"HISTORY / Europe / Ireland." . . "Revolutionaries Biography Ireland." . . "Nationalists Biography Ireland." . . "History." . . "Heroes Biography Ireland." . . . "Electronic books"@en . "For the cause of liberty a thousand years of Ireland's heroes"@en . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The story of Irish nationalism, from the legendary king Brian Boru, who united the chieftains of Ireland to drive out the Vikings, to the conflict in Northern Ireland. In a fast-paced narrative, Terry Golway tells a thousand years of Irish history, describing the achievements of the patriots who kept alive the dream of Irish freedom until they finally succeeded. Among the stories--some famous, some little-known--are those of Wolfe Tone, a leader of the 1798 rebellion who cut his own throat rather than submit to a hangman; Kevin Barry, executed at age eighteen rather than turn informer on the eve of independence in 1921; Bobby Sands, an IRA militant who died on a hunger strike in 1981, calling international attention to the conflict in Northern Ireland; and several remarkable women who played pivotal roles. Golway also reveals that the struggle for Irish freedom was not a strictly religious dispute; in fact, many of the greatest heroes of the nationalist movement were Protestants.--From publisher description." . . . . . . . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . "Ireland's struggle for freedom reaches back much further into the annals of history than most of us can imagine. Since the eleventh century, when legendary king Brian Boru united the chieftains of Ireland to resist Viking invasion, countless individual leaders have fought to preserve and protect Ireland's political and cul-tural autonomy. In a chronicle of unprecedented breadth and authority, For the Cause of Liberty tells the stories of these heroes -- including both men and women, Catholics and Protestants -- who enabled the Irish to free themselves from the yoke of colonial oppression. Journalist Terry Golway reconstructs the entire thousand-year history of Irish nationalism, covering each benchmark event in Ireland's political evolution and presenting a vivid, epic tale of both the famous and unsung patriots who changed the course of Ireland's history. Among these are Wolfe Tone, a leader of the 1798 rebellion who cut his own throat rather than submit to a hangman; Kevin Barry, executed at age eighteen rather than turn informer on the eve of independence in 1921; and Bobby Sands, an IRA militant who died on a hunger strike in 1981, calling international attention to the conflict in Northern Ireland. The engaging and admirable story of how the Irish have saved themselves, For the Cause of Liberty is a peerless work of scholarship, and it offers a fresh context for the ongoing discussion of Ireland's political future."@en . "For the cause of liberty : a thousand years of Ireland's heroes" . "For the cause of liberty : a thousand years of Ireland's heroes"@en . . . . "For the cause of liberty a thousand years of ireland's heroes"@en . "Ierland." . . "Revolutionairen." . . "Ireland" . . "Nationalisme." . . "Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland." . . . . "Nationalism History Ireland." . . "Onafhankelijkheidsbewegingen." . .