Comprehensive description of Ireland, its geology and topography, wild life, Archaeology, history, the Irish people, language, religion, topography, "the Gaeltecht", law and government, defense, education, health and welfare, postal service, landholding, agriculture and fisheries, transport, power, industry and commerce, finance and external affairs, music, culture, art, and much more as they functioned before the EEC.
Encyclopedia of Ireland 1968 Figgis Hely Thom Dublin