Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization has been a rather successful piece of pop history since its release in 1995. It's a tantalizing work about the dramatic fall of Rome and the fragility of culture and tradition, with the Irish, a people long portrayed as peripheral, mystical, and savage, right in the center as the bastions defending Civilization and reintroducing it to a battered, bruised, and fallen Europe. But do Cahill's arguments hold any merit? Did the Irish really save Civilization? And was Civilization really even in any danger to start with?
28 October 2025
Did The Irish Really Save Civilization?
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Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization has been a rather successful piece of pop history since its release in 1995. It's a tantalizing work about the dramatic fall of Rome and the fragility of culture and tradition, with the Irish, a people long portrayed as peripheral, mystical, and savage, right in the center as the bastions defending Civilization and reintroducing it to a battered, bruised, and fallen Europe. But do Cahill's arguments hold any merit? Did the Irish really save Civilization? And was Civilization really even in any danger to start with?
Thomas Cahill's How the Irish Saved Civilization has been a rather successful piece of pop history since its release in 1995. It's a tantalizing work about the dramatic fall of Rome and the fragility of culture and tradition, with the Irish, a people long portrayed as peripheral, mystical, and savage, right in the center as the bastions defending Civilization and reintroducing it to a battered, bruised, and fallen Europe. But do Cahill's arguments hold any merit? Did the Irish really save Civilization? And was Civilization really even in any danger to start with?
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