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The Fields of Athenry: A Journey Through Irish History
James Charles Roy
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Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, remains a very fine copy
The story of Ireland's economic transformation told through the lens of the author's personal experience renovating a run-down castle in County Galway.. In The Fields of Athenry , James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present with the central theme of his own personal experience with the renovation of a run-down castle--really a crumbled tower--that he purchased more than thirty years ago. He weaves his personal story into a wide-ranging historical conversation, leading us to question what attracts us--or perhaps more aptly him--to the rubble of a castle from Irish days long past. }In The Fields ... Read more
The story of Ireland's economic transformation told through the lens of the author's personal experience renovating a run-down castle in County Galway.. In The Fields of Athenry , James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present with the central theme of his own personal experience with the renovation of a run-down castle--really a crumbled tower--that he purchased more than thirty years ago. He weaves his personal story into a wide-ranging historical conversation, leading us to question what attracts us--or perhaps more aptly him--to the rubble of a castle from Irish days long past. }In The Fields ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Westview Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780813338606
SKU
KSG0028890
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About James Charles Roy
James Charles Roy has published two other books on Ireland, including the highly successful Islands of Storm. He is also the author of The Vanished Kingdom (Westview Press).
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