A new paperback edition of this popular children's book.

We are going on a long mysterious journey to find out what we can about the Island of Ireland…

The Story of Ireland begins ‘After the Ice’ and lasts 9000 years. It tells the story of the whole island and its people. The book’s 27 chapters chronicle the big picture of invasions, wars, Christianity, famine and a divided island, mixed with tales of Celtic head hunters, mysterious stone tombs, the Vikings, the black death, life in castles, the Titanic tragedy, music, mobiles and computers. When it ends a new story is just beginning.

Included in the International Youth Library’s White Ravens 2008 collection and winner of the Irish Children's Book of the Year (Irish Book Awards) 2008.

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a comprehensive and flowing look back at 9,000 years of Irish history garnished with delightful illustrations by the Cartoon Saloon

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welcome reprint… despite its ambitious scope – from Stone Age to digital age - it does not disappoint, the Cartoon Saloon’s illustrations ensure a child-friendly whizz through the more engaging moments in 9,000 years of Irish history

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'Filled with fun facts on everything from the Stone Age to the Celtic Tiger and is illustrated in a way that will delight children. A great gift for any curious child.'

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'A family must-have . . . each page is a treasure of knowledge, cleverly fragmented with illustrations, photos and brilliant cartoons that provoke the reader to dip in and be hooked!'

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'Deserves a place in every school and home library . . . such a quality that its appeal ought to endure for many years and many readings to come’

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Robert Dunbar’s top 30 Books of the Year 2007. 'Some 9,000 years of Irish history are colourfully and humorously delineated in an ambitiously conceived and successfully executed 'story'.'

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'Most impressive in its inventiveness, wealth of witty illustration, mixture of fun and serious history. It is great to see work of this quality from an Irish publishing house in these straitened times. This book deserves to be in every home and school.'

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'A fun way to present history to children and O’Brien are to be commended for doing a fine job in condensing 900 centuries worth of history.'

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'A sophisticated production.'

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'Some kids thought that Irish history would never be enjoyable, but that’s before The Story of Ireland was written!!! With all its funny illustrations and its cool facts, its very easy to read and makes Irish history much more interesting.'

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'Without any question this is the Children’s Book of the Year.'

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'This book is a significant breakthrough in the writing and presentation of history to Irish children and ought to be in every school library, if not in every home.'

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'A beautifully illustrated and well written handbook to the history of Ireland for young readers. The illustrations are created by Cartoon Saloon and the book is written by award winning journalist, Brendan O'Brien. With all of this experience and creativity, you cannot go wrong with this book. It charts the early days of Ireland from the Ice Age and ends at 2000 and beyond. Young readers from second class upwards will enjoy this. The writing is succinct and aimed at a curious mind. It would accompany any history textbook scheme and be very well received in the class/school library.'

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I liked that because it didn’t get boring. I liked the cartoon guys because they explained the big words that I didn’t know. My daddy loves History so we read it together, a bit each night, and he liked it too