Competition: Win a copy of 'The Irish: A Photohistory' - a new visual history book

The Irish: A Photohistory is a stunning collection of images dating back as far as 1840.

Sean Sexton and Christine Kinealy offer an enthralling visual history of Ireland, from famine times right up to the impact of modernity as industry, railways and urban expansion brought Ireland into a new era.

In 1840 no-one could have foretold the catastrophe that was about to unfold in Ireland, The Great Famine would kill over 1 million people between 1846 and 1851 and force an even greater number to flee the horrors which were unfolding in their homeland. In the following decades, Irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for Home Rule and ultimately for Independence.

As that story unfolds, throughout this book, you'll encounter inspirational leaders and impatient rebels and their campaigns of persuasion and violence. You'll glimpse to the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of destitute peasants from their homes and lands by the heavy hand of the law.

Reproduced in colour and covering the first century of Ireland in the era of photography, these images evoke the elegance and grandeur of the Big House contrasted against the hard labour endured by the rural population as they worked a magnificent but often harsh and unforgiving landscape.

WorldIrish have three copies of this beautiful publication to give away. 

To be in with a chance of winning, please comment below.

You must have a profile photo to be in with a chance.  Winners will be announced on Wednesday February 20 and notified via their WorldIrish PM Inbox. The book will be posted to you from Dublin, Ireland.

The paperback book is 21.5 x 20.5 cm and its ISBN is ISBN 9780500290798. You can see the publishers website here.