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A Toast to Charlie Hanrahan

A Toast to Charlie Hanrahan

Anderson, Pat

Paperback

Historical Fiction

ISBN10: 1502862115
ISBN13: 9781502862112
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Oct 17 2014
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In 1899 John Donnelly and his family move to Garngad in Glasgow for a better life. He will be able to earn more money working in one of the factories than he could as a farm labourer in County Derry. He, his wife, Rosie, and his three children, Kate, Wee John and baby Maggie, travel over on a ship from Belfast. John's cousin, Hugh Devlin, has already fixed him up with a job at the Copper Works in Garngad. Housing, however, is a problem in Garngad and his family will have to share a one-roomed flat with his cousin's family.Garngad is a horrible place, smoky, smelly and with two outside toilets to a street. Disease and illness is a common feature.There is also the bigotry to put up with. Hatred of Catholics is still endemic and Irish people are viewed as less than human. To reinforce this bigotry, the Orange Walk come through Garngad every July to intimidate the residents.As the Donnelly and the Devlin children grow up they discover all the obstacles in their way. All they can rely on is each other and the friendship of their neighbours. And then there is Celtic. The football team gives the Irish something to be proud of and a reason to hold their heads high. But, really, that is all they have.A new century is about to start. Will the modern world make a difference to the Donnellys, the Devlins and all the other Irish families in Garngad?

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