Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier

Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier
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Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781574418354
ISBN-13 : 1574418351
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier by : Patrick J. Mahoney

Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier is a bilingual compilation of stories by Eoin Ua Cathail, an Irish emigrant, based loosely on his experiences in the West and Midwest. The author draws on the popular American Dime Novel genre throughout to offer unique reflections on nineteenth-century American life. As a member of a government mule train accompanying the U.S. military during the Plains Indian Wars, Ua Cathail depicts fierce encounters with Native American tribes, while also subtly commenting on the hypocrisy of many famine-era Irish immigrants who failed to recognize the parallels between their own plight and that of dispossessed Native peoples. These views are further challenged by his stories set in the upper Midwest. His writings are marked by the eccentricities and bloated claims characteristic of much American Western literature of the time, while also offering valuable transnational insights into Irish myth, history, and the Gaelic Revival movement. This bilingual volume, with facing Irish-English pages, marks the first publication of Ua Cathail’s work in both the original Irish and in translation. It also includes a foreword from historian Richard White, a comprehensive introduction by Mahoney, and a host of previously unpublished historical images. “Ua Cathail’s Irish-language tales anticipate Twain and Hemingway in a multicultural world of settlers, shysters, and simple idealists still confronted by the challenge of Native Americans.”—Declan Kiberd, author of Inventing Ireland: The Literature of a Modern Nation

An Irish Voice

An Irish Voice
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1568332025
ISBN-13 : 9781568332024
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis An Irish Voice by : Gerry Adams

In 1992, Gerry Adams was invited by Niall O'Dowd to write a weekly column for the Irish Voice.

An Irish Voice

An Irish Voice
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Publisher : Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105070707786
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis An Irish Voice by : Gerry Adams

In 1992, while unable to get an American Visa, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was invited to write a series of columns for the Irish Voice newspaper and the Irish American magazine. They began as reports from Belfast but soon developed into a chronicle of the emerging peace process. An Irish Voice seamlessly collects many of these important articles under one cover to provide a first-hand account of the modern Republican movement and the ongoing peace process in Ireland.

The 32

The 32
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Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781800180253
ISBN-13 : 180018025X
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The 32 by : Paul McVeigh

We read because we want to experience lives and emotions beyond our own, to learn, to see with others’ eyes. The 32 is a celebration of working-class voices from the island of Ireland. Edited by award-winning novelist Paul McVeigh, this intimate and illuminating collection features memoir and essays from established and emerging Irish voices including Kevin Barry, Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Lisa McInerney, Lyra McKee and many more. Too often, working-class writers find that the hurdles they come up against are higher and harder to leap over than those faced by writers from more affluent backgrounds. As in Common People – an anthology of working-class writers edited by Kit de Waal and the inspiration behind this collection – The 32 sees writers who have made that leap reach back to give a helping hand to those coming up behind. Without these working-class voices, without the vital reflection of real lives or role models for working-class readers and writers, literature will be poorer. We will all be poorer.

An Irish Voice

An Irish Voice
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Publisher : The O'Brien Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781847172204
ISBN-13 : 1847172202
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis An Irish Voice by : Niall O'Dowd

How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics. A remarkable firsthand account of an Irish emigrant who began as a part-time footballer and house-painter and became a journalist, author, founder and publisher of two newspapers, a magazine and website, as well as a leading advocate for immigration reform for the 'illegal' Irish in the United States. He played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process, securing a US visa for Gerry Adams in 1994 and acting as intermediary between the White House and Sinn Féin during a critical time in the peace negotiations. Niall O'Dowd has been described as: 'the authentic voice of the Irish in America, who has more knowledge of this community than almost anyone else alive,' by Jim Dwyer, New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner.

The Irish Dialect

The Irish Dialect
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:61667407
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Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Irish Dialect by : Paul Meier

Great Irish Voices

Great Irish Voices
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0716527448
ISBN-13 : 9780716527442
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Great Irish Voices by : Gerard Reid

This compilation brings together a selection of speeches, sermons and addresses from some of Ireland's greatest statesmen and women over the last 1,000 years. They are arranged in chronological order, with an introduction giving the background to each one.

Speak with an Irish Brogue

Speak with an Irish Brogue
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 1502572087
ISBN-13 : 9781502572080
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Speak with an Irish Brogue by : Ivan Borodin

St. Patrick's Day comes once a year, but there's always a reason to break into an Irish Brogue. Whether you're an actor required to tinge your voice in emerald bravado, or you're a barfly hoping to catch the attention of a head-turning blonde, this manual will lead you to soaring success. Master dialectician Ivan Borodin has taught accents in Hollywood for two decades, compiling the lightning-rod vowels and consonant shifts needed to pull off the Brogue. This illustrated guidebook comes fully supported by a series of YouTube videos. Get ready to tell tall tales, make hearts trip inside their wet T-shirts, and convince everyone that you're charmed with the luck of the Irish.

An Irish-Speaking Island

An Irish-Speaking Island
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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages : 465
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ISBN-10 : 9780299302740
ISBN-13 : 0299302741
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis An Irish-Speaking Island by : Nicholas M. Wolf

This groundbreaking book shatters historical stereotypes, demonstrating that, in the century before 1870, Ireland was not an anglicized kingdom and was capable of articulating modernity in the Irish language. It gives a dynamic account of the complexity of Ireland in the nineteenth century, developments in church and state, and the adaptive bilingualism found across all regions, social levels, and religious persuasions.

Belfast Noir

Belfast Noir
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Publisher : Akashic Books
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9781617752919
ISBN-13 : 1617752916
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Belfast Noir by : Adrian McKinty

Lee Child, Eoin McNamee, and others explore the dark corners and alleyways of Belfast.