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The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism
Turtle Bunbury
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Description for The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism
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The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from across the land ventured overseas in all directions. Since 1800 an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores and today more than 80 million people worldwide claim Irish descent.
The advent of the British Empire ignited a slow but extraordinary exodus from Ireland. The pioneering explorers of the Tudor Age were soon overtaken in number by religious refugees, the ‘Wild Geese’ who opted to ... Read more
The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from across the land ventured overseas in all directions. Since 1800 an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores and today more than 80 million people worldwide claim Irish descent.
The advent of the British Empire ignited a slow but extraordinary exodus from Ireland. The pioneering explorers of the Tudor Age were soon overtaken in number by religious refugees, the ‘Wild Geese’ who opted to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500022528
SKU
9780500022528
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About Turtle Bunbury
Turtle Bunbury is an author, historian, public speaker and TV presenter based in Ireland. His previous book, Ireland’s Forgotten Past, was described by Sebastian Barry, the Laureate for Irish Fiction, as ‘a delicious and stirring atlas of Irishness’. His other books include The Irish Pub, Living in Sri Lanka and the award-winning Vanishing Ireland series. A frequent guest on Irish ... Read more
Reviews for The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism
'This fascinating assortment of case histories, spread across 1,400 years and six continents, is an impressive feat of research. All of the chapters are based on a solid body of up-to-date historical writing. The summaries of often-complex historical background to the lives explored are models of lucid compression. The short biographies themselves are lively yet judicious, packed with vivid detail ... Read more