HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION Tuesday Nov. 28, 2000 How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill’s book How the Irish Saved Civilization, is called the untold story of Ireland’s heroic role in maintaining western culture, from the fall of the Roman Empire until the European dark ages. The main point of this book, as specified in the book’s title, is how the Irish saved civilization. How they allegedly did that is the real meaning …showed first 75 words of 1408 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1408 total…this book we can find the purpose behind St. Patrick‘s day. Mr. Cahill makes it enjoyable and anybody researching about the Irish culture or anybody that wants to understand the fifth and sixth century a little better should read this fascinating book. Bibliography Works Cited 1. Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish Saved Civilization. New York: Nan A. Talese, 1995. 2. Hoh, John. History Book Reviews. Douglas J. Malcolm, 1998. http://www.bookideas.com/reviews/history/irishsaved.htm (1998-2000).