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Written by Bookworm

Thursday, 01 February 2007

The launch of "Dwelling Place of Dragons" by Marjorie Harshaw Robie will take place in Newry Arts Centre on Tuesday 6th March at 7.30pm.

The book is available from Amazon:
The official review of the book:<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Marjorie Robie's Dwelling Place of Dragons is a fascinating and eye-opening look at the Irish "problem" from the mid-1800s. Told through the eyes of real people of the day, including a newspaper editor, a farmer, and various politicians, readers get a real peek into the tumultuous days when Ireland was in the throws of civil strife, with Irish Catholics pushing for separation and independence from British rule, and the Orangemen trying to hold them back. Robie takes us through the grueling years of the Irish potato famine, which I had always thought meant that during this time the Irish were starving because they could not feed themselves. But this is not the real truth. Pick up a copy and read for yourself why the starvation of the Irish was a British concoction...or maybe a reality brought on by incompetent and careless rule of the Irish subjects. The tension throughout this book between the Catholics and Protestants is palpable. </blockquote>We are interested in hearing the opinions on the book by Newry Journal readers. Please post comments in the Discussion Forum.</body> </html></HTML>

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