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Spike Island: Saints, Felons and Famine
Michael Martin
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Description for Spike Island: Saints, Felons and Famine
Paperback. Explores the island through two different environments: from the founding of the monastery there by Saint Carthage to the use of the island as a place of detention, punishment and undignified death. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
The dominant star shaped fortress on Spike Island testifies to it's strategic importance in the once heavily fortified bastion of British military might that was Cork Harbour. Beneath and around this edifice however lies the story of an island steeped in extensive Irish heritage that stretches further back into the mists of Irelands past beyond the arrival of the Normans and on through to the darkest period of Irish history. From an island of ecclesiastical retreat and contemplation to a dark and godforsaken destination of victims of Ireland's Great Famine, Spike Island has been a part of two contrasting periods ... Read more
The dominant star shaped fortress on Spike Island testifies to it's strategic importance in the once heavily fortified bastion of British military might that was Cork Harbour. Beneath and around this edifice however lies the story of an island steeped in extensive Irish heritage that stretches further back into the mists of Irelands past beyond the arrival of the Normans and on through to the darkest period of Irish history. From an island of ecclesiastical retreat and contemplation to a dark and godforsaken destination of victims of Ireland's Great Famine, Spike Island has been a part of two contrasting periods ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845889104
SKU
V9781845889104
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About Michael Martin
Michael Martin is the author of Titanic Trail Cobh Queenstown and has been featured in television documentaries produced by 20th Century Fox, Korean National Television, Australian TV, and National Geographic regarding Cobh and Titanic.
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