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An Irishman Abroad: Growing up with Unity and Division in an Anglo-Irish Family
Tarka King
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In An Irishman Abroad, Tarka King recalls his feral youth on the periphery of the Anglo-Irish world, his brief UK public school education and a period of extensive travel, followed by a period of soldiering in the Middle East at the height of the Cold War before returning to Ireland. The book identifies the pre-Belfast Good Friday Agreement Ulster Canal project as a way of tackling historic regional socio-economic ills, with supporting opinions from wide range of contacts stretching from senior IRA hunger strikers through to dedicated hardline Unionists. King reflects on how he ... Read more
In An Irishman Abroad, Tarka King recalls his feral youth on the periphery of the Anglo-Irish world, his brief UK public school education and a period of extensive travel, followed by a period of soldiering in the Middle East at the height of the Cold War before returning to Ireland. The book identifies the pre-Belfast Good Friday Agreement Ulster Canal project as a way of tackling historic regional socio-economic ills, with supporting opinions from wide range of contacts stretching from senior IRA hunger strikers through to dedicated hardline Unionists. King reflects on how he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Unicorn
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911397250
SKU
9781911397250
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Tarka King
Tarka King left Ireland for Dorset forty years ago due to 'the Troubles' but retained ownership of his mid-Ulster border farm and forest. While continuing to manage his property from a distance he has travelled extensively and developed an interest in seeing the restoration of the derelict Ulster Canal become a reality. His Anglo-Irish roots and family literary background has ... Read more
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