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Cover
Front Matter
Title Page
Publisher Information
Dedication
Ireland
Quotes
Ten things to thank the Irish For
Putting Ireland on the Map
Some very peculiar Facts
CHAPTER ONE: Ireland emerges from the mist:
The first Irish rovers
Settling down
Loot on legs
Riddle of the tombs
The tomb-spotter’s guide
The Bronze Age
The mysterious Celts
Headhunters
Swirls and stories
How to spot a Celt
Four heroes...
The shrieking stone
Saints and snakes
A real charmer?
Celtic gods and goddesses
Spreading the word
The first books
All for a good cause
CHAPTER TWO: Invasion!
The round towers
The first Irish towns
The little people
Seven of the worst
The Norman conquest
The Emerald Isle
The castle builders
10 things animal lovers would rather not know about Ireland!
All in a name
The Gaels fight back
Tying the knot
The Ice Age returns
Too Irish by half
Chancing your arm
CHAPTER THREE: The English take charge
Death by poetry
Revolt!
Are you dancing?
Spuds and spanish galleons
Irish wisdom
Top 10 traditional Irish dishes
The Flight of the Earls
The harp
The original blarney
To hell or Connacht
Battle of the Boyne
The bogeyman
The marching season
CHAPTER FOUR: Catholics vs. Protestants
Irish superstitions
The black stuff
‘Patriots’ and rebels
Secret societies
Ten bloody battles to remember...
A sticky end
The Great Hunger
Famine horrors
Irish travellers
Fenians, the ‘land war’ and Home Rule
Traditional music
Irish words
Quizzical
CHAPTER FIVE: A nation reborn
A hot drop
The First World War
Gaelic games
The Easter Rising
Irish wit
Wild women of Ireland
The War of Independence
Bonfire night
Civil war
The bloody hand
CHAPTER SIX: One island, two states
Building a nation
Holy control
A thoroughly modern Ireland
The Blueshirts
Neutral but poor
Irish generosity
Ireland rocks the world
The Troubles
Nelson loses his head
The peace process
Recipe for crubeens (Pigs’ feet)
The Celtic tiger
Celtic Names
Timeline of Irish History
End matter
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