(Part 2) Top products from r/ireland

I like The Isles: A History by Norman Davis as it puts it in context with our neighbours and further, puts that in context with Europe.

It it ain't too specific A History of Ulster is very good.

The Irish by Sean O' Faolin is pretty darn interesting. Not so much a typical history as a racial/psycological/ sociological history. More concerned with ideas than specific events.

Another great Sean O' Faolin one that I'm very fond of is The Great O'Neill.

You might be able to tell I'm a little biased to events in Ulaidh!

Any book on technology. Like this one. Oh yes, most Indians wanting out are settled in the US or the UK or Australia nowadays. I'm mostly a lurker here and on reddit. I don't understand most of the posts, especially the ones on politics, although I'm learning new terms like Dail and Taoiseach and I'm pretty sure I don't know how to pronounce these words. I'm trying to participate in self posts like these.

> Would you be willing to consider not telecommuting?

This, and changing job to find somewhere that has a younger bunch of people is also a good idea.

> Finally,my last thought is try saying yes more

There's a great comedy/reality book about this theme:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-Man-Danny-Wallace/dp/0091896746

>After listening to the Wolfe Tones and Dubliners so much and watching some films like Hunger, Bloody Sunday and In The Name of the Father


Using the above sources (except the Dubliners) to gain a better understanding Irish history and society would be similar to learning about American capitalism by watching Michael Moore documentaries. My point is, these are either emotionally charged or extremely biased sources which is of no benefit to an understanding of history. (Personally, I think using film is generally a bad choice as a method to learn history.)

Some good resources would include:

Dermot Keogh, Twentieth Century Ireland Amazon Link

R.F. Foster, The Oxford History of Ireland Amazon Link (admittedly, many Irish don't like Foster's revisionist approach to Irish history. However, this book is a short and concise edition to Ireland's entire history and provides good context for the 20th century).

Susan McKay, Northern Protestants: An unsettled people Amazon Link

Others mentioned the CAIN website to understand the troubles, and I totally agree. If you are in college at the moment, and have access to academic journal articles, check out Irish Historical Studies. They also have a website.

Finally, check out Newstalk's 'Talking History' podcasts. The presenter is a lecturer in Trinity College, Dublin and his guests are almost always distinct academics on each respective issue. If you look through the back catalog, you will find some great podcasts around twentieth century Irish history.

I'm in the same boat. My work involves a lot of academic reading and I had got out of reading for pleasure in the past couple of years because it was such a slog during the day. I've started again recently, beginning with short story compilations to make it easier to keep my attention. It also gives me an idea of authors whose work I'd like to explore further.

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

That Glimpse of Truth

I recently read this which was an interesting take on the role of religion in Ireland.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/When-God-Took-Sides-Unfinished/dp/0199206937

It's an interesting read and gives what seemed to me at least a very accurate picture of the various religions in Ireland, the attitudes of their believers and how they got to the current mindset.

Worth a read if you have the cash, or get it in your library....

Not if you're reading a good book.

This Lighthouse?

>The Lighthouse

>From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

>Starring Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson

Amazon

He has some funny reply when asked how can he call himself Irish when he was born in England. He said if a cat had kittens in an oven would you call them cakes?? Ironically he had some odd notions about racial interbreeding (but I can't remember where I read that...may have been in this book).

> book that explains the financial crisis in 2008 in an Irish context

This book is highly rated by critics and fairly straight-forward. It would be a good jumping off point but I would recommend reading more to get a balanced picture.

This is the most comprehensive overview of the lead up and conduct of the Rising, writtne by Charles Townshend, - 'Easter 1916 The Irish Rebellion' http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easter-1916-The-Irish-Rebellion/dp/0141012161/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411326465&sr=8-1&keywords=townsend+easter+rising

Tony Hawks done it years ago with a fridge.

William Trevor - The story of Lucy Gault

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Lucy-Gault-William-Trevor/dp/0141044608/ref=nodl_

Joseph O Connor - Star of the Sea

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0099469626/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519927698&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=star+of+the+sea&dpPl=1&dpID=51GWZX31JTL&ref=plSrch

Tha Frank Show?

Read 'The Siege of Derry' and take it from there.

Edit: Downvoted? I wonder if anyone in here has read the book I suggested?

I found this a decent read:

• A Secret History of the IRA, Ed Moloney
  
  Just remember, bias works on both sides.

Derek Landy (of Skullduggery Pleasant fame), Demon Road.

He has a gift for creating protagonists so annoying that you find yourself rooting for the villains to kill them just so they'll stop fucking talking.

Ok racist. You can't imagine how compelling it is to be called a racist by an open Israel-hating antisemite tho.

"He is definitely JIDF"

Followed by:

>Question motives. Twist or amplify any fact which could be taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.




> Edit: I can't resist replying to your ridiculous link to Tumblr (of all places). Look, I can convert to Judaism. Do I immediately become genetically Jewish? FFS give up.

Woah! Compelling response by random Reddit antisemite to the medical geneticist at Albert Einstein who is an authority on Jewish genetics. Here I was ready to listen to him, not knowing your level of expertise was available!

Tell me, you mental giant you, are almost all Jews converts or biologically Jewish? The latter. What does that imply as far as genetics?

>The evidence for biological jewishness has become incontrovertible.

• Dr Harry Ostrer
  
  (I know. I know. I read books so I'm brainwashed, unlike you.)
  
  

> You're being a tad exaggerational with the build up to the PIRA there. However, calling them an amateur army doesn't excuse their actions. The fact remains that in the War of Independence innocents were killed as accidental casualties and the PIRA killed innocents for shock and fear.

Prove it. Give me a list of all known deaths and we'll examine how they died.

The first people killed during the "war of independence" were not accidental casualties. Dan Breen gunned them down in broad daylight. Their crime? They refused to hand over explosives to him.

You're out of your depth here. You should read the following:
http://www.amazon.com/Armed-Struggle-History-Richard-English/dp/0195177533