In Search of the Irish Dreamtime: Archaeology and Early Irish Literature

by J.P. Mallory

Following his account of Irish origins drawing on archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to investigate what he calls the Irish Dreamtime: the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He explores the historical backbone of this version of the earliest history of Ireland, which places apparently mythological events on a concrete timeline of invasions, colonization, and royal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500051844
• ISBN13: 9780500051849
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 9.3"