Thomas D'Arcy Mcgee

A Popular History of Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The History of Ireland is the most fascinating and least known of records. When Britons were represented as savages, Ireland was a place of saints and researchers. The author of this edition of D'Arcy McGee's superb and unbiased work took advantage of the awakening interest in Irish writing to present to the public a book of elegant history, as cheap as widely circling romance. It was his wish to teach his countrymen about their national records. It is difficult to close the introduction without an expression of regret at the dark and horrible destiny that overtook the honorable, enthusiastic, and patriotic Irishman, Thomas D'Arcy McGee. The book describes how he was a man who loved his nation well, fought for his country and people, and tried so many ways to contribute to the development of the nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789356568839
• Artikelnr.: 67601544

Autorenporträt

Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was a Catholic Irishman who opposed British rule of Ireland, and worked for a peasant revolution to overthrow British rule and secure Irish independence. He moved to Canada in 1857 and worked hard to convince the Irish Catholics to cooperate with the Protestant British in forming a Confederation that would make for a strong Canada in close alliance with Britain. He fought the Fenians in Canada, who were Irish Catholics that opposed the British and resembled his younger self politically. McGee succeeded in helping create the Canadian Confederation in 1867, but was assassinated shortly after.