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The Wearing
of the Green: A Political History of the Irish in
Manchester |
By
Michael John Herbert |
Publishers
Irish in Britain |
2001 |
This
fantastic book covers 200 years of the Manchester Irish
involvement in the nationalist movement. It includes
the United Irishmen, Fenianism, the campaign for Home
Rule, Republicanism and the IRA. It also looks at some
of the Manchester Irish involved in Chartism, the local
trade union movement and the suffragette movement. [ISBN:
0954137809].
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The Men
Who Built Britain - A Celebration of the Irish Navvy |
By
Ultan Cowley |
Publishers
Merlin Publishers |
2001 |
Hundreds
of thousands of Irish male immigrants to Britain found
jobs in construction. While the men themselves have
been largely forgotten or ignored, the canals, railways,
roads, tunnels, dams and public utilities of Britain
stand as lasting monuments to their sacrifices and achievements.
Illustrated with striking pictures this book ensures
that the true story of the Irish navvy will not be forgotten.
[ISBN: 0863278299]. |
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The Reynolds
Letters: An Irish Emigrant Family in Late Victorian
Manchester |
Edited
By Lawrence McBride |
Publishers
Cork University |
1999 |
After
her husband's death in Leitrim, Mary Reynolds settled
her young family in Manchester. They maintained contact
with the family of a son who went on to live in Chicago.
This selection of 49 letters sent from Manchester chronicles
the growing prosperity of Irish emigrants making good
in industrial England. [ISBN: 185918200].
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The Condition
of the Working Class in England |
By
Friedrich Engels |
Publishers
Penguin |
1987 |
Victorian
socioligist, Friedrich Engels, describes the appalling
conditions of the working class in Victorian Manchester,
comparing it to other cities. He also discusses the
influx of immigrants from Ireland. [ISBN: 0140444866].
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