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The Achill Mission Colony and the rise of narrative nonfiction
The Achill Mission Colony and the rise of narrative nonfiction
— Read on www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-achill-mission-colony-and-the-rise-of-narrative-nonfiction-1.3632411
Book Review: The Preacher and the Prelate: The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland | The Irish Story
By Patricia Byrne Published by Merrion Press, Newbridge, 2018 ISBN: 9781785371721 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan “His was a crusade that failed to touch the sinews of empathy, as a powerful vision dissolved in sectarianism and a praiseworthy idealism was seduced by the commercial dictates of landlordism and property
— Read on www.theirishstory.com/2018/07/20/book-review-the-preacher-and-the-prelate-the-achill-mission-colony-and-the-battle-for-souls-in-famine-ireland/
The preacher, the priest and an island fight over faith and famine – Independent.ie
It seems like a creation of Arthur Miller, Ibsen, or indeed John B Keane: a ravaged island community, young zealous preacher and the established but impoverished priest obsessed with a
— Read on m.independent.ie/irish-news/the-preacher-the-priest-and-an-island-fight-over-faith-and-famine-36994018.html
TheJournal.ie – The fascinating story of the Achill Island preacher, the Famine, and the Prelate
TheJournal.ie – The fascinating story of the Achill Island preacher, the Famine, and the Prelate
— Read on www.thejournal.ie/preacher-prelate-patricia-byrne-4033791-May2018/
‘Told with pace and panache… an extraordinary and important read’
The terror has subsided a bit – great to read a positive review of my book in Irish Independent. 
Patricia Byrne 
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