Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting: In the Works of William Carleton
by John W. Hurley
List Price:
Our Price: $15.68
You Save: $7.31 (32%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $8.24 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: John W. HurleyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-03-21
ISBN: 1401019811
Number of pages: 314
Publisher: Xlibris
Book Reviews of Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting: In the Works of William Carleton
Book Review: The More Things Change...
Summary: 5 Stars
In the early 19th century, an impoverished Gaelic speaking author named Liam O'Cathalain Anglicised his name to William Carleton, and began publishing short stories in English. A former gang member from the farming villages of what is now Northern Ireland, he wrote about the world he knew, and as a result many of his stories are imbued with the same anti-gang message as your stereotypical movie set in the inner city. His stories tell very much about why young Irish men joined gangs or "factions" as they were called. If a young Irish peasant was a faction member, the landlord and his agents would think twice about evicting him, his family, or his friends. If they insisted, the landlord and his agents would likely end up dead. However, the factions spent more time fighting amoung themselves than taking on the system. In the story "Neal Malone," a doughty, but short, tailor has his desire to make his bones on the gang scene shattered after he marries the nastiest shrew in the parish. In "The Battle of the Factions," the love between an Irish Romeo and Juliet is nowhere near enough to end the pathological hatred that exists between two gangs. Editor John W. Hurley has provided copious notes, which I was very grateful for, as otherwise I would have had a very difficult time the dialogue of the stories, a dialect birthed by the shotgun-marriage between the English and Gaelic tongues. In closing, I have to say that I am very grateful both to Mr. Carleton for writing these tales and to Mr. Hurley for finally reissuing them. For this they both deserve a round of applause.
Summary of Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting: In the Works of William Carleton
Irish Gangs and Stick-Fighting In The Works of William Carleton, is a collection of stories about Irish stick-fighters, written in the 19th century, by the Irish author William Carleton. Carleton was an Irish stick-fighter himself, and this is the first tSchools, Periods & Styles Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Schools, Periods & Styles Books
Avant-Garde and After: Rethinking Art Nowby Brandon Taylor
Prentice Hall; Published: 1995-10-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.80
Nineteenth Century European Art, 2nd Editionby Petra ten-Doesschate Chu
Prentice Hall Art; Published: 2006-10-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $90.00
Price in other shops:
History of Modern Designby DAVID RAIZMAN
Prentice Hall Art; Published: 2003-12-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $99.96
Price in other shops:
Art Since 1940: Strategies of Beingby Jonathan Fineberg
Prentice Hall; Published: 1994-11-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $173.02
Sketches by John Constable in the Victoria and Albert Museumby C. M. Kauffmann
Stationery Office Books; Published: 1981-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $55.35
Renaissanceby Stefano Zuffi
Harper Collins; Published: 2003-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Between Law and Custom: 'High' and 'Low' Legal Cultures in the Lands of the British Diaspora - The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 1600-1900by Peter Karsten
Cambridge University Press; Published: 2002-03-18; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $151.83
Price in other shops:
Sargent's Veniceby Richard Ormond, Warren Adelson
Yale University Press; Published: 2006-12-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $383.98
Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernismby Timothy J. Clark
Yale University Press; Published: 1999-03-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $35.10
Price in other shops:
Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Artby Phoebe Hoban
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1999-09-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.94
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Advanced Stick Fightingby Masaaki Hatsumi
Kodansha USA; Published: 2005-07-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.74
Price in other shops:
Highland Knife Fighting: With the Dirk and Sgianby Christopher Scott Thompson, Louis Pastore
Paladin Press; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.68
Price in other shops:
Stick Fighting: Techniques of Self-Defense (Bushido--The Way of the Warrior)by Masaaki Hatsumi, Quintin Chambers
Kodansha America; Published: 1981-09-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.65
Price in other shops:
Broadsword And Singlestick: with Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defenseby R.C. Allanson-Winn, C. Phillipps-Wolley
Paladin Press; Published: 2006-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.39
Price in other shops:
Raising Cane - The Unexpected Martial Artby Octavio Ramos
Velluminous Press; Published: 2006-11-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.94
Price in other shops:
Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stickby John W. Hurley
Caravat Press; Published: 2007-10-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $23.70
Price in other shops:
CANE TIPS 1IN BLACK 1PRCarex Health Brands; Carex Health Brands; Health Care
Best price: $2.25
Price in other shops:
The "Walking Stick" Method of Self-Defenseby Anonymous
Paladin Press; Published: 2004-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.75
Price in other shops:
Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stickby John W. Hurley
CreateSpace; Published: 2011-01-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.98
Price in other shops:
Cold Steel Irish Blackthorn Walking Stick with Polypropylene, 37-InchCold Steel; Cold Steel; Release date: 2010-08-11; Health Care
Best price: $35.29
Price in other shops: