The Course of Irish History (Edition 4) (Paperback)

from waltzmn

This book bears a certain resemblance to Ireland before the English conquest: A lot of small domains ruled by different people. The editors had created a television series on Irish history, and broke that history up into chapters which they then assigned to different historians. That sort of appr...

from cao9415

This is one of the preeminent sources for Irish history; an earlier edition of the work was the main textbook for my graduate Irish history course. Balanced and nonsectarian. This is the product of several historians writing about their areas of expertise, representing the cream of Irish historic...

from Tmyers526

I enjoyed this book very much. The fact that each chapter is written by a different expert makes it enjoyable to read. I also enjoyed seeing the entire chronology of Irish History in the back of the book.

from traumatroller

For those who wish a short concise history of ireland this is a great read. I had read the previous verson and this is a nice update to the present. It is just good enough to wet one's appetitie for further research but is not a very detailed (no way one book could) history. I would recommend to ...

from Schmerguls

This is a 2012 book which in 25 chapters, each authored by a separate historian, tells the story of Ireland from pre-historic times to 2011. I have long had a great interest in modern Irish history and I found the chapters on the time from 1800 to 1966 full of interest and well-done. And it was g...