the Irish Free...

Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-23 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Fein, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish...

THE NUMBER 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024 The Revelation of Ireland explores the striking transformation of Ireland from the mid-1990s onwards. Dramatic economic, social, and cultural changes, including the Celtic Tiger boom and increasingly secular debates about abortion, the status of...