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Out of Ireland - A Journey across time, ocean and land from pre-famine Ireland to Modern North America
In 1997, Carolyn Ryan, Mac Trueman, Mia Urquhart and Steve McKinley of the Saint John Times Globe traced how the flood of Irish immigrants during the Great Famine (1845-1852) changed the face of Ireland, North America and specifically, Saint John and New Brunswick. Their articles were printed in a seven-week series in the Saint John Times Globe of New Brunswick, Canada entitled "Out of Ireland." * Carolyn Ryan, wrote: "Nothing is more Irish than the leaving of Ireland. "The Irish soul has always been torn by good-byes, but still, millions have sailed away to new lives."   * * "Out of Ireland" has many fascinating stories: * Margaret Patterson Kirkpatrick, who came to Saint John from County Donegal in 1831, left an amazing legacy  2,000 descendants. * Chain of Louth  * Lord of 20,000 Lives - Charles William Fitzwilliam * Voice from the Past - He was just trying to keep in touch with his far-flung family. But since James Prendergrass was living in Famine Ireland and his children had sailed off to Saint John,(New Brunswick) and to Boston, his letters reveal to fascinated academics an unusual side of history  * * The Orange and the Green reach a truce. * An inglorious 12th - 1849 in Saint John * From Paupers to Powerbrokers - The road to political success for Boston’s Irish was paved with drinks, charm, alliances and tough tactics * Quebec’s Smile Is Irish * Sorrow, Sorrow, My Sorrow - One of the most notorious coffin ships of the Famine years dumped its human cargo near Miramichi * * TITLE: Out of Ireland - A Journey across time, ocean and land from pre-famine Ireland to Modern North America. First published as a series in the Saint John Times Globe from June 9 to July 25, 1997. Presented as a reprint of the seven-week series Out of Ireland, a special report on Ireland and the hunger that changed the world in the 1840s. 96 pages 11 x 12. Staple stitched with pictorial cover of Raymond Bracken resting for a few moments during a visit to Middle Island near Miramichi. Newsprint paper.  CONDITION: Shelf and handling wear but otherwise in good condition.

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