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Knock is the Lourdes of Ireland, a busy place of pilgrimage in one of the richest countries in the world. Knock is also a small, ugly village in what is historically the poorest part of Ireland. In 1879, when the west of Ireland was racked by the Land War, several people reported seeing an apparition of the Virgin Mary there. Today Knock offers Marian devotion on an industrial scale, and is also home to an international airport from which the newly prosperous people of the region fly to their holiday properties overseas. Sharp-eyed, witty and intelligent, Ann Marie Hourihane tells the stories of this extraordinary place in Seasons of Devotion. This book will change the way we understand Ireland.
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In She Moves Through the Boom, Ann Marie Hourihane has pulled off a rare journalistic feat: she uses a mosaic of many real stories to give us the big picture. Hourihane's gift is for empathy and for people (Tom Humphries Irish Times)
Lively and fascinating . . . a vivid tapestry (Frank Egerton Times Literary Supplement)
About the Author:
Lively and fascinating . . . a vivid tapestry (Frank Egerton Times Literary Supplement)
Ann Marie Hourihane is a columnist with the Irish Times and author of the acclaimed She Moves Through the Boom.
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- PublisherPenguin Ireland
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1844881199
- ISBN 13 9781844881192
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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