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The Last Conquest of Ireland, (Perhaps)
John Mitchel
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Mitchel's account of the Repeal campaign, the Famine and the 1848 Rising, which originally appeared in Mitchel's Tennessee-based newspaper, The Southern Citizen, in 1858. Mitchel was a significant and controversial figure. Last Conquest, originally written as a riposte to American Nativist hostility to Famine immigrants, is well known in Famine debates for its claim that the Famine was a deliberate act of genocide by the British government.
Mitchel's account of the Repeal campaign, the Famine and the 1848 Rising, which originally appeared in Mitchel's Tennessee-based newspaper, The Southern Citizen, in 1858. Mitchel was a significant and controversial figure. Last Conquest, originally written as a riposte to American Nativist hostility to Famine immigrants, is well known in Famine debates for its claim that the Famine was a deliberate act of genocide by the British government.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904558361
SKU
V9781904558361
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99-17
About John Mitchel
JOHN MITCHEL (1815-75) was born in Dungiven, Co. Derry, the son of a Presbyterian minister. He qualified as a solicitor, joined Young Ireland and was later a Fenian. He was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1848, escaped and travelled to America, where he worked as a journalist, championing the southern states in the civil war. He was the central ... Read more
Reviews for The Last Conquest of Ireland, (Perhaps)
"It set the template for popular attitudes to this catastrophic event and for the intellectual and academic debate on the subject to this day." Books Ireland Sept 2005 "this account of the O'Connell Repeal campaign and the famine years, up to Mitchel's 'trial' and transportation to Van Dieman's Land in 1848, is the best I have read. ... Read more