Seems like a good day to read about women fighting for social justice and the future of Ireland 🇮🇪 #BooksAndBooze
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Seems like a good day to read about women fighting for social justice and the future of Ireland 🇮🇪 #BooksAndBooze
pickI never read as much as I think I will on vacation 😅
familiarize yourself with Magdalene Laundries before reading this otherwise you may miss the full emotional weight. I wanted more aftermath, but maybe that was the point. that small mercies fight systems built on shame & kindness doesn‘t always come with closure. ⛪️
#novella #historical #fiction #literary #irishhistory
Random book from our personal library.
2011 review: ★★★★★
#letters #michaelcollins
Seems like appropriate further reading
pickDamning account of how the English government suppressed Ireland's economy for centuries, then victim blamed them when the famine happened and mostly refused to help. Lots of quotes from respected English officials expressing anti-Irish and anti-Catholic bigotry and occasionally coming right out and publicly stating the famine was a fortuitous way to bring down the unsustainable population. Good but long and repetitive.
pickI‘ve had this book on my wishlist for a while. “Killing Thatcher” is a very exciting, but still impeccable researched political thriller about the very long plot of killing Prime Minister Thatcher, by the IRA. I highly recommend it if you‘ve ever been to Ireland and/or are interested in Irish history.
Random book from our home library:
📖 The Big Fellow: Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution by Frank O'Connor
2010 review: ★★★★★
Recent acquisition:
📖 Sun Dancing: A Vision of Medieval Ireland by Geoffrey Moorhouse
so-so★★★☆☆
I have a problem with the fact that the Irish were barely mentioned before page 70, that the author's main point didn't emerge until page 183 (this in a book of only 250 pages), and that the final 50 pages of core subject matter felt rushed. Also, the Irish didn't save civilisation in general as the title seems to say - they played a critical role in preserving Greek and Roman writings.
