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Manchán Magan joins The Last Word to discuss the forgotten presence of Irish monks, migrants and storytellers in Iceland and how the two island nations have more in common than is often remembered.
He uncovers all of this in his latest book 'Ireland in Iceland: Gaelic Remnants in a Nordic Land'.
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