Ireland: Awakening
Ireland: Awakening is a novel by Edward Rutherfurd first published in 2006 by Century Hutchinson. It concludes the two-part series known as The Dublin Saga.
Plot summary
This sequel to Dublin: Foundation, also set in Ireland, follows the clans or families of the O'Byrnes, Walshes, and MacGowans. Other families appear on the scene and together they live through the Cromwellian [conquest of Ireland|Cromwellian period], the Protestant Ascendancy and the Famine (Ireland)|Famine].Publishing history
- 2006, UK, Century, pub date 2 March 2006, hardback
- 2006, Canada, Doubleday Canada, pub date 2 March 2006, hardback
- 2007, USA, Ballantine Books, pub date 27 February 2007, paperback
- 2007, UK, Arrow Books, pub date 1 March 2007, paperback