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Historical Schoolbooks on Irish History

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  • 16-02-2011 3:54pm
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    sushisushi
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    I'm in the middle of writing something about the teaching of Irish history in secondary schools and I seem to remember we had a history book for the Inter Cert called the Age of Revolutions, which covered the French revolution, the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, with an Irish bit covering 1916. I was wondering if anyone had seen a copy of this book or was it a figment of my imagination? Or if anyone knew where I would be able to get hold of out-of-date school history texts for the Inter Cert? I've tried the back of the wardrobe, friends, abebooks, etc., already, but to no avail.


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    convert
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    Some of the colleges specialising in 'teacher training' should have some. I remember a friend of mine talking about seeing all their old primary school books in the college library. Maybe they'd have some of the secondary school books, too? It's worth a look.


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    ReacherCreature
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    Could this be it OP?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Revolution-Europe-1789-1848/dp/0349104840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298410355&sr=8-1

    Quick Amazon search.


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    sushisushi
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    It's not the Hobsbawm book, no, that's part of his 'Age of...' series of books on European history (which are really excellent, I might add).

    Thanks for the advice - I eventually found it in Trinity College Library stacks. For anyone wondering, it doesn't actually do 1916, but much earlier 19th century Irish attempts at revolution and the publication details are:

    Kieran Foley, New Syllabus Intermediate History: The Age of Revolutions, Dublin, School and College Services, 1978


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