Dimensions
220 x 280 x 19mm
Never before has interest in Ireland and things Irish been so widespread. The Irish have achieved a new world status exemplified by overseas business entrepreneurs, oceans of writers, film-makers and musicians, internationally known politicians, and now the idea of reconciliation in the North moves closer to becoming a reality. So how did the people of such a small and poor nation gain such international repute and influence? The Irish Empire provides a facinating history of the Irish diaspora and how, over the last four hundred years, Ireland's emigrants triumphed over adversity to build an empire of their own abroad.