The Story of Ireland: A History of the Irish People
Praise forThe Story of Ireland “A prime starter kit. Author Neil Hegarty artfully encapsulates this land of saints and scholars from 433 BC to 2010.”--Boston Globe "A fresh recasting of Irish history...A finely researched and timely celebration of Ireland's turbulent history and conservative people." --Publishers Weekly "A balanced overview of the history of Ireland...Hegarty highlights the complexities underlying Ireland's ongoing conflicts...Recommended for general readers seeking a thourough, nonpartisan guide to...the history of this...country."--Booklist “A most impressive sweep through the preceding centuries …An engrossing and highly readable account of the sweep of Irish history.”--The Irish Sunday Independent   “A new view of history...Everyone should read this.”--Evening Herald(UK) “An engaging, entertaining, and accessible history...Captures the complex state of a nation.”--RTEGuide(UK) “Hegarty’s book is an admirably even-handed one, and though … it may be generations before a ‘new national memory’ replaces the ingrained chronicle of repression and reprisal, we should be grateful for such an intelligent attempt to hasten it.”--Tablet(UK)