Thank you so much for giving these novels (?) a referral. I have read his books Sarum and London and found them most enjoyable. I will be sure to seek out the Irish novels as I am familiar with his work and have found his stories most readable. Probably not historically correct but loosely based on fact I dare say. Jocelyn Buderim Australia Nancy & Ted wrote: > If you have never read "the Princes of Ireland", and the sequel "The Rebels > of Ireland", by Edward Rutherford, you will probably enjoy them for the > history. Although I thought I was somewhat familiar with Irish history, it > sure is a much more tangled web than I realized. Reading the second book, > especially, is giving me insight into my Cavan ancestors, the spinning > wheels and some other areas of interest. > > Although this author gets kind of 'the same' if you read many of his books, > it makes the history understandable. In these two he follows about five > families from Ireland's beginnings, through many generations--so he has a > Viking family, an English one, etc., all of them Irish, but from such > different backgrounds and beliefs. > > Nancy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >> I remember reading somewhere in my genealogy work that Catholic marriages >> were discouraged at one point in Ireland if not illegal. Perhaps the >> reason your ancestors had such an odd history to their marriage was for >> this reason. I apologize for not remembering exactly but I've been >> through so much researching my own family some of it is a blur now. The >> eldest son of a family was said to have registered as Protestant in order >> to inherit land as well when they were actually Catholic. >> >> Again, my apologies for not being able to give you a reference. >> Kathleen\ >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >