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In 1798, Irish patriots, committed to freeing their country from England, landed with a company of French troops in County Mayo, in westernmost Ireland. They were supposed to be an advance guard, followed by other French ships with the leader of the rebellion, Wolfe Tone. Briefly they... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Castlebar High Street
- Ireland
- Killala
- Dublin
- England
- Sligo
- France
- London
- Granard
- Wexford
- Spain
- Longford
- Paris
- United Irishmen
- Munster
- Kilcummin
- Limerick
- Galway
- Ballinamuck
- Antrim
- Westport
- Ballycastle
- Athlone
- Drumshanbo
- Egypt
- Tyrawley
- Tralee
- Crossmolina
- Europe
- Waterford
- Donegal
- Tobercurry
- Aughrim
- Drumkeerin
- Atlantic
- Foxford
- The Moat
- North America
- Macroom
- Nephin
- Carrick
- Mullingar
- Boyne
- Tuam
- Roscommon
- Big Lord
- Ballintubber
- Belfast
First Sentence edit
Some years ago, when I first took up the pastoral care of the wild and dismal region from which I write, I was prompted to begin a journal in which would be set forth, as I encountered them, the habits, customs, and manners of the several social classes, with the thought that it might someday furnish the substance of a book with some such title as Life in the West of Ireland.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Thomas Flanagan (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Holt
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0030445914
Page Count: 516
Publisher: Holt
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0030445914
Page Count: 516
Awards edit
- National Book Critics Circle Award (1979: Fiction, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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