History of Ireland

Author: Malachy McCourt
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Review by: Mandy A
Granted, by the title alone one would expect something comprehensive, and there are times that this is just so. An account of Irish (both halves, although mostly Southern) history beginning with its folkloric origins, the book tends to dwell a bit too much on the sections the author clearly favors at the expense of others. Not to make one more or less relevant, but to have one page on events such as Bloody Sunday or no section at all on the potato blight (just a quick discussion of its aftermath) seems rather inconsistent with the several pages given to the origin of U2. Things such as that and the aforementioned Southern bias blemish what could have been a quite good work as the author has quite a readable style.