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The Irish in Newfoundland
Mike McCarthy
Price: CDN$12.95
March, 1999
226 pages
5.5" x 8.5", paper
ISBN 1-894294-04-1
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Ireland and its people are an integral part of the our heritage
and culture. In almost every corner of this province we find
people of Irish descent. The Irish in Newfoundland paints a
vivid picture of the Irish experience from the early days of
anti-Catholic persecution when a house could be burned to
the ground simply because Mass had been said there, to, by
the turn of the twentieth century, relative peace between Irish
Roman Catholics and English Protestants.
Mike McCarthy's painstaking research has resulted in a
book that is a treasure trove of information about those first
Irish immigrants. He tells their story from the legendary
voyage of St. Brendan, to the modern era with the
construction of the Basilica in St. John's. The Irish in
Newfoundland looks at religious restrictions, political turmoil
and the fierce partisan involvement of the clergy in nineteenth
century elections, the justice and denominational school
systems, legends and folktales, and faction fights between
Irishmen from different countries.
But most of all, this book tells of the men and women who
came from a beloved old country to an unknown new one, to
create a better life for themselves and their children
About The Author
Michael J. McCarthy was born in St. Jacques, Fortune Bay,
moving to Terrenceville at the age of five, where he attended
school until grade XI. He attended Memorial University of
Newfoundland and the University of Ottawa, graduating
with a Master of Arts degree in Literature. After graduating,
he taught in a number of communities until his retirement in
1986.
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