{"product_id":"the-boys-of-st-columbs-maurice-fitzpatrick-9780268107536","title":"The Boys of St. Columb's: The Education of a New Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boys of St. Columb's \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the schooldays of eight illustrious alumni of St. Columb's College in Derry, Northern Ireland, and the political consequences of their education. A companion to a BBC\/RTﾉ documentary film, \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of St. Columb's \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), this book traces the first generation of children to receive free grammar school education as a result of the groundbreaking 1947 Education Act in the region. The boys were Bishop Edward Daly, SDLP leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner John Hume, poet and Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, critic Seamus Deane, diplomat James Sharkey, activist Eamonn McCann, and musicians Phil Coulter and Paul Brady. Maurice Fitzpatrick incorporates extensive interviews with this group of extraordinary figures five decades after they graduated, and their stories still resonate today with unique reflections on their backgrounds and their coming of age. The book's historical relevance has continued to grow since it first appeared in 2010, and the narrative can be viewed in a new light as a result of the current political realities in the UK and Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice Fitzpatrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026810753X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268107536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Maurice Fitzpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983589835007,"sku":"9780268107536","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb2edc97-95a6-4ffc-93d5-86ac9d5ee4c5.jpg?v=1683267551","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boys-of-st-columbs-maurice-fitzpatrick-9780268107536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}