Irish History for Dummies

De: Mike Cronin

Narrado por: Patrick Moy

Putting history into a perspective, Irish History for Dummies is an engaging, entertaining and educational trip through time, packing in equal parts fun and facts, providing listeners with a riveting history of this ancient land. The history of Ireland has shaped the world far beyond its borders. And few stories have a greater need for a balanced and light-hearted telling than the complex and often controversial saga of Ireland and her people.

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Great quick info about Ireland

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This was a great book for learning some general history of Ireland. Great info!! The narrator's Irish accent adds to it.

very good overview of irish history

a lengthy time-line of events entertainingly described. enjoyed the history lesson and see ireland and its people in New Light now. thank you

Love it!. Love Irish people more ever.

I am from Pakistan and working with Irish poeple in U.S for 18 Years. This book has given me a different perspective of their struggle and character more than just culture and accent. I laughed on so many words that I always used to hear but did not know their origin and history behind them. I loved Narrator. His accent was not new to me at all. Great work.

excellent short history

excellent and extreme easy to get through. it spans history from the earliest to the latest

Great history

If you could sum up Irish History for Dummies in three words, what would they be?

Clear, fascinating & enjoyable

What does Patrick Moy bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Such an accent. I will never read a book about Ireland if I instead could listen to this voice dancing and melting over the text.

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After visiting Ireland I felt like I had broken bits of history - Viking invasion, English nobles taking over the land, Easter rising - but no clear narrative of how these events wove together into one history. This book was great for that. I could imagine listening to it again just because it is both interesting and narrated by a wonderful voice.

Nice summary of Irish history.

I have read many articles about different parts of Irish history but it is nice to have a chronological story to fill in the blanks. It was very informative to understand the various conflicts with England and English culture.

Great overview of Irish History!!!

Loved it. It's amazing how corrupt the English were and how resilient the Irish are. The English took everything they could for 700 years. They took the land and even their native language, supplanting it with English. But the English couldn't take the Irish's steadfast adherence to the true faith of Roman Catholicism and replace it with a manmade counterfeit of Anglicanism. The Irish never sold their soul.

Whow! Best ever Irish lesson!

I'm German/Irish; awful combo! I know! The Irish side of my history seems to start with the Irish Potato Famine and ends here in the US at NYC.

I was amazed at how much I related to this book. I kept thinking...'ha! I get it! That's why I do some of the crazy stuff I do!' The history of Ireland after my ancestors came to the US was extremely eye opening. I had no idea!

Great book for anyone! Very entertaining and informative.

Enjoyable to listen but misleading in places

Overall enjoyed this book, however
statements such as "Romans invaded England" or that " Irish learnt the language of the English, which was French at that time", when the author was referring to the Normans, are misleading.

Enjoyable way for a bit o' Irish history

I am a fan of "dummy" books in most genres for a cursory glance and even more on some topics. IRISH HISTORY FOR DUMMIES was an excellent choice for me to get a brief history on a topic that interests me for some reason -- maybe it's the Irish accent that is so delightful. This narrator is wonderfully Irish or Irish sounding as I probably wouldn't know the difference. Understated humor makes for enjoyable listening throughout.

The chapters are divided so that you can get as much or as little of early history. I was particularly interested in the more recent Protestant vs Catholic issues and could never quite understand that situation. Duh. Now I think I get it.

Highly recommend.