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INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOHN IRELAND. Nice 8pg. souvenir program for a tribute to the fine actor John Ireland that is not dated but is most likely from the mid 50's. Ireland has inscribed and signed on the front cover, and under his name has also written "The Early Years." The program is illustrated with stills and some text. Ireland was a good a durable actor whose most famous roles were in "All The King's Men" for which he was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar, "Red River" and many others. Laid in the program are two very nice original 8" x 10" portraits of the actor from 1954. Fine. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Theological Studies, published by Theological Studies, Inc. on June 1, 2003. The length of the article is 761 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "To Work for the Whole People": John Ireland's Seminary in St. Paul.(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Patrick W. Carey
Publication: Theological Studies (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: Theological Studies, Inc.
Volume: 64Issue: 2Page: 419(3)

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In 1871, John Devoy, a young Irishman fighting for Irish independence, came to the United States in exile. Yet even while across the ocean, this Fenian greatly influenced Irish affairs. Terry Golway's assiduously researched biography of Devoy chronicles a lifetime of activism in which he garnered tremendous financial and moral support for the cause in Ireland. Devoy was instrumental in both the Easter Rising in 1916 and the creation of the Irish Free State.Intimate details of Devoy's life and his work are artfully interwoven as Terry Golway captures John Devoy's valiant role in Ireland's struggle for freedom. ... Read more

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A Soldier's Song for a Proud Fenian Man
My first introduction to John Devoy came as a student. I was studying the response of Irish-American newspapers to the outbreak of World War One and Devoy was a highly influential editorialist whose opinions were frequently reprinted in various Irish journals throughout the USA. He was a determined opponent of Woodrow Wilson's policy to intervene in the European conflict on behalf of the Allied Powers, generally, and in alliance with Great Britain specifically. When public opinion turned against Imperial Germany, Devoy argued in favor of neutrality.

Devoy was a tireless agitator and advocate for the cause of Irish independence. He was imprisoned as rebel and his sentence was commuted on the condition that he agree to live out the remainder of his days in exile. He had been arrested for his participation in the Irish Republican Brotherhood after British agents infilitrated the group as a means to disrupt the Fenian plan to invade British North America (Canada). It was thought that staging such an attack would provoke a war between the United States and Great Britain that would in turn serve to liberate Ireland. While Devoy was languishing in prison, Fenian troops were able to cross the border and enter the Province of Ontario from the State of New York. A brief skirmish followed and the invaders were quickly beaten and forced to withdraw.

Following his release and exile, Devoy committed the remainder of his life to promoting "The Cause." He attended meetings, wrote editorials, raised funds and organized membership campaigns over and over again. He traveled throughout the United States and worked alongside or quarreled with almost every important Irishman of note during his lifetime.

Terry Golway has done a commendable job of honoring the memory of an undeservedly forgotten Irish patriot who performed most of his labors in relative anonymity on a distant foreign shore.

Fenian's Rainbow
Golway tells the tale of John Devoy, greatest of the American Fenians, and a pivotal, if hitherto neglected, figure in the history of Irish nationalism. Devoy was an longlived agitator, fundraiser, journalist, convicted Irish revolutionary and American refugee who bankrolled Parnell, Patrick Pearse and Michael Collins, butted heads with the Ulster Presbyterian Woodrow Wilson and the egomaniacal Eamon de Valera, and sacrificed his personal happiness in the process. Golway's prose is sharp and terse, with a propulsive narrative drive. A fine work of history.

Valuable intro to Irish America's support for Irish rebels
I wanted to take the opportunity to write after finishing the book this past week; it's a good start for anybody curious about the roots of the support--in money, arms, rhetoric, and/or direct assistance--that IrishAmericans have long given for Irish freedom. Often, the zeal of the"exiled children in America", as we're referred to in the IrishProclamation of Independence from 1916, has surpassed that of those Irishwe've left behind back home.Golway's book gives you some of the reasonswhy this disparity may have emerged--the force of the Famine, deportationof many Fenians,the Civil War's effect in giving unwitting assistance tomany Americans who returned to agitate in Ireland and abroad, and theeconomic success gained by a few Irish emigrants and even more thesacrifices of a few dollars of many many more Irish who did the grunt-workwhich fueled the fortunes of those few, no doubt. Today, many of theseemigrants' descendants are criticized as "plastic Paddies" whoknow little about Ireland beyond a few ballads and sentimental slogans.Both their critics and their supporters among the Irish Americansthemselves should study this book, which uses Devoy's long career as abasis for a complicated study of how factionalism, quarrels, and a somewhatclumsy mixture of idealism and pragmatism all combined to effect changeback in Ireland. And it should also instruct those who still support theIrish struggle today--it shows the pettiness and begrudgery that has oftenplagued U.S. efforts at grassroots aid. Although at times in the latersections, I lost track of who was outwitting who in all of the internecinebackstabbing among the various claimants of The Cause, this is not todiscredit Golway's skill. He had an intricate story to narrate, and hekeeps it fresh and even witty, without pandering to his readers. His ownexperience as a journalist, a career shared by Devoy, undoubtably enrichesmuch of the ambiance behind this sometimes reticent figure, too. I oftenwonder how a biographer, faced with a subject who's written his or herautobiography already, can calculate a new angle from which to view theperson. Golway manages to integrate Devoy's own words sparingly, and byfilling in much of the context which Devoy would have kept mum about (ornot known of), the author presents a surprisingly relevant case study ofthe dangers and the seductions of trying to achieve an ideal in a messyworld of spies, politicians, revolutionaries, businessmen, and everydayfolks. In a time when many Irish and non-Irish alike are taking a renewedand justified pride in this island's heritage, this book introduces you tothe American contribution to the Irish situation. (I also was impressed bythe author's taking the time to comment on his work in response to asuperficial criticism posted; his graceful manner of answering his hastycritic shows real class.)

Accentuating the Negative
I hoped this book would confirm the above Synopsis and Kirkus and NY Timesreviews which I already knew to be accurate as to Devoy, the subject. It isnicely written and contains much valuable and interesting detail. But, forreasons known only to the author, he selected nearly exclusively negativequotes to characterize Devoy and his tens of thousands of supporters ofdemocracy for Ireland. It is on them, rather than on the genocidistsopposing them, that the author pours the vocabulary of abuse. Only apsychology textbook could contain more synonyms for mental disorder thanthis book. It is full of "bitter; hate; hateful; hatred; grievance,old resentments; vengeance; murder; folly; ratholes of conspiracy; an Irishfight; a race of treacherous murderers; band of murderers; half-breed Jew;self-pity; divisive; slander; invective; irrational; acrimony; libel;firebrand; obsession; imbecile; foul; gross; vulgar; a murder society;destructive; decadence; raving lunatic; agrarian crime; wild tumult;fanatic; potatoes - neither man nor pig wanted more; perverse; turbulent;terrorists; violent; illicit; drunkenness and dishonesty; assassination;wretched quarrel; miserable; perfidy; stupid anger; vitriolic; contentious;treacherous; raged;" etc. Perhaps worst of all, the author indicatesthat it wasn't a republic (and all the benefits that flow therefrom) thatDevoy et al struggled for, but for "a mystical, martyr-producingorganism that could trace its bloody and tragic ancestry to Theobald WolfeTone." This grotesque slur that may well be explained by the author'sexecrable choice of sources: Cruise O'Brien, Edwards, O Grada, McCaffrey,et al. They constitute much of the "Potato Famine" school ofIrish history which denies the existence and central role of the 75 Britishregiments that murdered 5.2 millions in the Irish Holocaust. Still; threestars is about right. It was worth the read if not the price. From it Ilearned that Devoy wrote an autobiography; "Recollections of an IrishRebel" that I really want. ... Read more

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John Devoy fled Ireland for America in 1870. There he became one of the most prominent Irish patriots. From his role in the Fenian Rising, to his major split with De Valera and his return home in 1924 as a guest of the Irish Free State, Dooley re-creates the pivotal role that John Devoy played in achieving Irish independence. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine), published by Thomson Gale on August 28, 2007. The length of the article is 1421 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 50 ways to adopt a baby: ever wonder what it takes for a gay parent to adopt a child in Peoria? Writer and filmmaker John Ireland did. So he took a road trip across the country to find out how gay adoption works from state to state. Here's what he learned.(PARENTING)
Author: John Ireland
Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 28, 2007
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Issue: 991Page: 39(3)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Church and State, published by J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 516 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: John Charles McQuaid: Ruler of Catholic Ireland.(Review)(Brief Article)
Author: Kevin B. Fagan
Publication: Journal of Church and State (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State
Volume: 43Issue: 1Page: 147

Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from Irish Literary Supplement, published by Irish Studies Program on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1490 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: One of a kind.(Selected Writings of John V. Kelleher on Ireland and Irish America)(Book Review)
Author: Gene C. Haley
Publication: Irish Literary Supplement (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Irish Studies Program
Volume: 23Issue: 1Page: 10(1)

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