Many congratulations FW's. I am going to order one. ;) xx Julian gave you a fab Heads Up too in this months Drudion, i hope you've seen it.

"This time last year I couldn't spell Author, now I are one!"
Anon

How do I buy a signed copy?
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Congrats mate. That's brilliant!

K x

hi

I've just ordered one, any chance you could sign it?

thanks, we've been putting off our Dublin visit until it was published!

sam (vesey)

A manly backslap and a hearty well done fella-me-lad.
I've just ordered a copy, a signed copy would be a bonus.
cheers
fitz

Midlanders are really thick, you know.

Fantastic stuff.

Chuffed for you. Indeed - bostin'!

x

Did anyone else notice that our old mate kevin cropredy had posted a plug for Toms book on the portal?
I've just surfed back there and the plug seems to have vanished. weird one - it seems good old kev can post loads of stuff about his strange explorations, but plugging a book about megaliths is deemed beyond the pale.
I hope I'm mistaken, I'm sure the MP ed wouldn't be that petty.

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Fair play! Congratulations :) Really looking forward to seeing it, sounds like a great read as well as a guide.

Just hope Aubrey Burl has a trade or something to fall back on! ;)

have just ordered my copy through your website, huzzah!. Would you autograph it, please, dear? Ha! Is your wrist aching yet?

Thanks.

Viv x

p.s Amazon have got it at £17.98/99 with a £1.99 source fee, what's that?

What's the story with gettin the book over the weekend? Waterstones? I remember you saying that it's best to buy direct from you as you get more of the cover price, so how am I to get my hands on it rapido? (patience was never my strong point).
BTW, and a bit of co-incidence, my office is in the same building as Nonsuch on Leeson St.

Nice one Tom,

I might just need to get a copy, and i must remember to buy from the author..

good stuff..

wolfy

Hooray! A large brown padded envelope on the mat when I got home from work.

Wasn't expecting the book at all for another few days, Dublin post being so bad and all, so this was a pleasant surprise.

First impressions are of a top class production, cover is clean and no-nonsense and the book is reassuringly thick yet portable (the wider pages make it more reader friendly than Cary Meehans book IMO), flicking through it quickly reveals a fantastic towering pic of the 'The Brehons Chair', and Ballybrack dolmen somehow 'looming' in front of you, how great is it to have these places in print and accessibile at your fingertips!

The first 65 pages are introduction and discussion! This is not merely a collection of pages from megalithomania.com, though even if it were a stack of pdf's in a ring binder it would still be essential, save your printer ink and just buy the book. Instead of a terse glossary there's a full overview of each monument type and a discussion of their relationship to each other, their chronology and the landscape context. There's a wealth of clear diagrams, plans and old sketches, wonderful! One of the best features of Megalithomania.com is the list of nearby sites and this carries over to the book so you wont arrive home and discover there was a fantastic chambered tomb two fields down from where you were. The directions (for all sites) are in clear english, not like the directions of other books that are like badly translated morse code.

There are poorly written, printed and illustrated guide books out there but this ain't one of them, there's more meat on the bones than Burl's pocket guide to stone circles so as well as getting you out there you'll also have something to keep you entertained when the rain beats you back to the car also :)

The only niggle would be a larger font for 'Dublin' on the spine so I'll be able to pick it out from the row of red guides that will form on my bookshelf :)

This is a great job Tom, take a bow ;)

Many congratulations, Tom.

Just using this forum to say thanks to Fourwinds for being such a gracious host at the launch last night. For those interested we were treated to a short, informal and informative talk by the man himself, followed by a Q&A session that mined his mind (:-)) even further.
Looking forward to visiting ALL the sites in the book and happy stone-hunting to all this weekend.

got my copy this morning, thanks Tom, looks very impressive on a quick flick. now when's the Donegal one coming out?

Cheers
Andy

Received the book this morning FW. Thanks for the promptness and your sig.

I see in the bibliography that you researched papers on a (I'm paraphrasing here) prehistoric site in Drimnagh.

This reminded me of a question that I meant to ask at the launch: In all the research that you undertook, did you ever come across mention of prehistoric sites/monuments that would have been in the Dublin city area? In the intro, you mention the Dublin plain, the area now occupied by the city. Given that up until relatively recently places like Rathmines were still villages, I can't help but wonder about sites/monuments that may have been concreted over in the 20th century. Are there any records for these (if they ever existed)?

Hi Tom, have you got any of your books left or are you sold out ? Because I'd really like to order one tomorrow possibly a signed one?

I just read the review in 'Archaeology Ireland'. Congratulations!
It's rare to read a field guide that actually inspires you to go out and see what's around. Too many just join the shelf as information sources. This one shows concern and even affection for the monuments, as well as enthusiasm, directions and detail.
The Velvet Underground of Gazzeteers, perhaps.
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