{"product_id":"9781859184394","title":"The Natural History of Ireland: included in Book One of the Zoilomastix of Don Philip O'Sullivan Beare","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Natural History of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e is an important source of the history of Ireland's natural environment and its political history. It was originally written in Latin by Don Philip O'Sullivan Beara, an Irish nobleman living in exile in Spain, and formed part of his \u003ci\u003eZoilomastix\u003c\/i\u003e (1625).\u003cp\u003eO'Sullivan Beare wrote the \u003ci\u003eZoilomastix\u003c\/i\u003e to refute the \u003ci\u003eTopographia Hiberniae\u003c\/i\u003e of Giraldus Cambrensis, which was derogatory of Ireland and the Irish people. Book One of the \u003ci\u003eZoilomastix\u003c\/i\u003e highlights his reaction to this propagandist text denigrating Ireland and comments on the natural habitat and features, such as rivers, plants, animals, fish and birds of Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has never been translated into English before, thus making this a unique publication. This \u003ci\u003een face\u003c\/i\u003e translation is both faithful to the original and accessible to the general reader. An introduction by Denis O'Sullivan gives an overall history of the O'Sullivans and Philip in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cork University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032804409584,"sku":"9781859184394","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781859184394_p0.jpg?v=1763599687","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781859184394","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}