"Winner of the 2000 James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for Best Book on Irish History or Social Studies" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999" Cormac Ó Gráda is Professor of Economics at University College, Dublin. His most recent works include Ireland: A New Economic History and A Rocky Road: The Irish Economy since the 1920s. Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines...

The author describes life in Ireland after he moved his family to Cork County in 2000.

"Few countries have been as dramatically transformed in recent years as Ireland. Once a culturally repressed land shadowed by terrorism and on the brink of economic collapse, Ireland finally emerged in the late 1990s as the fastest-growing country in Europe, with the typical citizen enjoying a higher standard of living than the average Brit. Just a few years after celebrating their newly-won status among the world's richest societies, the Irish are...

Disc 1, A Celtic treasure: "Examines the bed and breakfast establishments peppered along the Irish landscape and their owners, who supply millions of tourists not only with accomodation, but also with conversation and insight into Irish home life. Learn about Ireland's Gaelic roots with a visit to the small village of Rath Cairn in County Meath, one of the few places recognized as an official Gaelic area, where residents have made a living teaching...