Name: THROUGH IRISH EYES
SKU: 1609033
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THROUGH IRISH EYES

Published by The O'Brien Press Ltd.. 1st. 1998

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Large format. A visual companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland. B/w photos.

ISBN: 086278591X
Stock no. 1609033

Foreword by Malachy McCourt
The Long Streets of Brooklyn
...And So to Limerick
Nothing Left but the Dispensary
"But If at Last our Colour Should Be Torn from Ireland's Heart"
The St. Vincent de Paul Society Wants to Know When She'll Stop Asking for Charity
"We Might as Well Have a Pint Before We Go, Joe"
"Coughs and Colds are Prevalent"
It's a Long Way to the Dock Road
Limerick Landmarks
The Open Air
Out to the Country
How the Poor Lived
The Lanes
The Quays
In the Fever Hospital
"Who's Comin' in the Carriage?"
Children of the Street
School Days
Life in the Neighborhood
The Emergency
Censors, Confraternities, and Movei-goiers
You Have to Join the Confraternity
Leave This Library at Once
A Century of Emigration
New York in the 1940s - Frontier of the Land of Promise
I Can Go Home Again
Further Reading and Photo Credits

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