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Irish Birmingham - A History (Hardcover, New)
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Irish Birmingham - A History (Hardcover, New)
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Birmingham has long been shaped by its Irish residents. The
migration caused by Ireland's potato famine gave Birmingham the
fourth highest Irish-born population of any English or Welsh town
in the mid-1800s. During the 1960s, one in six children born in
Birmingham had at least one parent from Ireland. Today the city
hosts one of the largest St Patrick's Day parades in the world,
attended by an estimated 100,000 people. This book examines this
important aspect of English-Irish history, and explains how events
in Birmingham have influenced Irish political figures from Daniel
O'Connell to Padraic Pearse, Irish dramatists from Brendan Behan to
Tom Murphy, as well as English writers from Gerard Manley Hopkins
to Jonathan Coe. 'Well written, engaging and stimulating ... this
book fills a major gap in the history of Birmingham.' Professor
Carl Chinn, University of Birmingham 'One of the widest ranging
studies of the Irish in Britain yet written. Focusing on the
previously overlooked Irish communities of Britain's second city,
Moran takes us on a fascinating journey from the Georgian theatre
to the aftermath of the Birmingham pub bombings. A major piece of
scholarship.' Professor Don MacRaild, Northumbria University
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