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"This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply...Highly recommended..." - "Library Journal". "For independent, inquisitive travellers traversing the green roads of Ireland, there is no better guide than "A Traveller's History of Ireland." - "Small Press". Constantly in the news, there are few countries where the background history is so vital to an understanding of its people and culture. "A Traveller's History of Ireland" not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nation's development right up to the present day but also provides an invaluable introduction to this land of poets, saints, eloquent politicians, illustrious soldiers and inspiring rebels. Political, social and industrial history and economics are also well covered. The book includes a comprehensive description of modern Ireland, both North and South, and of its two separate Catholic Nationalist and Protestant Unionist traditions. There is a Historical Gazetteer cross-referenced to the main text and particular attention is paid to the classic historical sites, which feature on any visitor's itinerary.
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This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply. From discussions of the dawn of Irish history to the 1992 constitutional debate over abortion, Neville ably leads the reader through the complicated factors underlying the island's present religious and political strife. He recounts how Ireland was spared invasion by the Romans and shows how the Vikings, Normans, and English have left their marks. Useful features include a gazetteer of historical sites and a chronology of the major events from the year A.D. 77, when the Romans contemplated an invasion, to the 1992 approval of the Maastricht Treaty. Highly recommended for the travel collections of public libraries. --William R. Smith, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
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A Traveller's History of Ireland
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Interlink Pub Group Inc, 1992
ISBN 10: 1566561108
ISBN 13: 9781566561105
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A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF IRELAND
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Interlink Pub Group Inc, New York, NY, 1993
ISBN 10: 1566561108
ISBN 13: 9781566561105
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Soft cover. Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Scott Hall (Line Drawing) (illustrator). First American Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW COPY. First American Edition, First Thus. History of Ireland from Prehistory to the 1990s. 277 pgs, in 16 chapters with maps and charts. An enthralling account from which we learn the earliest indigenous word for Ireland was Eriu, meaning "the most beautiful woman in the world, may not be Celtic. Seller Inventory # 018447
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