Book Report: The Immortal Irishman

摘要

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero by Timothy Egan is a great read. This is the story of Thomas Francis Meagher, who was born into privilege in 1823 in Waterford. He was born into a Catholic family in Northern Ireland, which was under British rule at the time. Meagher could have been happy with the status quo and just stayed in Northern Ireland and made money in his family business but because of the conditions in Ireland, especially after the great potato famine, he became an opponent of British rule in Northern Ireland. At that time, the British government had more troops in Ireland than they did in colonial India.