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http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Origins-Irish-J-P-Mallory/dp/0500051755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357292619&sr=8-1

Great new book out on the origins of the irish on the 21st Jan 13 - I've it pre-ordered and look forward to it.

bawn79 wrote:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Origins-Irish-J-P-Mallory/dp/0500051755/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357292619&sr=8-1

Great new book out on the origins of the irish on the 21st Jan 13 - I've it pre-ordered and look forward to it.

It's certainly a minefield [to be sure, to be sure], One day the irish will have it proved to them [genetics] that they're [their ancestors] from the same places that all the first settlers came from [as in the rest of these islands], in the meantime you'll always have people saying they're somehow different to the rest of the people in these islands, I really hope this book goes someway in showing that we ALL share the same mix of ancestors, and that no-one in these islands are that genetically different from anyone else [the only difference is in they're minds], we really need peace [from proof we're all the same] otherwise it looks like all hell is going to break out again.

Looks really interesting. I'll be looking out for it in the Skibbereen bookshop. Was in there yesterday and saw another interesting book - Iverni - the prehistory of County Cork by William O'brien. Shame I didn't have €35 on me as I was sorely tempted !

Just finished this. It was as I thought it might be – on current evidence, we don't really know.

The archaeology part, the first two thirds of the book, held me. But then we got into genes and I just couldn't keep up. He may be a cunning linguist, but he lost me totally in Chapter 9, The evidence of language.

Overall a good read though.

http://m.rte.ie/news/touch/2013/0620/457766-snails-ireland/