Recomendations for books on the Tudor period/conquest of Ireland?
Any good book recommendations for this period, it's pretty interesting. Especially the Desmond rebellions etc
Posted Nov 16, 2023, 3:42 PM UTC
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Colm Lennon, Sixteenth Century Ireland was a a must read when I covered it in college
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Pacata Hibernia: or, A History of the Wars in Ireland During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Especially Within the Province of Munster Under the Government of Sir George Carew
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The Nine Years War by James O'Neill is a good account of that conflict (O'Neill is also very active on X/Twitter).
Anne Chambers' books on Grainne Ni Mhaille (Ireland's Pirate Queen: The True Story of Grace O'Malley, 1530 - 1603) and her son Tibbot Na Long Bourke (Shadowlord: Son of the Pirate Queen) are worth reading.
If you like visuals, the Osprey Press Men-At-Arms series has one on The Irish Wars 1485-1603 by Ian Heath.