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Connecting a Nation: The Story of Telecommunications in Ireland. By Deryck Fay. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2022. 350 pp. + illus. Paperback, $35.00. ISBN: 1-910820-87-3.

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Connecting a Nation: The Story of Telecommunications in Ireland. By Deryck Fay. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2022. 350 pp. + illus. Paperback, $35.00. ISBN: 1-910820-87-3.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2025

Gretta Mohan
Gretta Mohan*
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Adjunct Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Business History Review , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , Spring 2025 , pp. 153 - 155
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