Book description
Fáilte!
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle in to discover...Why Do People
Kiss the Blarney Stone? It's the closest you can feel to the
Emerald Isle without boarding a plane! You'll tickle your noggin with
spirited questions, including:
How did a white bull start a war?
What is Brian Boru's
connection to Guinness?
Why was 1847 known as Black '47?
Where does peat come from?
What's so special about the
Book of Kells?
This terrific little tome provides the answers to those questions
and many more. With information on Irish history, mythology, and
culture, you'll be able to go on and on about anything and everything
about The Old Sod.
Ryan Hackney received his BA and MA in the history of science
from Harvard University. He has written for Let's Go guides to
Britain, Europe, and Ecuador, and he edited Let's Go Ireland.
He also got engaged in Ireland (to an American) and has an
Irish-Canadian bulldog named Chaucey.
Amy Hackney Blackwell graduated from Duke University with
degrees in history and medieval and Renaissance studies, with a
concentration in the history and literature of the British Isles. She
received an MA in early modern European history from Vanderbilt.
