The Irish Book of Death and Flying Ships: From the Chronicles of Ancient Ireland

Extracted from a table of cosmical phenomena, epizootics, famines and pestilences in Ireland (included in The Census of Ireland for the Year 1851), the monastic and other annals quoted here cover the earliest time to which tradition refers (as transmitted by the bards) and up to the end of the 11th century AD. The history of the early plagues shows that people tried to account for sudden outbursts of disease, either by the direct and miraculous interposition of Providence, or by some peculiar atmospheric condition. Published to accompany the Irish Census of 1851, this specially photo-illustrated edition provides a beautiful history of Celtic Ireland.