Cruthin: The ancient kindred

by Ian Adamson

very good copy, only light shelf wear This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0950346101
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Nosmada Books
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Offers a shared heritage for divided communities in Ulster

The Cruthin are the earliest inhabitants of Ireland to whom a name can be given. Ian Adamson traces their legacy from the stone-age monuments of the Irish countryside to the shipyards of modern Belfast. More importantly, he contends that they were the common stock onto which the Celts, Gaels, Vikings and Anglo-Normans were later grafted. They therefore offer the bitterly polarized Orange and Green a shared heritage. 'The Cruthin' was the first of several similar books ( 'The Identity of Ulster' and 'The Ulster People') by Adamson, whose work was a major influence on Rene Frechet, founder of the Institute of Irish Studies at the Sorbonne. Scholarly and devoid of stereotypes, 'The Cruthin' is essential reading for anyone interested in Ireland.