A Pocket History of Ireland

By Breandán Ó hEithir

A short and entertaining history from earliest times to the present by one of Ireland's best-loved writers. It deals with prehistory, the Celts, Christianity, the Vikings, the Normans. The various... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862786339
• ISBN13: 9780862786335
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: The O'Brien Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 0.5" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

Concise and subtly funny: A perfect overview

Need the "Cliff's Notes" of Irish history? This is it. It's a quick read, full of subtle humor, written by someone with an obvious love for his subject. Not an exhaustive representation of Irish history, by any means, but just the right amount of detail to serve as the perfect primer, the perfect jumping-off point for further historical study, or the perfect context for reading Irish literature.