The Sieges of Derry.

Sieges of DerryAuthor: KELLY, William (Editor).

Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001. 144 pages. Hardback.

Contents:-

Chronology.
Introduction: the siege: myth and reality T.G. Fraser
1. Siege, myth and history: Derry 1688-1998 Jim Smyth
2. The forgotten siege of Derry, March-August 1649 W.P. Kelly
3. The Scottish response to the siege of Londonderry, 1689-90 John R. Young
4. The strange enigma of Oliver Goldsmith Robert Welch
5. Three drunken nights and a hangover: the siege, the Apprentice Boys and Irish national identity, 1779-80 Breandan Mac Suibhne
6. ‘We have a strong city’: politicised Protestantism, evangelicalism and the siege myth in early nineteenth-century Derry Mark McGovern
7. Remembering the siege of Derry: the rise of a popular religious and political tradition, 1689-1989 Brian Walker

ISBN: 185182510X