1798 COMES ALIVE IN NEW HISTORY BOOK
A best selling children’s history book contains a number of Wexford references.
Historopedia is the second book by father-and-daughter duo, Kathi and John Burke, and follows on from their runaway bestseller Irelandopedia, which won three awards including an Irish Book Award 2015 and a CBI Book of the Year Award 2016.
In Historopedia John and Kathi focus on the decisive battle of the 1798 Rebellion - the Battle of Vinegar Hill and the book contains both text and illustrations to show how the battle was found.
John writes: ‘ The British defeated the United Irish Army, though several thousand United Irishmen escaped. Rebel leaders, most of whom were Protestant, were executed. Their heads were cut off and stuck on spikes in Wexford town!”
The book also details how a group of around 360 Normans landed in Bannow, and how Arthur Leared, from Wexford, adapted the stethoscope in 1851 by attaching two earpieces with rubber tubes, leading to the modern stethoscope.
Historopedia is a perfect introduction to Ireland’s history for young and old as it journeys through our country’s culture and events explores over 10,000 years filled with bloody battles, dreadful disasters and revolutionary rebels.
Historopedia is published by Gill Books and out now, priced at €24.99.