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James Quinn examines the 1842 forming, activities, and historical impact of the Young Ireland group, their founding of the newspaper The Nation, and their call for a retelling of Irish history by the Irish. The author's examination of Young Ireland is organized in eight chapters focused on the laying of the group's foundations, their reading of Irish history and its foreign influences, their call for a rewriting of history, the history of their own times, the legacy of their writings, and a variety of other related subjects. The author is the Managing Editor of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography. Distributed by Dufour. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
