In
The Pathless Land, Hannigan brings luminosity, clarity and rich research to tell an evocative and fascinating story of land and access in Ireland. Hannigan is a perfect traveller on foot - curious, empathetic and questioning. I couldn't recommend
The Pathless Land more. * Jack Cornish *
To walk is to know... Hannigan engages in deep and beguiling conversation with the Irish landscape. He, and the reader, emerge richer and wiser for the experience. * Max Adams *
With every footsore step, Hannigan brings Ireland's troubled past hauntingly alive. * Ian Crofton *
A brilliant travelogue, balancing observation and history,
The Pathless Land has ingenious structure and a humane mission: the author, realising that Ireland has few public footways, sets off to experience walking across a land that often wants to make his journey difficult. It is a finely written account, with keen insights on every page, all the keener for being gathered on the eye level and pace of a walker. In parallel, the book also delivers a history of Ireland's relationship to the land, a story that is perhaps the best way to understand the country and its people. * Garrett Carr *
Praise for Tim Hannigan:
Absorbing and insightful... skilfully interweaves geography, geology, travel memoir and history.
* The TLS *
The best kind of traveller, Hannigan is brimful of boundless curiosity... a beguiling book that throbs with passion. * The Irish Times *
A magnificent work of travel and historical deconstruction - deeply personal, meticulously researched and hugely enjoyable. * Philip Marsden *