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A Road Less Travelled - Tales of the Irish Missionaries (Paperback, New)
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A Road Less Travelled - Tales of the Irish Missionaries (Paperback, New)
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From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from
India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote
themselves to the practical service of humanity. Working in dozens
of countries around the globe, these missionaries have made an
invaluable contribution to their adopted lands. Serving as
pioneering health workers, as teachers of the poor (and sometimes
as mentors to future world leaders), and as courageous advocates
for marginalised people, they have left enduring and valuable
legacies in fields as diverse as medicine, education, politics,
ecology, and sport. In the course of their work they face enormous
challenges. They must adapt to harsh environments of jungle, desert
or city slum; wrestle with obscure languages; and, offer respite to
the victims of war, famine or tribal violence. Some have paid a
high price at the hands of bandits, hostile regimes or tropical
disease. These men and women have had unique adventures,
misadventures and truly extraordinary experiences. In this book you
will read vivid personal accounts of the most memorable experiences
in their adopted homes, spanning the period from the mid-twentieth
century right up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The stories
they tell are amusing, informative, in some cases harrowing - but
always engrossing. The short narratives and anecdotes comprising
this anthology have been extracted from diaries, memoirs, letters
home to Ireland, and from contributions specially commissioned for
this book providing an insight into the lives of some of Ireland's
most outstanding emigrants.
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