The Great Book of Ireland: Interesting Stories, Irish History & Random Facts About Ireland (History & Fun Facts)

Author Bill O’Neill has a definite proficiency when it comes to compiling the myriad of useful and educational trivia books he’s published so far. While all of them have been meticulously organized to enhance the reading experience, his Great Book of the various states series I feel is his best since they each epitomizes how great America already is. In each of his Great State books the author sticks to a proven format which consists of the following six chapters [albeit the order might be somewhat different]: In each of the six chapters this book contains: 1- State’s History 2- State’s Pop Culture 3- State’s Attractions 4- State’s Inventions, Ideas and More 5- State’s Biggest Haunts, Supernatural and Other Weird Facts 6- State’s Sports Mr. O’Neill begins each chapter by taking an item regarding its topic and gives his readers a brief, yet informative description of about it, this is followed by some random facts, which is then culminated by his giving some questions related to the information which the chapter has just given, naturally the answers are given as well. With six states already written, Mr. O’Neill has decided to move on to writing books on an International level; and what country had he chosen to write about first. I believe, he has befittingly chosen to write about the country of his apparent ancestry, that of Ireland; and in doing so, has chosen to stick to this same format. And to get an idea of the multitude of items the author has written about, all one needs to do is to read the author’s own description, or better yet, peruse the preview pages for a complete listing of the topics being discussed in the pages of this book. For given his readers and myself, an enlightening trivia book about the country and people of Ireland, without giving any blarney in the process, I’m happy to give the author, Bill O’Neill, the 5 STAR he’s receiving.

Very Interesting. I love reading it. I love learning new things about places I Love.

Interesting insights, though - to be honest - I raise an eyebrow at some of them. Nevertheless, if you have Irish ancestry, or just appreciate the history of Ireland, this book has enough trivia to have it in your home library.

This book will get you in the mood for St.Patrick's Day. I discovered many things about Ireland I didn't know. My only problem with this book was a few editing errors, but they didn't take away from the book overall just slowed my reading down in about three or four spots. One thing that this book did was give me a glance into the rich history of Ireland and make me want to go there for a visit. I think I will enjoy St. Patrick's day a little bit more this year.

Many facts and folklore but written at a 2nd-3rd grade reading level

Birthday present she loved it & found it very interesting! Highly recommend it

No reason to dislike Irish stories and trivia. An interesting people are the Irish and yes I am American with some Irish in my ancestry.

Let me start off by saying I just love Bill O'Neill's kindle books. liked so many things about the Great Book of Ireland that there are too many to list. But... here a few Halloween originated in Ireland. I got to admit I didn’t see that one coming. Also that Ireland is the only country in the world to have a Harp a musical instrument as their National Symbol. I thought like most people would that they would have a Shamrock instead. And last but not least My favorite James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan was born there. That’s it from me if you want to know more and believe there is a lot more you will just have to read the book.

Love the big print, and look forward to reading it.

Echo en falta alguna curiosidad más, pero es muy difícil incluirlo todo en un mismo libro... Aún así es muy interesante y habla de aspectos muy diversos de Irlanda y su historia, sus costumbres y algunos de sus personajes más destacados (Bram Stoker, por ejemplo). Muy recomendado.

A book full of very interesting facts about Ireland.

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Very interesting Irish trivia book packed with lots of pub quiz type facts ☘️🌞