![]() As they had in Ireland, in America they called him Young Ireland. Eventually he ended up in America and his oration talent preceded him. Tried for treason he was shipped to Australia never to return to Ireland. He set out to make his mark and make it he did. Thomas was a disappointment to his father who felt that the Catholic Relief Act was a step in the right direction towards emancipation of Ireland. ![]() ![]() It is also the story of our own Civil War where Meagher tried to build an Irish army that may someday fight England for Ireland’s freedom. The story of Thomas Francis Meagher, the orator, Meagher of the Sword, the Civil War general, is the story of Ireland when she was starving and wearing the invisible chains of slavery to England. ![]() This book is so wonderfully written I feel as though I’m typing this review with an Irish accent. Timothy Egan’s prose is sheer poetry, no doubt about it. ![]()
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