本书首次以更新和紧凑的平装本形式出版，用摄影作品概述了过去七十年的爱尔兰，从20世纪50年代至今。以十年为单位排列的图像显示了20世纪50年代农村生活的持久影响。 在宗派冲突的动荡岁月里，生活在分裂社会中的普通爱尔兰男女的隐藏故事；20世纪90年代末，南方经济的巨幅增长，以及从20世纪50年代开始至今爱尔兰对身份认同的永恒追求。每一个十年都有一位**的当代爱尔兰文学家评论：安东尼•克罗宁，努拉•奥法兰，伊莫恩•麦肯，芬坦•奥图，科姆•托宾对这个十年进行评论，安妮•恩特利邀请读者深入探究每个时期的社会和政治背景，为摄影师的作品的提供文字背景。

Available for the first time in an updated, compact paperback format, this book offers a stunning photographic survey of Ireland over the last seven decades, from the 1950s to the present day. Organized decade by decade, the images show the lingering influence of rural life in the 1950s; the hidden story of ordinary Irish men and women, living in a divided society during the troubled years of the sectarian conflict; the South’s huge economic growth at the end of 1990s, baptised the ‘Celtic Tiger’, and Ireland’s perpetual quest for identity, from the 1950s to the present day. Each decade is commented on by a notable contemporary Irish literary figure: Anthony Cronin, Nuala O’Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O’Toole, Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright invite the reader to dive into the social and political context of each period, providing a textual backdrop to the photographers’ work.