Appealing to the specialist and general reader alike, this handsomely presented book tells the story of Ireland from earliest times to the present, using a comb

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From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the ce