Book Launch Invite: Recalling the Celtic Tiger; eds Brian Lucey, Eamon Maher and Eugene O’Brien. Guest of Honour: Fintan O’Toole 3pm, Saturday 19 October, Luce Foyer, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin.

Peter Lang International Academic Publishers cordially invite you to the official launch of

Recalling the Celtic Tiger, edited by Brian Lucey, Eamon Maher and Eugene O’Brien

Guest of Honour: Fintan O’Toole

3.00pm, Saturday 19 October, Luce Foyer, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin Light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP to Anthony Mason at a.mason@peterlang.com

Praise for Recalling the Celtic Tiger

‘The Celtic Tiger was a dramatic period in Irish history when a troubled and economically backward country suddenly seemed to have discovered Aladdin’s lamp and all its wishes came true. It was liberating, exhilarating, self-delusional and ultimately disastrous and we are still living with its dodgy legacy. This brilliantly conceived kaleidoscope of a book, with its constantly shifting perspectives and superbly succinct mini-essays, is full of information, insight, wit and judgement and amounts to the best overview of the excitement and the madness we are ever likely to get.’
— Fintan O’Toole, Irish Times journalist and writer.

Recalling the Celtic Tiger is full of short, digestible reads which remind us of the sheer breadth of the collapse and the socio-cultural context which was often drowned out by an overconcentration on economic analysis.’
–Miriam O’Callaghan, Broadcaster and Journalist.

Recalling the Celtic Tiger offers a much needed reappraisal of a hugely important sea change in modern Irish society. By tackling issues surrounding religion, literature and culture, in addition to the financial and economic factors, the short essays provide a comprehensive analysis of how Ireland was affected by the years of boom and bust.’
— Declan Kiberd, Keough Professor of Irish Studies at Notre Dame University.

Recalling the Celtic Tiger is a timely and useful reminder that the Tiger and its demise was not just, or even primarily, an economic phenomenon, but had profound socio-cultural roots and ongoing impact.’
–Sarah Carey, Columnist and Broadcaster.