A lot of this didn't quite gel with me and the last chapter about the defeat of paganism by Christianity was quite simplistic. It was a lot of good food for thought and the bibliography probably good for mining for information.
I had a few problems reading this book. 1. I had no clue to whom Dáithí Ó hÓgáin was referring when he used the term "Celt" - as I am used to Celtic being a reference to certain languages that had grown out of those areas that traded with mainland Europe, not a people who invaded or settled certai...