THE ONLY BOOK ON IRISH HISTORY YOU'LL EVER NEED!From invasions to rebellions, heroic martyrs to pragmatic politicians, industrial development to mass emigration, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes by renowned Irish historian Jonathan Bardon will take you on a sweeping journey through Irish history, getting behind the historical headlines to reveal the lived experience of Irish people.Written in easy-to-read bitesize episodes, Bardon's original and engaging style will make you feel as though you're alongside William Smith O'Brien and his rebels at the Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch, traversing the country to banish snakes and convert Celts with St Patrick, and feasting with the Spanish Armada's Captain Francisco de Cuellar and his wild Irish hosts. From taking up arms with the United Irishmen at Vinegar Hill to standing in solidarity with the workers of the Dublin 1916 Lockout, A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes will take you right to the heart of Irish history.Featuring a cast of characters that leap off the page, from the well-known, like the hero of the War of Independence, Michael Collins, to the quirky, such as Susannah Cibber, the first soprano to sing Handel's Messiah, A History of 250 Episodes will thrill, excite and inform you from start to finish. Whether you dip in and out of episodes or devour it from cover to cover, Bardon's must-have book will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about Irish history and much, much more beyond.A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes: Selected ContentsPrefaceThe Irish landscape: the last Ice Age and afterMesolithic IrelandNeolithic Ireland: the first farmersThe coming of the CeltsPatrick the BritonSaints and scholarsThe coming of the VikingsThe wars of the Gael and the GallBrian Boru and the Battle of ClontarfHenry II comes to IrelandJohn, Lord of IrelandFeudal IrelandEdward Bruce 'caused the whole of Ireland to tremble'The Black DeathGallowglassesRichard II's great expedition to IrelandBeyond the PaleA failed plantation and a bloody feast in BelfastThe plantation of MunsterThe escape of Red Hugh O'DonnellGranuaile: the pirate queen of ConnachtThe Nine Years War begins'Remember, remember, the Fifth of November'The Flight of the EarlsThe plantation of Ulster'To Hell or Connacht'The Battle of the BoyneThe Wild GeeseThe Penal LawsThe Protestant AscendancyDublin: poverty, crime and duels'A vast number of people shipping off for Pennsylvania and Boston'The American Revolution and IrelandThe United Irishmen'Croppies, lie down!'Vinegar HillThe passing of the Act of UnionRobert Emmet'Let no man write my epitaph'The Catholic AssociationA Nation Once Again?The Famine in SkibbereenThe Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage PatchThe Fenian Brotherhood'God Save Ireland!'The relief of Captain BoycottAssassination in the Phoenix ParkThe First Home Rule BillCultural revivalHome Rule promisedThe CovenantThe great Dublin lock-outThe Curragh 'mutiny'Easter WeekSacrifice at the SommeThe rise of Sinn FeinThe First DilThe TreatyGreen against GreenNorthern Ireland: depression yearsThe EmergencyThe inter-party governmentThe Mother and Child crisisEpilogueReferencesBibliography