Irish In Newfoundland 1600-1900
- Publisher
- Creative Book Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Mar 1999
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894294041
- Publish Date
- Mar 1999
- List Price
- $12.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
The Irish in Newfoundland paints a vivid picture of the Irish experience from the early days of anti-Catholic persecution when a house could be burned to the ground simply because Mass had been said there, to, by the turn of the twentieth century, relative peace between Irish Roman Catholics and English Protestants.
About the author
Michael J. McCarthy was born in St. Jacques, Fortune Bay, moving to Terrenceville at the age of five, where he attended school until grade eleven. He attended Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Ottawa, graduating with an MA. in Literature. He taught in a number of communities until his retirement in 1986. Michael McCarthy is the author of three novels and a history book. He is the co-author of several more books and has written for several magazines, as well as for radio and television. He was married to the former Ann Hamlyn, and they had two children: Michael and Karen Michael J. McCarthy passed away on October 28, 2005.
