Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora - Hardcover

Coogan, Tim Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312239904 ISBN 13: 9780312239909

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Synopsis

The population of Ireland is five million, but 70 million call themselves Irish. Here is their story in all its richness and complexity. Tim Pat Coogan traveled around the world where green is indeed worn to talk to the people who weaved the tale of "a dream born in a herdsman's shed and the secret scriptures of the poor." Along with American presidents, best-selling authors and Riverdancers, Ireland gave the world a caring tradition borne by missionaries and teachers who spread a message of hope and the panorama of their life abroad comes alive in this magisterial work.

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Review:

0;A journey into our own psyche...Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places.1;2;Frank McCourt, author of "Angela7;s Ashes"
0;Rich in characterization and detail2;not to mention the Coogan wit2;this is an invaluable reference volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every Celtophile.1;2;"Publishers Weekly"
“A journey into our own psyche...Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places.”—Frank McCourt, author of "Angela’s Ashes"
“Rich in characterization and detail—not to mention the Coogan wit—this is an invaluable reference volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every Celtophile.”—"Publishers Weekly"
"A journey into our own psyche...Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places."--Frank McCourt, author of "Angela's Ashes"

"Rich in characterization and detail--not to mention the Coogan wit--this is an invaluable reference volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every Celtophile."--"Publishers Weekly"

A journey into our own psyche...Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places. "Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes"

Rich in characterization and detail--not to mention the Coogan wit--this is an invaluable reference volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every Celtophile. "Publishers Weekly""

"A journey into our own psyche...Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places." --Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes

"Rich in characterization and detail--not to mention the Coogan wit--this is an invaluable reference volume that belongs on the bookshelf of every Celtophile." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Tim Pat Coogan is one of the best known journalists and historians in Ireland. Author, broadcaster and former editor of the Irish Press, he has written several books, including two definitive works just published by Palgrave, The Troubles and The IRA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0312239904
• ISBN 13: 9780312239909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 746