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Author:

Meyer, Carolyn, 1935-

Title:

Voices of Northern Ireland : growing up in a troubled land / by Carolyn Meyer.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,

Copyright Date:

c1987

Description:

ix, 212 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Northern Ireland--Social life and customs.
Northern Ireland--Description and travel.
Children--Northern Ireland.
Meyer, Carolyn,--1935---Travel--Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland--Social conditions.
Northern Ireland--Description and travel.

Notes:

"Gulliver books." Includes bibliographical references (p. 207) and index.

Contents:

Romeo and Juliet in Belfast / Ian and Maureen -- Catholic Belfast: there are no dreams -- Protestant Belfast: which foot do you dig with -- County down: saints, kings, and ordinary people -- County down: conquerors, colonizers, and ordinary people -- County antrim: quiet towns, peaceful villages -- County tyrone: non-Catholics and non-Protestants -- Blue river, USA: the American connection -- The republic of Ireland: poets, martyrs, and a million emigrants -- County armagh: the pip in the middle -- Belfast: other tribes -- Belfast: take two. Take three -- Getting it straight.

Summary:

The author relates her visit to Northern Ireland where she interviewed Protestants and Catholics and recorded their feelings growing up in a country torn apart by religious and political conflict.

ISBN:

9780152006358
0152006354

LCCN:

87000199

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)