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cloudss's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
lotta this dude fought these people for this castle in this year etc etc HOWEVER loved the top irish cortesan tale + future kings virginity story. irish hurricane ‘night of the bug wind’ was also fun.
cotaluck's review against another edition
5.0
Lovely book, well researched and I had not heard of any of the events or topics discussed throughout.
Some things of note:
- The women were 15% stronger than modern female rowing crews
- Bell Beakers arrived 4,000 years ago and worked with copper, bronze and gold, used bell-shaped beakers and arrived from Portugal
- Roman coins have been found in Tara and Cashel
- Pagan wells were used for protection, became Christian wells after
- Holy wells became the place to go after the outlawing of Catholic Churches, and the Catholic Church themselves began to ban them in the 19th century
- The Knights Templar’s purpose was to prevent pilgrims being mugged and murdered on the roads leading to Jerusalem
- Walter de Riddlesford became the first of thirteen Masters of the Knights Templar and founded a Templar base in Castledermot
- Their role in Ireland was primarily to raise income from agriculture and rents to fund campaigns in the holy land
- They were eventually hauled into St Patrick’s cathedral and were accused of a number of charges, however they weren’t tortured and faired off more fortunately than their European counterparts
- Sir William Stanley had fought against Irish alongside Walter raleigh, but eventually turned against the crown and was involved in plots to overthrow the queen and replace her with the Catholic queen
- Joshua Dawson built the Mansion house and was one of the foremost prosecutors of Catholic priests
- Richard Parsons (Lord Rosse) was the first grandmaster of the Hell-Fire club
- The Cherokee Club was set up in 1792, the club fined members of they weren’t drunk after dinner, they caused mayhem on the streets of Dublin
- Night of the big wind, 6-7th January 1839, cause massive damage.
- Queen Victoria visited Dublin in 1900
Some things of note:
- The women were 15% stronger than modern female rowing crews
- Bell Beakers arrived 4,000 years ago and worked with copper, bronze and gold, used bell-shaped beakers and arrived from Portugal
- Roman coins have been found in Tara and Cashel
- Pagan wells were used for protection, became Christian wells after
- Holy wells became the place to go after the outlawing of Catholic Churches, and the Catholic Church themselves began to ban them in the 19th century
- The Knights Templar’s purpose was to prevent pilgrims being mugged and murdered on the roads leading to Jerusalem
- Walter de Riddlesford became the first of thirteen Masters of the Knights Templar and founded a Templar base in Castledermot
- Their role in Ireland was primarily to raise income from agriculture and rents to fund campaigns in the holy land
- They were eventually hauled into St Patrick’s cathedral and were accused of a number of charges, however they weren’t tortured and faired off more fortunately than their European counterparts
- Sir William Stanley had fought against Irish alongside Walter raleigh, but eventually turned against the crown and was involved in plots to overthrow the queen and replace her with the Catholic queen
- Joshua Dawson built the Mansion house and was one of the foremost prosecutors of Catholic priests
- Richard Parsons (Lord Rosse) was the first grandmaster of the Hell-Fire club
- The Cherokee Club was set up in 1792, the club fined members of they weren’t drunk after dinner, they caused mayhem on the streets of Dublin
- Night of the big wind, 6-7th January 1839, cause massive damage.
- Queen Victoria visited Dublin in 1900
foolishcatalyst's review against another edition
4.0
Some of the stories in this book were new to me. Others I'd heard many times before, but enjoyed reading again. I'll admit I started to doze off during a string of chapters that were primarily lists of medieval clans and accounts of administrative matters in Ireland in the middle ages, mostly I enjoyed this a lot. A quick read, and truly very lovely to look at.
connorshappytie's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
caitz's review against another edition
5.0
I picked this up from a display in a local bookstore. In short chapters, the author brings to light some little known facts of Irish history. It was written in a very engaging manner and I learned many things I had never even heard of before. I enjoyed it and will look for some of his other books.
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