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The Myths, Legends, And Lore Of Ireland (2010)

by Ryan Hackney(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Adams Media

review 1: I read this book as I was travelling to Ireland as I wanted to find out as much about the beautiful place that I would visit as I could.I started off with the stone ages and talks about what techiques they used to use in machinery then it moves along through history until the present age.What I wanted to brush up on was the topic of Independence from the United Kindom as well as the "troubles" between the protestants and Catholics.It make me understand the political murals so much more when I saw them in Belfast.It really is a great book to read.
review 2: I thought it was and interesting book about the history of Ireland, which is mostly about English control that shaped the politics of the Isle. There are some stories about legends and lore mixed in. The book... more helps me understand the Potato Famine and why the heck there ate so many Irish descendants here in America. I also got some insight to my own ancestry, which is Scotch-Irish Protestant. I always wondered why my Scottish ancestors, the MacNaughton Clan went to Donegal. I surmise they did so as part of the Protestant movement the English started to displace the Irish Catholics. Interesting. I also learned that many of the Scotch-Irish left Ireland, like my ancestors, left long before the Potato Famine, which affected the much poorer Irish Catholic population who were oppressed by the English. Interesting stuff to me. less

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