The Irish World
The History and Cultural Achievements of the Irish People
Edited by Brian de Breffny
With texts by Kevin B. Nowlan
E. Estyn Evans
Kathleen Hughes
Roger Stalley
Brian de Breffny
Rosemary ffolliott
Anne Crookshank
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Phillip L. Marcus
Jeanne Sheehy
William V. Shannon
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| ‘Lush, plush, superlatively and lavishly illustrated... excellent’ | | - The Irish Press |
| ‘Sumptuous’ | | - The Observer |
First published in 1977, The Irish World is to this day the only book to cover the whole of Irish culture with such erudition and in such glorious illustrations. Eleven leading scholars and writers trace the story of Ireland, its history, cultural mores, religion and politics through the ages, covering every peak and trough of its often turbulent past.
With essays on prehistoric Ireland, the early Irish Church and its masterpieces of manuscript illuminations, the Viking invasions, the Protestant Ascendancy, the Celtic revival in art, poetry and drama, and the Irish in America, The Irish World presents the whole of Ireland: the greatness as well as the suffering; the enduring victories as well as the setbacks.
Also of interest:
The Irish A Photohistory 1840–1940
The Irish Famine
Irish Art: A Concise History |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500282412 | | ISBN-13 978-0500282410 | | | | 30.0 x 22.0 cm | | Paperback | | 296pp | | 340 illustrations, 62 in colour,Including map | | First published 2000 | | | | £9.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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