Migration and the Making of Ireland

"It is a wonderfully easy, 'live and let live', non-judgmental and generous view of what a country should be, and a suitable riposte to the toxic xenophobes who are on the rise in Europe today. Fanning charts just how rich this experience can be."—Eamon Delaney, Irish Independent, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"This book is particularly to be welcomed at a time when European ethno-nationalism of the ugliest kind is making a return across the continent in such countries as Russia, Hungary, France and even England. Fanning's book is a fresh and fascinating survey of nation-making, not as the affirmation of some kind of blood-right, but as ongoing conversation, occasional conflict, adaptation and change."—Piaras Mac Éinrí, Irish Times, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"This is 'the first comprehensive history of migration to and from the island of Ireland', according to the publisher's blurb. It certainly is comprehensive as it goes back to Neolithic times and up to more recent arrivals of Nigerians, Poles, Romanians and Muslims."—Joe Carroll, Irish Catholic, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"In relating the stories of these groups Fanning does an excellent job of painting contours of the big picture with broad strokes on historical movements and statistical trends, and then also zooming in on individual stories through first-person accounts by new arrivals."—Sam Tranum, Dublin Inquirer, reviewing a previous edition or volume