101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle (101 Things Series)

Nice brand new book. I expected something with amusing tid bits of Ireland. I got a lovely brief, well written history. it is SO easy to read and SO helpful for a true beginner in Irish history. Alongside, I am listening to a great book on CD "How the Irish Saved Civilization." Much more detail.

Highly recommend. An easy read yet concise and complete. Many history books spend far too much time dwelling on confusing historical narratives for my liking. If you are interested in Irish history this is your easy reader book. Thanks to the author for condensing the Irish historical facts.

I love this little book. The other reviews stated that it is an easy read with lots of history worth knowing. I 100% agree that I have learned a lot about Irish history and I’m ab halfway through.I would make a couple of improvements/suggestions. 1). I don’t know how to pronounce the irish names and so forth like from the old celtic/gaelic language, so for me it slows me down to try to make up a pronunciation. That would help me keep track of the historical figures. 2). I would greatly appreciate illustrations such as maps, photos, or drawings of things mentioned such as some of the neolithic metalwork artistry, or places that are mentioned often. 3). Sometimes I feel as though the ‘chapters’ could be organized differently, or referenced by page numbers. I often find myself looking back through the pages to reread a particular section.—Addendum: there is a brief guide to pronunciation, and an index, so I’ve been making it hard on myself. Therefore, I give it 4 1/2 stars!Overall, I’m impressed with this book insofar as I have learned so much from such a small book.

Fun read

ERIN GO BRAGH!

Great book on Irish history

Every chapter had lots of good info

This little book did not show me anything new. The book lists 101 things however some items, example of the potato famine, took up four of the lists numbers. If you know some Irish history, you are really not going to get anything from this book however I gave it 3 stars as it appears well researched.

I enjoyed sharing the book at our St Patrick’s day event

Explicaciones simples y claras. Con datos curiosos.Se lo recomiendo a cualquier persona que quiera obtener una idea general del tema.

I have been to Ireland twice now and was getting curious about this country and its people. This book offers exactly what I was looking for; an overview of Irish history without too many details. Well written, very easy to read . Such a pity no french translation exists, I would like to offer it to my french friends !

Have not finished this one yet but it is very informative and historically important.

I didn't think I'd be able to get through this at first but soon got hooked. Absolutely fascinating and written in an easily digestible form. Excellent, well worth a look.