The Back Of Beyond A Search For The Soul Of

James Charles Roy leads a group of jaded American tourists on a historical tour of the Emerald Isle they only thought they knew

James Charles Roy has been a peripatetic "independent scholar" since 1970, when he left Time Inc. He has written innumerable articles on Irish history and five distinguished books, including The Fields of Athenry and Islands of Storm, a Book-of-the-Month and History Book Club selection. He divides his time between Moyode Castle in County Galway and his home in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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1 You're Welcome to Ireland

1

(8)

2 Cleaning House, Cleaning Mind

9

(9)

3 Heading West

18

(7)

4 The Bones of Omey

25

(12)

5 Culture Shock

37

(5)

6 Martyrdom

42

(12)

7 Frontier

54

(11)

8 "Princes Do But Play Us"

65

(10)

9 The Rock and the Palace

75

(9)

10 "With Head Held High, I Will Touch the Stars"

84

(14)

11 Ashtown

98

(14)

12 Moyode Castle

112

(17)

13 "It's Getting Old She Is, and Broken"

129

(9)

14 Israel

138

(13)

15 Purgatory

151

(10)

16 The Work of Angels

161

(13)

17 Semen

174

(12)

18 "Dublin, 0 Dublin, Fumbling and Tumbling"

186

(12)

19 "Unnatural Insurrection!"

198

(5)

20 Saint MacDara

203

(6)

21 Loca Sancta

209

(4)

22 The Holy Land

213

(6)

Acknowledgments

219

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The Back Of Beyond A Search For The Soul Of Ireland

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