An Cláirseoir - Diarmuid Johnson

In earrach na bliana 1169, bhí buíon Normannach sa Bhreatain Bheag ag ullmhú loingis chun farraige: Mac Gearailt, de Barra, Fitz Martin, de Courcy, Prendergast, Fitz Gibbon, agus tuilleadh nach iad. Roimh dheireadh na bliana bheadh Cúige Laighean faoi smacht  acu. An bhliain dár gcionn, bheadh Baile Átha Cliath  ina seilbh chomh maith. Ba ghearr go gcuirfidís claochló ar shaol na tíre ó Loch Garman go Caisleán an Bharraigh, agus ó Phort Láirge go Baile an Fheirtéaraigh

Ach céard ba chúis leis an ionradh? Céard a thug ar na Normannaigh a bhfearann féin a thréigean i ndeisceart na Breataine agus a dhul i bhfiontar agus i gcontúirt thar sáile?

San úrscéal seo, cuireann Diarmuid Johnson imeachtaí na Normannach agus na mBreatnach roimh an ionradh cinniúnach inár láthair. Insítear a scéal dúinn: scéal Ghearailt de Windsor agus a thriall go Duibhlinn; an chomhcheilg in aghaidh Anraí I Rí Shasana; an pósadh leis an mbanphrionsa Nest; Muiris mac Gearailt agus an trunca a bhí líonta le hór; an cor sa chinniúint agus an t-éalú thar toinn.

Scéal trí chine atá anseo: scéal na nGael, na Normannach, agus na mBreatnach. Ár scéal féin.

In the spring of 1169, a Norman force in Wales was preparing a fleet for sea: Fitz Gerald, Barry, Fitz Martin, de Courcy, Prendergast, Fitz Gibbon, and others. Before the end of the year, Leinster would be under their control. The following year, Dublin would also be in their possession. They would soon transform the life of the country from Wexford to Castlebar, and from Waterford to Ballyferriter.

But what was the reason for the invasion? What led the Normans to abandon their own domain in southern Britain and embark on adventures and dangers overseas?

In this novel, Diarmuid Johnson presents the Normans and the Welsh before the fateful invasion. Their story is told to us: the story of Gerald of Windsor and his journey to Dublin; the conspiracy against Henry I of England; the marriage to the princess Nest; Maurice Fitz Gerald and the trunk filled with gold; the twist of fate and the escape over seas.

This is a story of three races: the story of the Gaels, the Normans, and the Welsh. Our own story.