The Story of a Toiler's LifeUniversity College Dublin Press, 2000 - 235 páginas This is the story of James Mullin, born in poverty in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, left school at 11 and became a labourer. He later studied medicine and emigrated to Wales where he set up a medical practice in Cardiff. A Fenian and lifelong Republican and activist who revered Michael Davitt, Mullin includes pen portraits of Davitt, Parnell and Patrick Pearse. |
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Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798-1922 Paul O'Leary Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798-1922 Paul O'Leary Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |