Ireland

Celtic History, Book 1

By: History Nerds, Alastar MacTire

Narrated by: Jenn McGuirk

The Celts have always been seen to walk between the world of the living and a world driven by magic, passion, and fantasy. To those who want to venture down the rabbit hole, Alastar MacTire takes us on a walk through the Celtic Nations starting with the struggling, passionate, magical Irish.

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awesome

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Just a history overview

If you want an overview of the history of Ireland from the Mesolithic to the 20th century, plus some mythology, this is fine. Although the summary says "venture down the rabbit hole," in this case it does not mean getting into details. Sometimes events, people, or places are simply mentioned and left without any explanation whatsoever. If you are looking to learn about the early history (and social structures, culture, system of laws, etc.) before the arrival of the Vikings in 795 AD then this book is pretty bare bones. After listening to the Sister Fidelma historical fiction books and from what I've gleaned from Early Medieval, in-depth, scholarly dives of books like Jennifer Paxton's "England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest," Tim Clarkson's "Æthelflæd: The Lady of the Mercians" and "The Picts: A History," and Max Adams' "The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria," there is a lot more we do know and can infer from historical texts and archaeology than what is indicated in this book. I have been looking for and have not yet found on Audible that type of scholarly exploration of early Irish history - ahem, Audible, you have a hole in your library.

The book did redeem itself a little in the last seven minutes of the last chapter (before the conclusion), which discussed what Irish mythology can possibly reveal about the arrival of early peoples in Ireland.
Furthermore, I do not know much about modern Irish history and I did learn more about the 17th-19th centuries, which were more complex than I realized; so in that regard, this historical overview was informative.

amazing

the narrator did such an amazing Job in this story that i couldn't help but to really like it !

Awesome

Great book, kept my attention all the way to the end, amazing audio delivery, loved it. Will be reading again, every chapter was received amazingly do recommend you give it a read.

Cool History

a good history of Ireland Those Irish vehemently fight for their freedom an explanation of Irish history from their mythology to the Sinn Fein Political Party