Ireland, Historic and Picturesque

An illustrated survey traces Ireland's scenery, prehistoric stone circles and cromlechs, and the legendary cycles of early peoples such as the Tuatha Dé Danann and heroes like Cú Chulainn, then moves into ecclesiastical learning, Viking raids and their decline, Norman invasion and the establishment of feudal structures, and later Jacobite conflicts. Interleaving evocative landscape sketches with archaeological and folkloric reflection, chapters connect physical sites—lakes, ruins, abbeys, towers—with successive cultural layers, while concluding essays reflect on continuity between visible monuments and the island's mythic and historical memory.