Irish History

[Hereiam]

Just started to read a book recommended by a board member called
"A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes" by Jonathan Bardon.
I am about a quarter of the way through which is about the time of the flight of the earls. The Island was a savage place back in the early days where the Irish (poor) people lived on oat biscuits, butter & sour milk, the women walked about with their private bits exposed which was normal practice. We really do have a violent history, something which wasn't taught at our school. Would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get an insight to the early beginnings of this Island

[Master Yoda]

Just started to read a book recommended by a board member called
"A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes" by Jonathan Bardon.
I am about a quarter of the way through which is about the time of the flight of the earls. The Island was a savage place back in the early days where the Irish (poor) people lived on oat biscuits, butter & sour milk, the women walked about with their private bits exposed which was normal practice. We really do have a violent history, something which wasn't taught at our school. Would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to get an insight to the early beginnings of this Island

There are some parts of North Derry that are still fairly savage.

[Hereiam]

Wouldn't Disagree with that  .
Was there ever a film made about the Ireland back in them days. You would think that the Irish film board could come uo with something instead of that shite the Turd-ors

[Hardy]

The Island was a savage place back in the early days where ... the women walked about with their private bits exposed

Funny how things have come full cycle.

[ludermor]

Who would have thought you would have survived on Hob Nobs and yogurt.

[Ulick]

The book is based on the long running Raidió Uladh series which you should be able to listen to again somewhere on the BBC site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/ashorthistory/about/

[Orior]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

[Zapatista]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Our historys are linked.

[mylestheslasher]

Well when I was going to national school in Killeshandra, Co Cavan all we were thought about was the battles that occured in our area along with all Irish Mythology. Our head master, a fairly violent man himself, loved nothing more than to tell us how Mylestheslasher laid siege to Killeshandra in the 1641 rebellion and how he threw a few english settlers into the Erne with rocks around their legs. Not a man to be messed with. Obviously, this has had a lasting effect on me!

[Hereiam]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Our historys are linked.

Yes they are linked but we were never taught about the O'Neills etc and how they battled the English outside Benburb in Co. Tyrone. There were 100's/1000's killed in this battle and I never knew it even took place. That there was a great fort built there that was an important statement made by the English to the O'Neills. There were other great battles that took place over the Island of Ireland and we were never told about any of them. Instead our minds were filled with crap about England fighting and winning all these great battle's. My young son will know the correct history of this Island and not some bullshit taught to him by a foreign body.

[ONeill]

Yeah and feckin homo sapiens and the Tollund man.

[The Subbie]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Our historys are linked.

Yes they are linked but we were never taught about the O'Neills etc and how they battled the English outside Benburb in Co. Tyrone. There were 100's/1000's killed in this battle and I never knew it even took place. That there was a great fort built there that was an important statement made by the English to the O'Neills. There were other great battles that took place over the Island of Ireland and we were never told about any of them. Instead our minds were filled with crap about England fighting and winning all these great battle's. My young son will know the correct history of this Island and not some bullshit taught to him by a foreign body.

Wait till you get to the bit about cromwell  grrrrrrrrrr

[thebigfella]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Our historys are linked.

Yes they are linked but we were never taught about the O'Neills etc and how they battled the English outside Benburb in Co. Tyrone. There were 100's/1000's killed in this battle and I never knew it even took place. That there was a great fort built there that was an important statement made by the English to the O'Neills. There were other great battles that took place over the Island of Ireland and we were never told about any of them. Instead our minds were filled with crap about England fighting and winning all these great battle's. My young son will know the correct history of this Island and not some bullshit taught to him by a foreign body.

I was (don't know anyone who was force to learn English history by a foreign body as you put it)............. In fact we never covered much English histoy, apart from the history linked with our own. Personnaly I always prefered European, Middle East etc... I think some of the stuff we got taught was through rose tinted glasses and are not objective enough for my liking.

[delboy]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Thats certainly not my experience, we learnt about the flight of the earls, the plantation, drogehda/cromwell, 1690, the potato famine, the united irishmen and the home rule issue amongst other irish history.

We did do some stuff about 'england' but that was more in the context of europe as a whole to be honest.

[Tony Baloney]

The state schools in the occupied six counties dont get taught any Irish History. Its all about english kings and queens

Nonsense. If anything there is more Irish history than British in state schools in N.I. i.e. Medieval Ireland, Potato Famine, Easter Rising, Partition, Home Rule etc. etc. are all on the curricula.