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Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) Timely list for me, as I'm currently reading Farrell's "Troubles" ...

How far back do you want "the historical conditions which brought it about" to be understood -- Crown Act? Cromwell? William of Orange/Battle of the Boyne? Potato Famine?


message 2: by Thom (last edited Aug 14, 2012 01:16PM) (new)

Thom Dunn Themis-Athena wrote: "Timely list for me, as I'm currently reading Farrell's "Troubles" ...

How far back do you want "the historical conditions which brought it about" to be understood -- Crown Act? Cromwell? William o..."


As a general rule, we can go back a thousand years, so long as events then are traced as causal elements in The Troubles, or as we Irish pronounce it, "Thrubbles". But a specialized book on Norman castle keeps or Round Towers would be for other lists. Moreover, many will want to see the story through to the present day, for there are still some die-hard IRA who won't lay down their arms.


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