A Travellers History of Ireland gives a full and accurate portrait of Irelandfrom prehistory right up to the present. The story opens with mysterious earlyCelti... » 

A Travellers History of Ireland gives a full and accurate portrait of Irelandfrom prehistory right up to the present. The story opens with mysterious earlyCeltic Ireland where no Roman stood through Saint Patricks mission to Irelandwhich began the process of making it an island of saints to the legendaryHigh King Brian Boru and his struggle with Viking and Irish enemies alike. Itmoves on through the arrival of the Norman Strongbow in the twelfth centuryand the beginnings of the difficult and tragic AngloIrish relationship. Greathistorical figures like Hugh ONeill Cromwell and Jonathan Swift figure aswell as ordinary people like the Londonderry apprentice boys who helpedchange the course of Irish history. A Travellers History of Ireland then takesthe reader into modern times with the great revolts of 1798 the horrors ofthe Potato Famine and the careers of the leading constitutional nationalistsOConnell and Parnell. The final chapter of the book fully covers the divisionof the island into two separate administrations the Republic of Ireland andthe six Northern counties which remain part of the United Kingdom with a newlyrevived assembly.Illustrated throughout with maps and line drawings ATravellers History of Ireland will help you discover Irelands past andpresent. «