BOOK REVIEW: "There is no present or future - only the past, happening over and over again - now." That is a line from Eugene O'NEILL's "A Moon for the Misbegotten." In 1976 celebrated author Leon URIS published his powerful 751-page novel "Trinity," set in Ireland between the period of the famine of the 1840s and the Easter Rising of 1916. Per the author, much background research went into his work which gives voice to the generations of Catholic hill farmers in Donegal fighting for survival against the harshness of the land and the injustice in their lives. His novel also attempts to give us insight into the times and events from the perspective of families of the British aristocracy, who ventured to Ireland to conquer, colonize and exploit. Also portrayed are the lives of devout Belfast shipyard workers whose Scottish-Presbyterian ancestors were planted in Ulster to secure the Crown's interests. "This is his Trinity, the oil and water of the Irish epic that would never mix, their interrelations of love and hate in a terrible and beautiful drama spanning over half a century." You should be able to find a copy in your local library if the subject interests you.

Jean, One of my most favorite novels. There is also a sequel which I will have to search our bookshelves to get the exact title. Many lively conversations were held around our Sunday family dinner over coffee and dessert. Multi generational, the role of the Catholic clergy stated in the book shocked the older emigrants and the first generation members. Then we younger ones would join in with our John XXIII enlightenment. Much of what the Jewish people have and had suffered was similar to the Irish status over the centuries with the English. URIS pointed this out in numerous interviews. His wife wrote a wonderful "coffee table" book called "A Terrible Beauty" full of her photography in Ireland. I've often wondered why it was never made into a movie as his other books were. Mary Ellen Chambers "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> wrote: BOOK REVIEW: "There is no present or future - only the past, happening over and over again - now." That is a line from Eugene O'NEILL's "A Moon for the Misbegotten." In 1976 celebrated author Leon URIS published his powerful 751-page novel "Trinity," set in Ireland between the period of the famine of the 1840s and the Easter Rising of 1916. Per the author, much background research went into his work which gives voice to the generations of Catholic hill farmers in Donegal fighting for survival against the harshness of the land and the injustice in their lives. His novel also attempts to give us insight into the times and events from the perspective of families of the British aristocracy, who ventured to Ireland to conquer, colonize and exploit. Also portrayed are the lives of devout Belfast shipyard workers whose Scottish-Presbyterian ancestors were planted in Ulster to secure the Crown's interests. "This is his Trinity, the oil and water of the Irish epic that would never mix, their interrelations of love and hate in a terrible and beautiful drama spanning over half a century." You should be able to find a copy in your local library if the subject interests you. ==== IRELAND Mailing List ==== Ireland Mailing List website..surname registry, links, lookup volunteers,unsubscribe, change your subscription from L to D or D to L http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrelandList/