Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Before There Even Was History
2 A Place to Call Home
3 Saved by a Slave
4 So That’s Why They Call Them the Dark
Ages
5 The Bloody Vikings are Coming!
6 Danger Here!
7 King to Queen to Checkmate
8 A Blight on the Landscape
9 Fighting Wars and Fighting Words
10 Industrial Weakness and Strength
11 The Birth of the Cúl
12 A Really Great War
13 Independence Daze
14 A Not So Free State
15 Another World War? Not for Us, Thanks
16 Swinging in the New Republic
17 Troubling Times
18 Brave New Ireland
19 The Roar of the Tiger
20 The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Irish
Empire

About the Author

Garvan Grant is a writer, editor, historian and award-winning short story writer. He worked for 'The Sunday Business Post' from 1999 to 2013 and is now working as a freelance editor and writer. He also wrote the satirical 'Backspin' column for 'In Dublin' from 1998 to 2004, and the hugely popular 'PostMortem' column for 'The Sunday Business Post' from 2004 to 2014. Gerard Crowley is one of Ireland’s best-loved cartoonists. His comic strip, 'The Last Resort', has been appearing in 'The Sunday Business Post' for the past 20 years and his work regularly appears in 'The Irish Farmers’ Journal'. His work has also appeared in the 'Irish Medical Times', the 'Irish Independent', the 'Herald' and the 'Irish Daily Star'.

Reviews

‘The funniest book ever written about Ireland’
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‘Thrilled to have got such a nice mention’
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