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...Scripture, the consistent revelation is of an unchanging God. Israel may change: God does not. As the writer of Hebrews succinctly states: There is one God, one Saviour, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." The acceptance of this fact is the door to hope. Enoch Burke, CASTLEBAR, IRELAND...
...Ulster, rebellions have already been crushed. Any remaining hope hinges on the rising in Mayo, and there, in the euphoria of the French landing, the cause catches fire. In centuries hence, the Irish will sing of the glorious Men of the West and the humiliation of the British at Castlebar. This is all history, and so is the piteous climax, as Lord Cornwallis sweeps in with his troops against the rebels, determined not to endure another Yorktown. In his prodigious first novel, Thomas Flanagan grants this historic episode a new and panoramic life...
...Mulroy, Spirit Dealer of Castlebar town-Six yards of red stuff for to make me a gown
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