Using sources from publications such as Punch, the Irish World, the Daily Telegraph, Le Charivari and the Irish News and incorporating a concise history of Ireland from the 18th century through to the present day, these fascinating cartoons illustrate Anglo-Irish relations from the rising and suppression of the United Irishmen, through the Great Famine, the Land War, Home Rule, the War of Independence, to the recent troubles and the current politics of peace.