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Author:	Malachy McCourt
Subcategory:	Europe
Language:	English
Publisher:	Running Press Adult (January 29, 2008)
Pages:	432 pages
Category:	Travels
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County Limerick native Malachy McCourt is the authority to tell the history of Ireland. He has written several books, including the best-selling A Monk Swimming, Singing My Him Song, Danny Boy, Voices of Ireland, and The Claddagh Ring. Complementing his literary work, McCourt is also a skilled actor. He appeared in the television series Oz and in feature films such as The Bonfire of the Vanities. He lives in New York City.

400 pages, paperback He has written several books, including the best-selling A Monk Swimming, Singing My Him Song, Danny Boy, Voices of Ireland, and Th. .

400 pages, paperback. Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (9780762431816) by Malachy McCourt. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural survey with fresh insights to the folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine of Ireland, producing an irresistible tour through the Emerald Isle.

Malachy Gerard McCourt (born 20 September 1931) is an Irish-American actor, writer and politician. He was the 2006 Green Party candidate for governor in New York State, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer. He is the younger brother of author Frank McCourt. McCourt was born in New York City, the son of Irish parents Angela (Sheehan) and Malachy McCourt. He is the last surviving child from among seven McCourt siblings, following the death of his younger brother Alphonsus in 2016.

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New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller. The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O’Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history.

County Limerick native Malachy McCourt is the authority to tell the history of Ireland.

New York Times best-selling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the . McCourt brings Irish history to life. Makes reading history interesting.

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New York Times bestselling author Malachy McCourt offers an authoritative and engrossing one-volume chronicle of Ireland from pre-Christian times to the present, told with Irish flair by the gifted storyteller.The pages are populated with figures from myth, history, and the present-from Saint Patrick to Oliver Cromwell, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Charles Parnell to Sinead O'Connor and Bono. Some beloved, some controversial-each influenced the course of Irish and world history. While McCourt vividly describes Ireland's turbulent history, he also offers a cultural survey with fresh insights to the folklore, literature, art, music, and cuisine of Ireland, producing an irresistible tour through the Emerald Isle.

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Steelrunner

At first I was dismissive of Malachy McCourt's "History" of Ireland, assuming he was writing just to take advantage of his brother's fame (Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes), but once I started reading the "History," I realized Malachy has his own style which is equally engaging, and that, in his own way, he knows his country's history. I do keep checking his facts against other, less entertaining texts, just to be sure I'm not falling for any blarney, though! It's a fun approach to a complex subject and perfect for younger students of Irish history. I wish I had chosen it as required reading in my Irish Studies course this spring; I will certainly keep it in mind for subsequent classes!

Wafi

I feel it would be much more appropriate if this book were entitled "Collection of Biographies of Ireland." To call this a history is misleading. The author himself in the bibliography says it wasn't intended to be an academic work. Instead, it is a collection of biographies that seem based more on the author's personal knowledge, which is why I feel to call it a history is inappropriate. McCourt writes entertainingly, but I feel than in making an effort to include 50 people in this book, certain details I wanted resolution on ended up not being included. He would start to tell a story, but then failed to follow up on it. This book focuses heavily on the 19th and 20th centuries, so I do not feel it earns the distinction of being a true history of Ireland. He also writes with an assumption that the reader knows a little of Irish history to begin with. As someone who was using this book to get a background on the island before I visit, I do not feel it was a good first choice of book.

Ginaun

Really great book. Really a collection of short biographies organized into time periods with introductory information for each period. The magic though is that Malachy McCourt takes these people and bios and tells a real story with each one. It is less biography and more vignette a real sense of the person comes across. At the end of the book a real sense of the Irish comes through and furthering the storytelling lyric nature of the people is McCourt's own storytelling. Really just like sitting on a barstool hearing a tale. Just lovely. Besides that though there is actual dissemination of Irish history just done in an unconventional fashion