Founded on Fear - Letterfrack Industrial School, War and Exile

Informationen zum Autor Peter Tyrrell Klappentext I warn society against the child who has been hurt Peter Tyrrell A tormented childhood in Letterfrack industrial school with the Christian Brothers left an enduring mark on Peter Tyrrell. "A remarkable book" Mary Raftery, The Irish Times "He has articulated the grief and fear of something like 30,000 men and woman who will never forget the experiences they had. They have badly needed this unforgettable testimony. But we should all welcome it, and read it." Irish Independent "Vivid and deeply moving...one man's personal journey from an unforgiving past to an uncertain future" Dr Michael Kennedy, RIA, Executive Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy "The authenticity and simple eloquence of this work makes it compelling, if dark, reading. The text cries out to Heaven! It holds up a mirror to official Ireland, the Irish state and the Catholic Church...Read it, and weep." Professor Dermot Keogh "This harrowingly honest book could never have been published in Tyrrell's lifetime. The least we owe to his memory is not to ignore it now." Dermot Bolger, Sunday Business post Zusammenfassung I warn society against the child who has been hurt Peter Tyrrell A tormented childhood in Letterfrack industrial school with the Christian Brothers left an enduring mark on Peter Tyrrell.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Tyrrell, Peter Whelan Tyrrell, Diarmuid Whelan, Diarmuid Tyrrell Whelan, DiarmuidTyrrell Whelan
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2008
• EAN: 9781848270237
• ISBN: 978-1-84827-023-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Irland, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Autobiografien: allgemein