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Popular History of Ireland Book 01

by Thomas D’Arcy McGee

Thomas D’Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 1 begins with the earliest modern settlement of Ireland and ends with the 8th century. (Summary by Sibella Denton)

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Total running time: 2:14:02

mp3 and ogg files

• 00 – Publisher’s Preface – 00:06:59
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  [mp3@128kbps - 6.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.4M]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 01 – The First Inhabitants – 00:08:05
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  [ogg vorbis - 6.3M]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 02 – The First Ages – 00:15:07
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  [ogg vorbis - 8.2M]
  Read by: Betsie Bush
• 03 – Christianity Preached at Tara – The Result – 00:19:06
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  Read by: hefyd
• 04 – The Constitution and How the Kings Kept It – 00:15:46
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  Read by: hefyd
• 05 – Reign of Hugh II: The Irish Colony in Scotland obtains its Independence – 00:15:32
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  [ogg vorbis - 12.2M]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 06 – Kings of the Seventh Century – 00:15:28
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  [ogg vorbis - 8.2M]
  Read by: Sharon Bautista
• 07 – Kings of the Eighth Century – 00:17:02
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  [ogg vorbis - 9.1M]
  Read by: Laura Koskinen
• 08 – What the Irish Schools and Saints did in the Three First Christian Centuries – 00:20:57
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  [mp3@128kbps - 20.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.8M]
  Read by: heyfd

Cataloged on March 04, 2008