Umma-More : the story of an Irish family
The Magan and Biddulph families of Ireland from pre-history to the presen. Includes the history of Ireland, particularly an analysis of this century
Biography
xiii, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780906540282, 0906540283
10278835
The ancient past of the family in its Irish historical setting up to the end of the Elizabethan era
Old Irish family life in the early days of English colonisation in the first half of the seventeenth century
The family survives the dissolution of the ancient Irish chieftains in the second half of the seventeenth century
The colonial suppression of Ireland in the eighteenth century; and the accommodation of the family to the new Protestant settler ascendancy
The zenith of the family as Irish landowners at the dawning of Irish independence in the nineteenth century
The twilight of the Protestant ascendancy
The reckoning: Ireland today
"A Nadder book."
Includes index