Ireland: Awakening (2006) (also known in North America as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga) is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2006 by Century Hutchinson. It concludes the two-part series known as The Dublin Saga.

Ireland: Awakening (US title: The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
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AuthorEdward Rutherfurd
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Dublin Saga
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherCentury Hutchinson
Publication date
2 March 2006
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages896 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN978-1-84413-794-7 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC62479060
Preceded byDublin: Foundation 

Plot summary

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This sequel to Dublin: Foundation also set in Ireland follows the clans or families of the O'Byrnes, Walshes, MacGowans etc. In addition to the previous novel other families appear on the scene and together they live through the Cromwellian period, the Protestant Ascendancy and the Famine.

Publishing history

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  • 2006, UK, Century (ISBN 978-1-84413-794-7), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (First edition)
  • 2006, Canada, Doubleday Canada (ISBN 978-0385659062), pub date 2 March 2006, hardback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
  • 2007, USA, Ballantine Books (ISBN 978-0345472366), pub date 27 February 2007, paperback (as The Rebels of Ireland: The Dublin Saga)
  • 2007, UK, Arrow Books (ISBN 978-0099476559), pub date 1 March 2007, paperback

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