The Atlantean Irish: Ireland's Oriental and Maritime Heritage

by Bob Quinn and Bob Quinn

Book Overview

Irish identity is best understood from a maritime perspective. For eight millennia the island has been a haven for explorers, settlers, colonists, navigators, pirates and traders, absorbing goods and peoples from all points of the compass. The reduction of the islanders to the exclusive category 'Celtic' has persisted for three hundred years, and is here rejected as impossibly narrow. No classical author ever described Ireland's inhabitants as 'Celts',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843510243
• ISBN13: 9781843510246
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"