false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256082927m/2532580.jpg 2532580 2 <I>New York Times</I> best-selling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present, from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Charles Parnell, to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial--each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural survey with fresh insights to the folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine of Ireland, producing an irresistible tour through the Emerald Isle. 156499 2004 Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland total:58|5:12|4:17|3:22|2:6|1:1| 58 207 133 17 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 17:15:15 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 17:20:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 29 13:35:57 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:47:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 19:39:04 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 19:39:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Feb 27 12:18:46 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 12:19:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:23:41 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 12:24:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 10 08:27:48 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:06:43 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 16:07:27 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:12:04 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 31 10:35:31 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 16:23:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 17:07:16 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 18:32:34 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 11 17:04:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 06:24:02 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Apr 17 17:17:08 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 17:19:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:00:11 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 10:36:43 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 07:25:07 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:08:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 27 17:18:30 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 17:19:46 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 17:53:55 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 07:15:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 31 14:37:09 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 14:38:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Feb 12 17:53:26 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 17:55:08 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 01 19:35:28 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 19:35:28 -0800 2009 0 0 true false Fri Nov 27 12:55:23 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 12:55:38 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 16:13:10 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 16:13:10 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2532580