Spanish-Irish relations through the ages

Declan M. Downey & Julio Crespo MacLennan editors

'Irish doctors in Spain, Irish interest in Spanish literature and diplomatic relations between Ireland and Spain in the twentieth century are ... covered. This book casts new light on this aspect of Irish history and reminds us that Spain is an important element in Irish history’, Books Ireland (September 2008).

‘The broad sweep of Hiberno-Spanish relations is covered in this book which looks at events and influences from the middle ages to the twentieth century. Links between the two countries go back a long way. Trade and people passed between Ireland and Spain from earliest times. The heyday of Spanish-Irish relations was in the seventeenth century and eight chapters cover this period ... All in all this is a very interesting book’, Tony Canavan, Books Ireland (March 2009).

'… this volume contains a number of very useful articles', Thomas O'Connor, Irish Historical Studies (May 2009).

‘This is a generally useful, and at times stimulating inaugural collection. It is dedicated to, and prefaced by an appreciation of Patricia O’Connell, who would certainly have been pleased by the content, and delighted by the arresting dust jacket, which reproduces a portrait of Richardo Wall at the height of his powers', James Kelly, Studia Hibernica (2008/9).