A scholarly, but readable, presentation of the origins and history of more than one thousand Irish and Scottish families. The social and individual history of c

Clans and Families of Ireland provides a fascinating account of the origins of the Irish people from prehistoric times down to the present, with particular emph

"The history of the clans reaches back into the mists of antiquity. On the strength of a surname alone, families can claim kinship with people who existed a tho