Books tagged: irish diaspora

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A History of the Irish at Home and Abroad    by Terry O´Mahony
Price: $9.99 USD. 108010 words. Published on October 19, 2011. .

This history endeavours to give a true account of the Irish and may read very differently from long established school text or other histories. Read how a 1,000 years of oppression impacted on Ireland and her people and how she survived with her religion, culture and identity intact.
A Handbook of Irish Home Rule with full original text by William Gladstone and others    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $0.99 USD. 96760 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on January 13, 2012. .

This book was written in 1887 at a critical time for the debate on Irish Home Rule and for Gladstone. Its influence on events proved to be great. This edition has an introduction by historian Rupert Matthews that puts this classic work into its historical and political context.
McAlpine's Men    by Ultan Cowley
Price: $7.50 USD. 36520 words. Published on January 14, 2012. .

"On Saturday nights in The Half Moon a ganger would come in and ask did you want a shift in the morning...If you did, you had to guarantee him a drink the next night." McAlpine’s Men is a unique collection of personally recounted stories from many of the 200,000 Irishmen who laboured on British civil engineering sites, pulled cable, drove tunnels and drank their pay. Edited by Ultan Cowley MA