Review
"A journey into our own psyche.... Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places." - Frank McCourt
"Tim Pat Coogan manages to find "the story" in almost every country he has visited. This volume will stand as a challenging and controversial work..." - Dermot Keogh, "The Irish Times" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"Tim Pat Coogan manages to find "the story" in almost every country he has visited. This volume will stand as a challenging and controversial work..." - Dermot Keogh, "The Irish Times" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Books Ireland
'...long-awaited account of the Irish Diaspora is the most far-reaching and comprehensive study of that phenomenon ever written.’
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
The Irish Times
'... 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.’
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Ireland on Sunday
‘The definitive story of the Irish abroad.’
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Book Description
'A journey into our own psyche... Tim Pat Coogan has dug, Heaney-like, into the past while opening doors to faraway places.' Frank McCourt
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
Far more Irishmen live outside Ireland than within it. This study aims to reveal why this is, how it has come about and what the realities are today - political, economic, religious and cultural - for the Irish populations in America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe.
From the Publisher
No.1 Irish bestselling title in hardback. Chosen by Jon Snow as his Book of the Year, 2000.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
About the Author
Tim Pat Coogan is the former editor of the Irish Press and the author of The Troubles, De Valera, Michael Collins and The IRA (among other bestselling books). (20001212)
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
