General works
A good introduction is Ireland, Department of Foreign Affairs, Facts About Ireland (1995). Basil Chubb and Geraldine O’Dea (eds.), A Source Book of Irish Government, rev. ed. (1983), provides a selection of official information. Historical, archaeological, topographical, and other information, with illustrations, is found in guidebooks such as Lord Killanin (Michael Morris, Baron Killanin) and Michael V. Duignan, The Shell Guide to Ireland, rev. and updated by Peter Harbison (1989); and Brian Lalor, Ireland, 8th ed. (1998). Pictorial coverage is provided in Richard Fitzgerald and Edna O’Brien, Vanishing Ireland (1987); and James Gleason and Deirdre Purcell, ... (100 of 28265 words)