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My Darling Danny: Letters from Mary O'Connell to Her Son Daniel, 1830-32 (Irish Narratives)
Mary O´connell
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Paperback. Series: Irish Narratives S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
On May 9, 1830, fourteen year-old Daniel O'Connell Jr., son of the Liberator, left his comfortable home in Dublin to attend the Jesuit college at Clongowes Wood in County Kildare. Thus began a three-year correspondence between Danny Jr. and his mother, Mary O'Connell. Bursting with love and affection, illness and death, politics and scandal, these letters allow a brief glimpse at the relationship between mother and son in nineteenth-century Ireland. In addition, this collection documents a portion of an important juncture in the political career of Danny's father Daniel O'Connell. Returned for Clare in the 1828 by-election, the ... Read more
On May 9, 1830, fourteen year-old Daniel O'Connell Jr., son of the Liberator, left his comfortable home in Dublin to attend the Jesuit college at Clongowes Wood in County Kildare. Thus began a three-year correspondence between Danny Jr. and his mother, Mary O'Connell. Bursting with love and affection, illness and death, politics and scandal, these letters allow a brief glimpse at the relationship between mother and son in nineteenth-century Ireland. In addition, this collection documents a portion of an important juncture in the political career of Danny's father Daniel O'Connell. Returned for Clare in the 1828 by-election, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Irish Narratives S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859181737
SKU
V9781859181737
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About Mary O´connell
Erin Bishop is an American scholar who recently completed a doctoral thesis on the O'Connell family for the National University of Ireland.
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