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McManus Stories

Between the Mountain and the Mine

Essays on land, emigration, and identity from Connacht to County Durham.

Cover of Between the Mountain and the Mine by Michael McManus

From Connacht to County Durham

Between the Mountain and the Mine: Essays on Land, Emigration, and Identity from Connacht to County Durham explores the forces that shaped movement between rural Ireland and industrial England.

Its themes of land, work, migration, and belonging provide historical context for the family journeys documented throughout this site.

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