We Don't Know Ourselves [electronic resource] : : A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958
Fintan O'Toole2021
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We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from
the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed
almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life
coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving
of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and
historical narrative. This was the era of Eamon de Valera, Jack Lynch, Charles
Haughey and John Charles McQuaid...
Main title:
Author:
Fintan O'Toole, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Apollo, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (624 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781784978280
Language:
English
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BRN:
524733
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