Kenneth L. Campbell is Professor of History at Monmouth University, USA.

• 1. Irish History - Introduction and Overview2. Prehistoric Ireland 3. Celtic Christianity and Early Medieval Ireland4. The Impact of the Vikings and the Norman Conquest5. Ireland in the High and Late Middle Ages6. Ireland and the Reformation7. Seventeenth-Century Ireland8. Eighteenth-Century Ireland9. The Rebellion of 1798 and the Impact of the French Revolution10. Union, the Famine, and the Rise of Irish Nationalism11. The Land War, Parnell, and the Rise of Sinn Fein12. The Easter Uprising and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922; Ireland between the Wars13. The Two Irelands in the Post-war Period14. The Troubles: Northern Ireland, 1969-200015. The Republic of Ireland and the European Union 1972-200016. Conclusion - Ireland in the Twenty-First CenturyBibliographyIndex

Campbell has produced a masterly synthesis of recent scholarship to present a balanced history of Ireland from pre-history to the present. His clear and vibrant writing style and nuanced interpretation of the past makes Ireland's History both a 'good read' and essential to an understanding of Ireland today.