Great Irish Speeches - Softcover

Aldous, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184724887X ISBN 13: 9781847248879

Verlag: Quercus Publishing, 2009

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Book by Aldous Richard

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Great Irish Speeches contains 50 of the most stirring and memorable speeches in Irish history. From the political oratories of Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera to emotive addresses by the nation's celebrated poets, writers and musicians, all of the included speeches have had a remarkable impact on the course of Irish and world history. Each speech is preceded by an introduction, which places the address in context and underlines its historical significance, as well as an iconic photograph of the speaker. Presented chronologically, the collection provides tremendous insight into Irish history. Includes the following speeches: Eamon de Valera 'That Ireland which we dreamed of', Eamon de Valera 'The abuse of a people who have done him no wrong', John F. Kennedy 'Ireland's hour has come', Jack Lynch 'The Irish government can no longer stand by' Liam Cosgrave 'Mongrel foxes', Charles J. Haughey 'We are living away beyond our means' Joe Connolly 'People of Galway - we love you', John Hume 'Sit down and negotiate our future with us', Mary Robinson 'Come dance with me in Ireland' Maire Geoghegan-Quinn 'A necessary development of human rights' Seamus Heaney 'The achievement of Irish poets', David Trimble 'A cold house for Catholics' Joe Higgins 'Ansbacher Man', Gerry Adams 'Now there is an alternative', Ian Paisley 'A Northern Ireland in which all can live together in peace', Bertie Ahern 'This is what Ireland can give to the world'.

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A stirring anthology of 50 speeches - eulogies and damnations, new beginnings and last words, threats of war and demands for peace - that have shaped Irish history. 'The fools, the fools, the fools! They have left us with our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.' Patrick Pearse. 'That Ireland which we dreamed of… a land whose countryside would be bright with cosy homesteads… It would be the home of a people living the life that God desires that man should live.' Éamon de Valera. 'No man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation. No man has a right to say to his country: Thus far shalt thou go, and no further.' Charles Stewart Parnell. 'Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule. How good it will be to be part of a wonderful healing in our province. Today we have begun to plant and we await the harvest.' Ian Paisley.

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• Verlag: Quercus Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 184724887X
• ISBN 13: 9781847248879
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208