In telling a wide range of stories about the Irish everywhere, this historical-fictional account of the Irish people around the world from the time of Christ to 1969 open up the really big issues - the relationship between the minute particulars and the larger patterns which gradually become apparent.

In telling a wide range of stories about the Irish everywhere, this historical-fictional account of the Irish people around the world from the time of Christ to 1969 opens up the really big issues - the relationship between the minute particulars and the larger patterns which gradually become apparent.

In telling a wide range of stories about the Irish everywhere, this historical-fictional account of the Irish people around the world from the time of Christ to 1969 open up the really big issues - the relationship between the minute particulars and the larger patterns which gradually become apparent.