This book will be appreciated by visitors who want more historical background than ordinary series guidebooks supply...Highly recommended... - Library Journal. For independent, inquisitive travellers traversing the green roads of Ireland, there is no better guide than A Travellers History of Ireland. - Small Press. Constantly in the news, there are few countries where the background history is so vital to an understanding of its people and culture. A Travellers History of Ireland not only offers the reader a chronological outline of the nations development right up to the ...