The Making of Ireland 3rd edition

The Making of Ireland is written in a clear factual style with up-to-date historical commentary.

This beautifully illustrated textbook features a wide variety of relevant historical imagery and presents key statistics in clear, useful graphs and charts.

The Making of Ireland provides in-depth coverage of and case studies from the four most popular Later Modern Ireland topics. Students must study two of these:

• Topic 2: Movements for Political and Social Reform, 1870–1914 (prescribed topic for 2026/2027)
• Topic 3: The Pursuit of Sovereignty and the Impact of Partition, 1912–1949
• Topic 5: Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1949–1993
• Topic 6: Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949–1989