Days of the Blackthorn uses contemporary sources such as eyewitness tales, to provide a visceral sense of the \'vengeful, brutal, drunken, petty world\' of Faction fighting in Kerry in the 1800s.
This is a fascinating account of a wild, violent time in Ireland\'s history..
Days of the Blackthorn uses contemporary sources such as eyewitness tales, to provide a visceral sense of the \'vengeful, brutal, drunken, petty world\' of Faction fighting in Kerry in the 1800s