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Solitary and Wild: Frederick MacNeice and the Salvation of Ireland.
David Fitzpatrick
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Description for Solitary and Wild: Frederick MacNeice and the Salvation of Ireland.
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For lovers of the often dark and troubled poetry of Louis MacNeice, his father is a reassuring presence: solid, sober, pious yet tolerant, a Church of Ireland clergyman who was not afraid to reject the Ulster Covenant of 1912, denounce sectarianism, and even espouse Irish nationalism. This book originated in the discovery of one inconvenient fact. Frederick MacNeice (1866–1942) was not a Home Ruler but an all-Ireland Unionist, who for many years was an enthusiastic Orangeman in Dublin and then Ulster. In later life, especially as Bishop of Down after 1934, he set aside these connections in order to pursue ... Read more
For lovers of the often dark and troubled poetry of Louis MacNeice, his father is a reassuring presence: solid, sober, pious yet tolerant, a Church of Ireland clergyman who was not afraid to reject the Ulster Covenant of 1912, denounce sectarianism, and even espouse Irish nationalism. This book originated in the discovery of one inconvenient fact. Frederick MacNeice (1866–1942) was not a Home Ruler but an all-Ireland Unionist, who for many years was an enthusiastic Orangeman in Dublin and then Ulster. In later life, especially as Bishop of Down after 1934, he set aside these connections in order to pursue ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
444
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843511946
SKU
V9781843511946
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About David Fitzpatrick
DAVID FITZPATRICK is Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin. His works include Politics and Irish Life, 1913–1921, Provincial Experience of War and Revolution; The Two Irelands, 1912–1939; and Harry Boland’s Irish Revolution. His edited collection of essays by members of the Trinity History Workshop, Terror in Ireland, 1916– 1923, was published by Lilliput Press.
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