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22%OFFChris Lawlor - The Little Book of Kildare - 9781845888626 - KOG0000323
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The Little Book of Kildare

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Description for The Little Book of Kildare Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249. Clean copy fine in dustjacket. DJ has some nicks and tears to edges but remains very good overall

Did You Know?

  • Kildare’s highest point is Cupidstown Hill near Kilteel.

  • St Brigid, the patroness of Ireland, was buried in Kildare.

  • When built, the magnificent Castletown House near Celbridge was the largest private residence in Ireland.

  • The origins of Guinness can actually be traced to County Kildare, not Dublin.

The Little Book of Kildare is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this historic county.

Here you will find out about Kildare’s great houses and historic towns, its monastic heritage, its literary traditions and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through quaint villages ... Read more

A reliable reference and a quirky guide, this book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of this ancient country.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845888626
SKU
KOG0000323
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Chris Lawlor
Dr CHRIS LAWLOR is a former head of the History Department in Méanscoil Iognáid Rís, Naas, and has published eleven history books and many historical articles, essays and chapters in journals, magazines and anthologies. Chris won the Lord Walter Fitzgerald Prize for Original Historical Research in 2003 and the Irish Chiefs’ Prize for History in 2013. He is the treasurer ... Read more

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