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NEW YORK WELCOMES AMERICAN EDITION OF MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Posted By: July 01, 2012

On Thursday, June 28TH, O’Lunney’s in Times Square hosted the New York Launch of the American Edition of Fr. Mc Manus’s Memoirs, My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland.
The audience listened attentively as Fr. Sean discussed his “Struggle.” He stressed that it was non-Irish and non-Catholics who helped him the most. And those whom he had assumed would help him the most–big time Irish politicians like Tip O’Neill and Teddy Kennedy–not only did not help but actively blocked his efforts! Irish Echo editor, Ray O’Hanlon, whom Fr. Sean describes on page 283 of the American Edition as “the most professionally objective journalist I’ve ever known” told the audience, “When I finished the First Edition, it left me with the feeling of wanting more–always a good sign of any book. And now, with the American Edition, Fr. Mc Manus has given us more. Fr. Mc Manus’s book is of extraordinary importance. It has already served a vital purpose. However, it will be even more important with the passing of time. Remember this: there is a dearth of primary sources on Irish-American activity relating to Northern Ireland. There are a number of books on the subject, but there is only one primary source on keeping the Congress involved. That is Fr. Mc Manus’s Memoirs.”
Barbara Flaherty, Executive Vice President of the Irish National Caucus, said, “The First Edition which is the Irish Edition is hailed as ‘A Masterpiece, a Classic, and a Must Read.’ This American Edition is bigger and better than the First Edition. Being the American Edition, it has 50 more pages and 22 more photos. And anytime an edition has 50 more pages, that is a significant change. … It is unlikely that there will ever be another book like this because no one else, and certainly no other Catholic priest has done has done what Fr. Sean has done for forty years for justice and peace in Northern Ireland. The book is a great read.”