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Irish History for Dummies
- Narrated by: Patrick Moy
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
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.
With more than 250 million books in print and more than 1,800 titles, For Dummies is the most widely recognized and highly regarded reference series in the world. Since 1991, For Dummies has helped millions make everything easier. For Dummies audiobooks offer listeners proven experts presenting even the most complex subjects in plain English.
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- John Wayne
- 03-07-22
Great for those times, lads
The craic’s fierce and pure, sure, it’s mighty, but it’s a long, bloody history, lads.
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- Niall Quigley
- 18-06-22
Great listen, some amazing sections
It’s a book that gets more interesting as history gets more recent.
Story of Ireland told in a very balanced way.
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- Osteo McG
- 23-07-24
Excellent Summary
As someone of Irish descent I found this a fascinating book. Up until now my history had been limited to anecdote and patchy dates.
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- CH
- 18-08-24
Very good.
I really liked this book. Well written and performed. Very informative. I am only docking a star because it ended in 2014. If it was updated to present it would be excellent and I would give it 5 stars straight. I would definitely recommend this if you want to understand Irish history.
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- Jane Kennedy
- 21-08-21
A perfect whistlestop tour of Irish history
Really liked this book. I am Irish and very interested in Irish history and didnt find this too basic at all. Learned a lot and it put a lot of things I did know into better context. Narrated really well too. Highly recommend this!
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- Sarah-Jane Bell
- 24-04-24
A great and informative listen
What it says on the tin. Takes you through what is a multifaceted and complex history in a straight forward way. Glad to have listened to it.
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- Neal
- 31-03-17
Fun and Interesting in every way
Would you listen to Irish History for Dummies again? Why?
Ignore the wannabe history professors reviewing this and read the title. I am Irish and like most; think I know the full story in a kind of patch work way. This is what this book does. It's all your History classes from school brought together in a humourous and well constructed way. I purchased this knowing I would be on a long journey home and I loved it.
It is not supposed to an intellectual thesis; but a easily accessible story with some brilliant characters that perhaps we have forgotten about.
So never mind some would-be, late night, boring as hell reviewer who wants to really just say how clever he is...and enjoy a nostalgic trip back to 3rd year double history on a Wednesday afternoon and remember how bloody rich our little land is.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Ireland - The Years Before Bono
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- Biker
- 14-01-20
A good canter through Irish history
This is a simple, quick and unsubtle canter through Irish history but that is exactly what it sets out to be. Because Irish history post Cromwell is very complex with competing narratives a helicopter overview to give a basic structure for further reading this audiobook fills a gap. I studied parts of Irish history at undergraduate level and I found this book, nearly 30 years on from my undergraduate studies. I would strongly recommend this book to English readers. It gives a neutral (albeit potted) but not Anglo centric view of Irish history.
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- Liam
- 31-05-13
Excellent book
I have to say I was very surprised at how good this book is. I have read a lot about Irish history and bought this book for an easy listening refresher. It is my for book in the for dummies series. I will now look at what else they have on offer.
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- robert glendinning
- 06-02-24
A great listen
this is a comprehensive look at the history of Ireland. It is funny at times but the narration is beautifully done and must to understand a country's history.
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