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James Charles Roy leads a group of jaded American tourists on a historical tour of the Emerald Isle they only thought they knew. James Charles Roy, a noted authority on Irish history and travel, escorts a disparate group of Americans through the lonely backwaters of ancient Ireland. Visions of a glorious enterprise evaporate as he sees a dejected and weary handful of aged American tourists disembark at Shannon Airport. Fortified by Guinness, Roy hurls himself into sharing with them the joys and wonders of Irelands twisted byways.Determined to avoid clich, Roy leads his group to obscure Celtic coronation sites, monasteries, and remote abbeys as he spins a narrative that pulls Irelands chaotic story into coherence. His unsuspecting charges begin to shed their hesitancies, relishing their guides idiosyncratic approach to Ireland. Black comedy aside, Roy touches an emotional chord: how the economic phenomenon known as the Celtic Tiger has transformed Old Ireland into a high-tech power. At the tours end, Roy embarks alone for the inaccessible Ardoilean, a seventh-century Celtic hermitage in County Galway. His vision of an Ireland lost forever is an emotional tour de force.
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James Charles Royhas been a peripatetic independent scholar since 1970, when he leftTime Inc. He has written innumerable articles onIrish history, and five distinguished books. His latest includeThe Fields of Athenry andIslands of Storm , a Book-of-the-Month and History Book Club selection. He divides his time between Moyode Castle in County Galway and his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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