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James Downey
ISBN: 9780717146369
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Gill & Macmillan Ltd
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James Downey, one of the great Irish journalists of his time, describes his family history, his childhood in Leitrim, the Bohemian scene in Dublin in the 1950s, and the revolutionary social and economic changes that have occurred in Ireland in the last half-century.
Woven into the story of his life and the national events of his times are the equally dramatic changes in which he participated during his twenty-seven years with the Irish Times. His observations of the political, social and journalistic elements of Irish society are refreshingly independent, insightful and revelatory and his perspective is that of an engaged, quizzical and serious analyst of politics, society and mores. James Downey has valuable first-hand knowledge of a number of key episodes in political history and in the history of the Irish media during the second half of the 20th century. Large parts of the book are, in this sense, witness statements: this is what it was like for one who was there.
| ISBN | 0717146367 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2009 | | ISBN13 | 9780717146369
(What's this?) | | DEWEY | 070.92 | | Publisher | Gill & Macmillan Ltd | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Imprint | Gill & Macmillan Ltd | | Published in | Dublin | | Format | Hardback | | Academic level | General |
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| 1 | | 1933: Dromahair | | 1 | | 2 | | 1937: School | | 22 | | 3 | | 1951: Ink and Lead | | 38 | | 4 | | 1957: Home and Abroad | | 66 | | 5 | | 1960: Westmoreland Street | | 80 | | 6 | | 1970: The Irish Question | | 112 | | 7 | | 1973: Northern Convulsions | | 153 | | 8 | | 1977: Second Coming | | 174 | | 9 | | 1983: At the Coalface | | 198 | | 10 | | 1986: Dark Days | | 214 | | 11 | | 1990: A New Start | | 232 | | 12 | | 1997: Payback Time | | 250 | | 13 | | 2003: Rough and Smooth | | 265 | | | | Index | | 278 |
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