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1 online resource (x, 228 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
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"Originally published in Ireland in 2010 by The Liffey PressRaheny, Dublin 5, Ireland"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Preface to the 2020 edition -- Introduction -- Background/history -- Profiles of the participants -- Edward Daly -- John Hume -- Seamus Heaney -- Seamus Deane -- Eamonn McCann -- Phil Coulter -- Testimony of an IRA volunteer : Shane Paul O'Doherty -- James Sharkey -- Conversation with James Sharkey, Eamonn McCann, Paul Brady and Phil Coulter -- Paul Brady -- Conversation with Seamus Deane and Seamus Heaney. |
| Summary |
"The Boys of St. Columb's chronicles the schooldays of eight illustrious alumni of St. Columb's College in Derry, Northern Ireland, and the political consequences of their education. A companion to a BBC/RTÉ documentary film The Boys of St. Columb's (2010), this book traces the first generation of children to receive free grammar school education as a result of the ground-breaking 1947 Education Act in the region. The book shows how conditions in Northern Ireland changed as a result of the mass education of its population, culminating in the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s, which drew its inspiration from the United States. The Boys of St. Columb's were Bishop Edward Daly, SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner John Hume, poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, critic Seamus Deane, diplomat James Sharkey, activist Eamonn McCann, and musicians Phil Coulter and Paul Brady. Maurice Fitzpatrick incorporates extensive interviews with this group of extraordinary figures five decades after they graduated, and their stories still resonate today with unique reflections on their backgrounds and their coming of age. For some, their time at the college was transformative in a mostly affirming way. For others, the culture of violence, both within the school and in Northern Irish society at large, was traumatic. The fact that higher education was available to all sections of the community, and particularly those from working class backgrounds, remade the society. The book's historical resonance continues to grow since it first appeared in 2010, and the narrative can be viewed in a new light as a result of the current political realities in the UK and Ireland"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Education, Secondary -- Northern Ireland -- Derry -- History -- 20th century.
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Education, Secondary. |
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Northern Ireland -- Derry. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Public schools -- Northern Ireland -- Derry -- History -- 20th century.
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Public schools. |
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Educational law and legislation -- Northern Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
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Educational law and legislation. |
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Northern Ireland. |
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Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
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Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fitzpatrick, Maurice, 1981- Boys of St. Columb's. North American. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020 9780268107536 (DLC) 2019054502 |
| ISBN |
0268107556 (electronic book) |
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9780268107567 (electronic book) |
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0268107564 (electronic book) |
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9780268107550 (electronic book) |
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9780268107536 (hardcover) |
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9780268107543 (paperback) |
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