Edited by well-respected historian Roy Foster, this authoritative work provides a lively and challenging synthesis of Irish history from pre-Christian times to

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Lavishly illustrated, the book is a compassionate introductionto Ireland's apst, from medieval times right up through Irish independence int he twentieth centur

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