The Road from Ardoyne

2004 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Ray Mac Mánais
Release : 2004
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book The Road from Ardoyne written by Ray Mac Mánais. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary McAleese, Ireland's President, has a,longstanding interest in many issues concerned,with justice, equality, social inclusion,anti-sectarianism and reconciliation. She was a,member of the Catholic Church Episcopal Delegation,to the New Ireland Forum in 1984, and she was a,founder member of the Irish Commission for the,Prisoners Overseas. on 11 November 1997 she became,the first President to come from Northern Ireland,and has enjoyed a remarkably high approval rating,in opinion polls.

Ardoyne ‘69

2021-02-17 History

Author : Brian McKee
Release : 2021-02-17
Genre : History
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Download or read book Ardoyne ‘69 written by Brian McKee. This book was released on 2021-02-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A crucial text” – Rev Bill Shaw, CEO of 174 Trust, Belfast “Touching … thoughtful collection … of rich testimonies” – Prof Maggie Scull, Syracuse University, London The working-class community of Ardoyne has been described as a Catholic and Nationalist island within the Protestant Unionist sea of North Belfast. No other community suffered as much during the Troubles as Ardoyne. During the three-day period of 14–16 August 1969, stoked by the Battle of the Bogside in Derry, long-lived tensions in the area boiled over into riots. Streets became battlefields, houses went up in fire, and the first of many lives were lost. Ardoyne ’69: Stories of Struggle and Hope explores the stories of 14 people who share one experience in common – the violence of 14, 15 and 16 August 1969. The book highlights their memories, but also asks how they interpreted the violent events they witnessed, and what impact these events had upon their subsequent lives. It illustrates how people from the one community who experienced a common event have different memories, interpretations and reactions to what they saw. Stories come from people as varied as IRA prisoners and a local teacher to an RUC officer, an Irish Times journalist, a former Director General of RTE and a former President of Ireland. Illustrated by contemporary photographs, Ardoyne ’69: Stories of Struggle and Hope is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how seismic events can shape our lives in radically different ways. Brian McKee is an Ardoyne man to the core. He has almost 40 years’ experience of teaching, retreat work and youth ministry. The majority of his work is in the field of peace and reconciliation in the parish of Holy Cross, Ardoyne, with the Passionist Peace Office. He is also manager of the nearby Passionist Retreat and Conference Centre at Tobar Mhuire, Crossgar.

Here’s the Story

2020-09-24 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Mary McAleese
Release : 2020-09-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Here’s the Story written by Mary McAleese. This book was released on 2020-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking two-term President of Ireland tells the stories of her life When a young Mary McAleese told a priest that she planned to become a lawyer, the priest dismissed the idea: she knew no one in the law, and she was female. The reality of what she went on to achieve - despite those obstacles, and despite a sectarian attack that forced her family to flee their home - is even more improbable. In this luminous memoir, Mary McAleese traces that astonishing arc: from the tight streets of north Belfast, to a professorship in Dublin while still in her twenties, behind-the-scenes work on the peace process, and two triumphant terms as President of Ireland. She writes of her encounters with prime ministers, popes and royalty with the same easy candour and intimacy with which she describes her childhood. And her account of the latest act in her remarkable career - quietly pursuing a doctorate, and loudly opposing the misogyny of the Catholic Church - is inspiring. Here's the Story is warm, witty, often surprising and relentlessly fascinating: an extraordinarily intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable public figures of our time. _______________ 'A fascinating story and well worth the read' Irish Times 'Riveting ... A fiercely urgent reminder to the world - and the Government - that peace must never be sacrificed for politics' Telegraph 'Excellent' Matt Cooper, Irish Daily Mail 'I was enthralled and absorbed by this memoir' Sunday Independent 'What an incredible life lived by an outstanding role model. I ate this book up' Sinéad Moriarty 'Full of conviction and isn't afraid of plain speaking ... Priests, popes, paramilitaries and Ian Paisley are all held to account' Herald Scotland '[A] chatty, provocative and embraceable biography' RTÉ Guide

Breaking

2022-09-27 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Chris Lindsay
Release : 2022-09-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Breaking written by Chris Lindsay. This book was released on 2022-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking: Trauma in the Newsroom is a collection of stark, brutal and courageous stories written by some of Ireland and Britain’s most renowned journalists, camera men and broadcasters. They write about how their careers impacted their mental health, left some with PTSD, others anxiety and depression – and even made some walk away from their hard-fought for dream jobs after being worn down by a conveyor belt of trauma. These are stories of vulnerability, courage and resilience, stories that will resonate with journalists worldwide. These are stories that will help start an important global conversation on nurturing good mental health in the newsroom, stories that will smash the damaging mindset that journalists need to be hard-nosed and thick skinned in order to survive in the tough world of news. Breaking takes the reader from the troubled back streets of Belfast to the carnage of war in Lebanon, from the minefields of Iraq, to a claustrophobic courtroom in Mauritius, to the starving refugee camps of Bangladesh and back around the world again in a collection of raw, powerful and poignant chapters from the frontline of modern journalism.

Ardoyne

2002 History

Author : Ardoyne Commemoration Project
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Download or read book Ardoyne written by Ardoyne Commemoration Project. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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