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Books > Irish Interest Books
Heritage of Ireland
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| Artist: | Harris, Nathaniel |
| Price: | €14.99 |
| Label: | Book |
Catalogue
Number: | 9780753705568 |
| Format: | Hardback |
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HERITAGE OF IRELAND
A history of Ireland an its people
160 PAGES / Hard Back with Dust Jacket
298mm x 222mm
Colour Images
Heritage of Ireland is a celebration of Irish life and culture. The history of the Emerald Isle is as fascinating as the heroic myths enshrined in the Irish imagination. Beginning with the arrival of the Celts, the stirring and often tragic events of Irish history are chronicled from the impact of the Viking, Norman and Tudor conquests to the effects of the Reformation, the Famine and the political struggles of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Many elements of the Irish way of life are represents here the beehive hut and country house, peasant cottage and Georgian city, myth and religion, bards and craftsmen, sport and industry. The Irish arts are strongly featured from Romanesque and Georgian buildings to literary and musical traditions of seemingly inexhaustible vitality. Great writers such as George Bernard Shaw, W B Yeats, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett are skillfully profiled. And in music and dance, the harpist and fiddler of old Ireland appear as the ancestors of modern celebrities like James Galway, Sinéad OConnor and Michael Flatley.
Stunning illustrations complement an authoritative text that brings to life the splendid heritage of Ireland.
"It is the Beauty of Ireland that has made us what we are." (George Bernard Shaw) |
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