Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Publish date: 02/01/1999
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In 1871, John Devoy, a young Irishman fighting for Irish independence, came to the United States in exile. Yet even across the ocean, this Fenian greatly influenced Irish affairs.
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Terry Golway's suspenseful and ambitiously researched biography of Devoy chronicles a lifetime of activism in which he garnered tremendous financial and moral support within the United States for the cause in Ireland. Devoy was instrumental in both the Easter Rising of 1916 and the creation of the Irish Free State.
Intimate details of Devoy's life and his work are artfully interwoven as Terry Golway captures John Devoy's valiant role in Ireland's struggle for freedom.
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