The Berkeley Guides:
Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Ireland
By Jonathan P. Kazmar
Until Columbus stumbled upon the not-so-New World in 1492, Ireland was on the very edge of the European universe. To the merchants and explorers who chanced upon this storm-battered isle, Ireland was a wild, indomitable place, mysterious and brooding; a land that, viewed from afar, appeared to rise in defiance from the water. To the medieval mind, Ireland was only a short sail away from oblivion.
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