Showing posts with label Irish history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish history. Show all posts
Thursday, December 11, 2025

How the British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth

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“We refer to the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions. Their position and mutual relation may be ...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

A review of Michael Wood’s “The Great British Story: A People’s History”

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In  America , Ken Burns once said something interesting about American history . That is, he said that the history of the  United States  i...
Monday, March 24, 2025

The English Empire: The predecessor of the British Empire

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“In the reign of king Henry the seventh, his ministers (not to say the king himself) were more industrious in hunting out prosecutions upon ...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The British Empire: From the Acts of Union to the Battle of Waterloo

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The eighteenth century was a crucial period for the  British Empire . It saw the birth of the “Kingdom of Great Britain” itself , in the 17...
Friday, October 14, 2022

A review of the BBC’s “The Normans” and “The Normans: The Complete Epic Saga”

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There’s a reason that 1066 is the best remembered year in  British history . In that year, the Normans invaded England . They are the last p...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

A review of Neil Oliver’s “Vikings: The Real Warriors” (BBC)

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In the year 793, the Vikings attacked a monastery on the English island of Lindisfarne . It was the beginning of the Viking invasion of Engl...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

A review of Robert McCrum’s “The Story of English” (book)

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In 1986, there were two versions of “The Story of English” – a television series, and a book. I never got to see much of the television seri...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

A review of Frank Delaney’s “The Celts” (BBC)

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“And, first, with regard to the antient Britons [the Celts], the aborigines of our island, we have so little handed down to us concerning t...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

A review of “Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity” (audiobook)

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“I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurre...
Friday, April 24, 2020

A review of “The Irish Rebellion 1916” (PBS)

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“In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the past three hundr...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

A review of Dan Snow’s “How the Celts Saved Britain” (BBC)

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Every year on the 17th of March, Christians around the world celebrate “St. Patrick’s Day,” particularly if they are of  Irish  descent. ...
Friday, May 24, 2019

A review of “Queen Victoria's Empire” (PBS Empires)

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“ ♪ Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves. And Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. ♪ ” – “Rule, Britannia!” (1740) , a B...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

A review of Fergal Keane's “The Story of Ireland” (BBC Northern Ireland)

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" ... the said kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland shall, upon the first day of January, which shall be in the year of our lord on...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Cromwell: The movie that brings the English Civil War to life

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The English Civil War was a war over ideas, much like the American Revolution ... The British historian  Simon Schama  once said that th...
Monday, September 23, 2013

A review of Melvyn Bragg's “The Adventure of English” (ITV)

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare 's "...
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