Douglas Hyde: The Professor of Irish Who Became President of Ireland

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series

In this illuminating new book, Manchan Magan sets out on a journey in our ancestors' footsteps to uncover the ancient myths and stories that have shaped our national identity, embedded in the strata of land that have endured through millennia - from ice ages through to famines and floods.

The eagerly awaited and highly original new book from the Irish Times best-selling author of The Ghosts of Magnificent Children, The Girl Who Ate The Stars & The Legend of Valentine Sorrow.