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My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland
Fr. Sean Mcmanus
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Description for My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland
Paperback. Signed by the author, with invitation to book launch. Very good clean copy. Keywords: Northern Ireland
For almost forty years, Fermanagh native Fr Sean McManus has been at the heart of the Irish American campaign against injustice in Northern Ireland. This is his personal account of how he mainstreamed Northern Ireland on Capitol Hill, after Church and State exiled him from Britain in 1972 to silence him on the issue. He founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, 'the driving force that would diminish Britain's influence with the US government'. He forced through Congressional action to stop the sale of US weapons to the RUC and made the MacBride Principles on fair employment a powerful force. ... Read more
For almost forty years, Fermanagh native Fr Sean McManus has been at the heart of the Irish American campaign against injustice in Northern Ireland. This is his personal account of how he mainstreamed Northern Ireland on Capitol Hill, after Church and State exiled him from Britain in 1972 to silence him on the issue. He founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, 'the driving force that would diminish Britain's influence with the US government'. He forced through Congressional action to stop the sale of US weapons to the RUC and made the MacBride Principles on fair employment a powerful force. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gill
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848890985
SKU
KSG0025323
Shipping Time
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99-1
About Fr. Sean Mcmanus
Sean McManus is a brother of Frank McManus, former MP, and Patrick McManus, an IRA member killed in 1958. In 1971, a Redemptorist priest based in Scotland, he was arrested in Northern Ireland during an anti-internment demonstration. His superiors sent him to the United States in 1972 where he founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, a Washington D.C.-based Irish-American ... Read more
Reviews for My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland
'The man who has been helping to craft the agenda for Irish America over the past 30 years has written a compelling inside view of the pursuit of peace and justice for Ireland'
Irish Voice
Irish Voice