Books

Ireland 

Frank Delaney tells the history of Ireland through a series of fictional stories. 

This is like a kids’ illustrated book, except instead of actual drawings it has interwoven fictional stories to hold adults’ interest across 650 pages of genuine history. 

The frame tale is compelling enough to keep everything feeling unified, all the way from the ice age to Ireland’s bloody twentieth century. 

The stories inside the frame are packed with Irish history, myth, character. 

It’s an agreeable way to learn a whole bunch of Irish history. The audiobook does justice to the Irish oral storytelling tradition. 

I’ve never read a book quite like this, so right now it’s alone in its class. Read it if you’re visiting Ireland or going through one of those phases where you’re excited about your Irish heritage.

It’s in those moments of discomfort, of not knowing, that we often discover our greatest strengths, our deepest desires, and the courage to chase dreams we once thought were impossible.