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The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott
Tim Fanning
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Description for The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott
paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy, covers showing light shelf wear, remains a very good copy
In 1957, Sheila Cloney, Protestant wife of a Catholic farmer, fled from her home near the Wexford village of Fethard-on-Sea with her young daughters after refusing to bow to the demands of the local Catholic clergy to educate them as Catholics. In response, the priests launched a boycott of Fethard's Protestant shopkeepers and farmers. The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott - subject of the feature film, A Love Divided - became a national scandal, prompting intervention by Taoiseach, Aeamon de Valera. Tim Fanning tells the story of one of the ugliest sectarian episodes to occur in the Republic. He examines how deep-rooted ... Read more
In 1957, Sheila Cloney, Protestant wife of a Catholic farmer, fled from her home near the Wexford village of Fethard-on-Sea with her young daughters after refusing to bow to the demands of the local Catholic clergy to educate them as Catholics. In response, the priests launched a boycott of Fethard's Protestant shopkeepers and farmers. The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott - subject of the feature film, A Love Divided - became a national scandal, prompting intervention by Taoiseach, Aeamon de Valera. Tim Fanning tells the story of one of the ugliest sectarian episodes to occur in the Republic. He examines how deep-rooted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848890329
SKU
KSG0031432
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tim Fanning
Tim Fanning, from Dublin, studied history in UCD. Since then he has worked as a journalist and has written on Irish history and politics for the regional and national press in Ireland. In the mid-1980s, he spent three summers in Fethard where he first learnt about the boycott and got to know the Cloney family.
Reviews for The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott
'Superbly researched account' Munster Express 'Riveting' Sunday Independent 'Fanning constructs a memorable portrait ... thought-provoking book' Roy Foster, The Irish Times 'Though written with the panache and clarity of good journalism, [it] is rigorous in its sourcing, citation and historicity' Myles Dungan, Irish Mail on Sunday 'Riveting' Sunday Times 'Compelling ... Read more