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In The Fields Of Athenry, James Charles Roy Leads Us Through The Irish Past And Present With The Central Theme Of His Own Personal Experience With The Renovation Of A Run-down Castle - Really A Crumbled Tower - That He Purchased More Than Thirty Years Ago. Moyode Castle, Located Near The County Galway Market Town Of Athenry, Was Built In The Sixteenth Century By The Dolphins, An Irish-speaking Family Directly Descended From French-speaking Norman Adventurers Who Had Invaded Ireland Four Centuries Earlier. This Old Tower House And The Rich Agricultural Lands It Guards Has Witnessed Every Strand Of Irish History, From The Heroic Exploits Of Celtic Warriors Long Celebrated By Yeats And Lady Gregory, Through The Easter Rising Of 1916 When Ira Insurgents Used The Building As A Lookout. It Stands Today As A Powerful, Timeless Symbol Of The Tumultuous Ebb And Flow Of Fortune, Both Good And Bad, That Characterizes Irish History. Roy Weaves His Personal Story Of The Purchase And Renovation Of Moyode Into A Wide Ranging Historical Conversation, Leading Us To A Topic Of Real Interest To Ireland Today And To Our Sense Of History More Broadly: The Historical Nostalgia We Attach To Ireland And T

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Author

James Charles Roy

Publisher

Basic Books

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813338606

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Travel, History

Rating

3.32 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14