The Beatles and Ireland

From the day The Beatles arrived in Dublin at the height of Beatlemania in 1963 and Paul McCartney announced `it's great to be home', the Fab Four never hid their love for Ireland. By the end of that decade John had bought an island off the Mayo coast, and in the 1970s John and Paul were writing songs about the troubled events in Northern Ireland. Yet there has never been a book about their Irish connections. This is not a music biography but simply details every Irish connection The Beatles have with Ireland, from their family trees to their concerts and the many visits they made across the Irish Sea. It is based on exclusive interviews, fifteen years of research and firsthand accounts by people that spent time with them. With Irish Beatle locations detailed, an Irish charts discography, accounts of the Irish fan club, and a detailed list of Beatles-related programs on Irish radio and TV, not to mention exclusive unpublished photographs, this is the legacy of The Beatles in Ireland. No quote. Book News Inc.