'This book is a significant breakthrough in the writing and presentation of history to Irish children and ought to be in every school library, if not in every home.'
INIS magazine, Spring 2008
'Without any question this is the Children’s Book of the Year.'
Irish Independent
'Every house in Ireland should have it.'
Waterford News & Star
'Some kids thought that Irish history would never be enjoyable, but that’s before The Story of Ireland was written!!! With all its funny illustrations and its cool facts, its very easy to read and makes Irish history much more interesting.'
Kilkenny People
'A joy to read and look at - bright, lively and informative.'
The Newsletter
'Absolutely wonderful.'
The Ryan Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One
'A sophisticated production.'
Sunday Tribune
'A fun way to present history to children and O’Brien are to be commended for doing a fine job in condensing 900 centuries worth of history.'
Sunday Business Post
'Most impressive in its inventiveness, wealth of witty illustration, mixture of fun and serious history. It is great to see work of this quality from an Irish publishing house in these straitened times. This book deserves to be in every home and school.'
Sunday Independent
Robert Dunbar’s top 30 Books of the Year 2007. 'Some 9,000 years of Irish history are colourfully and humorously delineated in an ambitiously conceived and successfully executed 'story'.'
The Irish Times
