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- catalog abstract ""In The Fields of Athenry, James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present with the central theme of his own personal experience with the renovation of a run-down castle - really a crumbled tower - that he purchased more than thirty years ago. Moyode Castle, located near the County Galway market town of Athenry, was built in the sixteenth century by the Dolphins, an Irish-speaking family directly descended from French-speaking Norman adventurers who had invaded Ireland four centuries earlier. This old tower house and the rich agricultural lands it guards has witnessed every strand of Irish history, from the heroic exploits of Celtic warriors long celebrated by Yeats and Lady Gregory, through the Easter Rising of 1916 when IRA insurgents used the building as a lookout. It stands today as a powerful, timeless symbol of the tumultuous ebb and flow of fortune, both good and bad, that characterizes Irish history." "Roy weaves his personal story of the purchase and renovation of Moyode into a wide ranging historical conversation, leading us to a topic of real interest to Ireland today and to our sense of history more broadly: the historical nostalgia we attach to Ireland and the fact that our romantic image flies directly in the face of development and boom times in the "Celtic Tiger" of the twenty-first century. Few know, for example, that today Ireland produces and ships more software abroad than any other country in the world with the exception of the United States, though we all know the story of Angela's Ashes. With this theme in mind, Roy leads us to question what attracts us - or perhaps more aptly him - to the rubble of a castle from Irish days long past."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12221471.
- catalog coverage "Ireland Civilization 20th century.".
- catalog coverage "Ireland History.".
- catalog coverage "Ireland Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""In The Fields of Athenry, James Charles Roy leads us through the Irish past and present with the central theme of his own personal experience with the renovation of a run-down castle - really a crumbled tower - that he purchased more than thirty years ago. Moyode Castle, located near the County Galway market town of Athenry, was built in the sixteenth century by the Dolphins, an Irish-speaking family directly descended from French-speaking Norman adventurers who had invaded Ireland four centuries earlier.".
- catalog description ""Roy weaves his personal story of the purchase and renovation of Moyode into a wide ranging historical conversation, leading us to a topic of real interest to Ireland today and to our sense of history more broadly: the historical nostalgia we attach to Ireland and the fact that our romantic image flies directly in the face of development and boom times in the "Celtic Tiger" of the twenty-first century. Few know, for example, that today Ireland produces and ships more software abroad than any other country in the world with the exception of the United States, though we all know the story of Angela's Ashes. With this theme in mind, Roy leads us to question what attracts us - or perhaps more aptly him - to the rubble of a castle from Irish days long past."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-303) and index.".
- catalog description "Moyode Castle -- Celt and Norman -- De Burgo and Burke -- Dolphin and Clanricard -- Persse and Mellows -- Lament -- Afterword: the Celtic Tiger.".
- catalog description "This old tower house and the rich agricultural lands it guards has witnessed every strand of Irish history, from the heroic exploits of Celtic warriors long celebrated by Yeats and Lady Gregory, through the Easter Rising of 1916 when IRA insurgents used the building as a lookout. It stands today as a powerful, timeless symbol of the tumultuous ebb and flow of fortune, both good and bad, that characterizes Irish history."".
- catalog extent "332 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fields of Athenry.".
- catalog identifier "0813338603 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fields of Athenry.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, CO : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Fields of Athenry.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland Civilization 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland History.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland.".
- catalog subject "941.5082 21".
- catalog subject "Castles Conservation and restoration Ireland.".
- catalog subject "DA959.1 .R69 2001".
- catalog subject "Roy, James Charles, 1945- Homes and haunts Ireland.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Moyode Castle -- Celt and Norman -- De Burgo and Burke -- Dolphin and Clanricard -- Persse and Mellows -- Lament -- Afterword: the Celtic Tiger.".
- catalog title "The fields of Athenry : a journey through Irish history / James Charles Roy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".