THE IRISH: Sinners Saints Gamblers Gentry Priests Maoists Rebels Tories Orangemen Dippers Heroes Villains and Other Proud Natives of the Fabled Isle
New York: Harper and Row, 1975. Photographs by Frank Monaco. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a slight flair open from the front board and ageing on the text-block edges; 8.5 inches tall; 316 pages with an index; Photographs by Frank Monaco.
The Irish by Thomas J. O’Hanlon is a vivid, audacious snapshot of Ireland’s contradictions and charisma. Equal parts irreverent and affectionate, it traverses ‘dirty Dublin,’ rural superstition, aristocratic decline, Church omnipresence, the Sweepstakes mania, emigration, Northern Ireland’s tensions, and the social upheaval of Marxists and rebels. A fiercely observant, witty, and unflinching portrait—part memoir, part reportage—that captures the soul of the Emerald Isle.
Subjects: Ireland, Politics & Society, Emigration, Class & Aristocracy, Church Influence, Social Change, History, Cultural Commentary, Social Memoir.
Item #20961
ISBN: 0060132388
Price: $12.00
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