Review: An American look at Irish history

"There are two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were." As an Irish-American, I have always been proud to count myself as part of that first group. Growing up, however, I did not know much of the history of the Irish and the Irish-Americans. When I was younger, I learned pieces of the story and heard details about my own ancestors' lives.  I then acquired further chunks of Irish history in my studies

"There are two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were." As an Irish-American, I have always been proud to count myself as part of that first group. Growing up, however, I did not know much of the history of the Irish and the Irish-Americans. When I was younger, I learned pieces of the story and heard details about my own ancestors' lives.  I then acquired further chunks of Irish history in my studies of the ancient and medieval time periods. Howev…