{"product_id":"follow-the-old-road-jo-kerrigan-9781788494847","title":"Follow the Old Road: Discover the Ireland of Yesteryear","description":"By turning off the main highway and discovering old routes, some of which have been travelled for thousands of years, you will see Ireland in an entirely different way. \u003ci\u003eFollow the Old Road\u003c\/i\u003e will take you on a tour of a variety of pathways from great river roads to lost railways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before records began, travellers arriving on our shores found safe havens, natural harbours, the estuaries of rivers, and settled there, in sight of the ocean that had brought them to this land. Gradually they moved inland to more fertile soil, usually along the course of a river that provided both guidance and essential water supplies. In later centuries, great lords built their castles and monks their abbeys upriver, at the tidal limit. Some of the routes are still used today while others lie ignored and overgrown. Villages, and, later on, towns grew up around these castles and abbeys to serve their needs; towns that still prosper today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jo Kerrigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788494849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788494847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Brien Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jo Kerrigan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897568092415,"sku":"9781788494847","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9471e7f-6962-4cc6-be2c-317252931ecb.jpg?v=1721374230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/follow-the-old-road-jo-kerrigan-9781788494847","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}