Irish History For Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))
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A rip-roaring ride through the history of the Emerald Isle
Ireland’s story is an amazingly dramatic and intense one – and today the influence of Irish culture can be felt around the globe. This book helps you find out why, taking you on a rollercoaster journey through the highs and lows of Ireland’s past including invasions, battles, executions, religious divide, uprisings, emigration – and Riverdance! Mike Cronin is a lecturer at the Centre for Irish Programmes, Boston College, Dublin. He has written 5 books on Irish history. Discover:
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| 04-12-08 | 1 | 3\3 |
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I skimmed through a few pages of this book and it was enough....there are historic mistakes in just about every section. For example, there was no "Celtic" invasion of peoples to Ireland - no Irish scholar has believed this for about 40 years. The serious stress between the English and Irish was NOT based on religion - the problems started hundreds of years prior to the reformation. The issues were land ownership, the Irish Brehon law system, the ancient Irish inheritance system, taxes to the crown etc. The section on the Famine is pathetic and Parnell and Home Rule are soft peddled so at not to offend anyone.
This book is bad history and Political Correctness gone wild but worse yet - it is revisionism at its worst. Absolutely would not recommend it at all for anyone who is even close to being serious about the history of Ireland. The problem with books like this - "easy to read intros" - is that they are written for those who have no background on the subject and are gullible enough to not understand that they are reading misinformation. Stay clear of this. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-05-10 07:06:26 EST)
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| 04-12-08 | 1 | 1\1 |
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I skimmed through a few pages of this book and it was enough....there are historic mistakes in just about every section. For example, there was no "Celtic" invasion of peoples to Ireland - no Irish scholar has believed this for about 40 years. The serious stress between the English and Irish was NOT based on religion - the problems started hundreds of years prior to the reformation. The issues were land ownership, the Irish Brehon law system, the ancient Irish inheritance system, taxes to the crown etc. This book is popular history at its worst. Absolutely would not recommend it at all for anyone who is even close to being serious about the history of Ireland.
The problem with books like this - "easy to read intros" - is that they are written for those who have no background on the subject and are gullible enough to not understand that they are reading misinformation. Stay clear of this. (Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-13 08:02:50 EST)
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| 07-23-07 | 5 | 1\1 |
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This book is a tremendous way to get quickly educated on Irish history. It is thorough and well-written.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-12 20:14:59 EST)
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| 01-15-07 | 4 | 1\3 |
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Excellent, but not as good as An Idiots Guide to ireland.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-07-24 08:12:08 EST)
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| 01-14-07 | 4 | 0\1 |
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Excellent, but not as good as An Idiots Guide to ireland.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 09:22:54 EST)
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