November 2003

The Encyclopedia of Ireland is the most comprehensive single-volume reference work ever published about Ireland. Meticulously detailed, it is a treasure store of information, education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Its range is astounding as it covers the entire spectrum of Irish achievement in all fields of human endeavour throughout recorded history.

The conventional subjects are all here: literature and language, history, geography, economics, sociology, the arts and music. But other subjects, often neglected in Irish reference books, are also given their due place, such as science, engineering, astronomy and sport.

With more than 5000 original articles written by 950 different contributors and over 700 illustrations, mainly in colour, The Encyclopedia of Ireland is unique. Unique in scope, in conception, in ambition, in execution, in the vast array of facts that it contains, in the distinction of its design, in its total commitment to quality - there is no book about Ireland remotely like it.

This book should be in every home within the country, and in every home throughout the world where Ireland is a 'place that matters'. It is the only reference book about Ireland anyone will every need!