John P. McCarthy is Professor of History of Fordham University in New York.

It is good to have these essays readily accessible, and any reader with an interest in Ireland will find a dip into them both illuminating and provocative. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture ...objectively balanced [and] well informed. This book is a welcome contribution to the literature on this subject and it will doubtless prove illuminating to those who know Northern Ireland only through the popular press. -- Thomas E. Hachey, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Marquette University America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture ...an instructive work reflecting an independent Irish-American mind. The collection is intriguing and provocative. -- Thomas R. Greene, The Irish Literary Supplement. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Professor McCarthy is a generous and penetrating observer of the Irish of both continents, and his achievement is a part of the Irish achievement in America; abiding, far-reaching and unpredictable. His views on the North reflect a sanity and probity that are as courageous as they are uncommon, and the persistence of his advocacy remains a comfort and a source of strength in a conflict where neither is really found. -- Edward Conlon, The Recorder: A Journal of the American Inisl. Historical Society. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture A number of McCarthy's commentaries offer insightful and challenging perspectives on the historical development and complex nature of Irish America. There is a particularly interesting critique of the contradictions between conservative Irish Americansand their support for revolutionary nationalism in Ireland. Eire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies A number of McCarthy's commentaries offer insightful and challenging perspectives on the historical development and complex nature of Irish America. There is a particularly interesting critique of the contradictions between conservative Irish Americans and their support for revolutionary nationalism in Ireland. Eire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies It is good to have these essays readily accessible, and any reader with an interest in Ireland will find a dip into them both illuminating and provocative. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture ...objectively balanced [and] well informed. This book is a welcome contribution to the literature on this subject and it will doubtless prove illuminating to those who know Northern Ireland only through the popular press. -- Thomas E. Hachey, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Marquette University America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture ...an instructive work reflecting an independent Irish-American mind. The collection is intriguing and provocative. -- Thomas R. Greene, The Irish Literary Supplement. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Professor McCarthy is a generous and penetrating observer of the Irish of both continents, and his achievement is a part of the Irish achievement in America; abiding, far-reaching and unpredictable. His views on the North reflect a sanity and probity that are as courageous as they are uncommon, and the persistence of his advocacy remains a comfort and a source of strength in a conflict where neither is really found. -- Edward Conlon, The Recorder: A Journal of the American Inisl. Historical Society. America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture