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

Coogan, Tim Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099958503 ISBN 13: 9780099958505

Publisher: Arrow, 2002

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: April. 2002 Pages: 768 Publisher: Arrow Far more Irishmen live OUTSIDE Ireland than within IT. This Fascinating study. By known of Ireland's best and MOST controversial Contemporary Historian reveals why this is how IT has come about and what the realities are today - political. economic. religious and cultural - for the populations of the 'Irish Diaspora' and the countries they now inhabit. Based on first-hand research in America. Africa. Australia. New Zealand and throughout Europe (including . of course. the UK). this book reveals the workings of Irish communities throughout the world. some with great political and economic power (such as in the US. where the Irish political tradition has dominated politics from the 19th century Tammany Hall to presidents Kennedy and Clinton). some with enormous moral authority (including Irish religious communities i...

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Review:

'... a challenging and controversial work on the Irish diaspora... It is a big book on a big topic. Don't just read it. Buy it and reread it.’ -- The Irish Times

'...long-awaited account of the Irish Diaspora is the most far-reaching and comprehensive study of that phenomenon ever written.’ -- Books Ireland

‘A journey into our own psyche... Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places.’ -- Frank McCourt

‘Amusing, interesting and often absorbing... Peppered with the kind of Irish humour that can make you laugh out loud.’ -- Guardian

‘The definitive story of the Irish abroad.’ -- Ireland on Sunday

From the Publisher:

No.1 Irish bestselling title in hardback. Chosen by Jon Snow as his Book of the Year, 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099958503
• ISBN 13: 9780099958505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784