Growing up with Ireland
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On 7 January 1922, the Irish Free State was born, into a turbulent Ireland that would witness still more violence and bloodshed. But alongside the State’s fledgling democracy, there were babies being born into an Ireland full of hope. Here are the stories of twenty of those babies, born between 1921 and 1925. From recollections of the big snow of 1932, to Eamon de Valera speaking to crowds in a rural town square, to living by gaslight and trips to the seaside on the crossbar of daddy’s bike to pick cockles for mammy, the stories reflect both a simpler time and a tougher one, where childhood was short and the world of work beckoned from an early age.
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'An incredible portal to our past' The Sunday Times
On 7 January 1922, Ireland became a free state. Born into that era of turbulence and hope were the twenty-six women and men whose stories and memories of a lifetime are captured by cherished Irish journalist Valerie Cox.
From living memory come stories of the arrival of electricity, story-telling at 'rambling houses', raising a family in an earlier era, the scourge of TB, the big snow of 1932 and hiding out when the Black and Tans raided. These evocative pieces reflect both a simpler time and a tougher one, where childhood was short and the world of work beckoned from an early age.
Growing Up With Ireland is a compelling portrait of an Ireland in some ways warmly familiar, and in others changed beyond recognition, from those who were there at the beginning.
'A comprehensive and evocative insight into a century of Irish life ... a valuable record' Irish Examiner
Additional information
| Weight | 280 g |
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| Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.8 × 2.8 cm |
| Book_author | Cox, Valerie |
| Publisher | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 320 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 941.708220922 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |