County Wicklow: Ireland in Old Photographs

County Wicklow, with its golden beaches, wooded valleys, majestic mountains and stunning lakes, rivers and waterfalls, is truly an area of great natural beauty and its vibrant history is uniquely captured in this collection of archive images. Derek Stanley explores the development of the towns and villages across the county, showing how they have changed and grown over the years, recalling old shops and streets, schools and institutions, industries and agriculture and a lost way of life. AUTHOR: Dr Derek Stanley is a historian and researcher, and has been writing about Dublin and Ireland for many years. He is the author of three previous books in this series. SELLING POINTS: . Contains over 150 old images of County Wicklow . Well-researched and informative text . Written by a well-known local historian 220 b/w illustrations