{"product_id":"children-of-the-troubles-the-untold-story-of-the-children-killed-in-the-northern-ireland-conflict-hardcover","title":"Children of the Troubles: The Untold Story of the Children Killed in the Northern Ireland Conflict - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFreya McClements\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe bullets didn't just travel in distance, they travelled in time. Some of those bullets never stop travelling. Jack Kennedy, father of James Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 15th August 1969, nine-year-old Patrick Rooney became the first child killed as a result of the 'Troubles' - one of 186 children who would die in the conflict in Northern Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty years on, these young lives are honoured in a memorable book that spans a singular era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the teenage striker who scored two goals in a Belfast schools cup final, to the aspiring architect who promised to build his mother a house, to the five-year-old girl who wrote in her copy book on the day she died, 'I am a good girl. I talk to God', \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the previously untold story of Northern Ireland's lost children -- and those who died in the Republic, the UK and as far afield as West Germany -- and the lives that might have been. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on original interviews with almost one hundred families, as well as extensive archival research, this unique book includes many children who have never been publicly acknowledged as victims of the Troubles, and draws a compelling social and cultural picture of the era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch loved, deeply mourned, and never forgotten, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e is both an acknowledgement of and a tribute to young lives lost.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Duffy (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Broadcaster and author Joe Duffy is the presenter of Ireland's most popular daily radio show, \u003ci\u003eLiveline\u003c\/i\u003e, on RTE Radio 1. He also presents Liveline Callback on RTÉ One Television.\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Dublin's Mountjoy Square and reared in Ballyfermot, he published his bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eJust Joe\u003c\/i\u003e in 2010.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2015, his original research on the children killed during the Easter Rising of 1916 unearthed for the first time information on the forty children who died violently that week. His acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Rising\u003c\/i\u003e won the non-fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreya McClements (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Journalist and author Freya McClements is Northern Correspondent with \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eFrom Derry, she is a former reporter with the \u003ci\u003eDerry Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand was a journalist and producer with the BBC in Northern Ireland from 2007-2016, as well as a documentary producer and presenter for the BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio 4.\u003cbr\u003eShe is also the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Dangerous Edge of Things\u003c\/i\u003e (Guildhall Press, 2012). Freya was the captain of the team from Magdalen College, Oxford, which won \u003ci\u003eUniversity Challenge\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004, and she represents Northern Ireland on the BBC Radio 4 Panel show \u003ci\u003eRound Britain Quiz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.9 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772113158432,"sku":"9781473697355","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc17bd3f31f865dcf2c52a95c19b269e.webp?v=1780399318","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/children-of-the-troubles-the-untold-story-of-the-children-killed-in-the-northern-ireland-conflict-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}