While many students recognize that Ireland is divided into two jurisdictions, Ireland and Northern Ireland, few know the history behind the split and how it affected the region as a whole, as well as the rest of Europe and the world. With plenty of photographs, maps, fast facts, and sidebars, this book traces the history of conflict in Ireland, the geography of the two jurisdictions, and the cultural divides that existed before the split and that have resulted from it.
A short and simple overview of what is actually many hundreds of years of Irish history. For an overview, this is alright, but if you're looking for detail at all, this isn't what you'll want to pick up.