Setting Donegal on fire
By: Diane Lovegrove Bader
Publisher: Diane Lovegrove Bader
Published: 2016
Place of publication: California?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781518895920
Subjects: History
Notes: "In 1877 Daniel Sweeny, a wealthy Irish immigrant, leaves San Francisco and returns to Ireland with his wife and eight children. Appalled at the miserable conditions in which he finds the uneducated peasants of his native land, he challenges what he believes is a policy of neglect by both landlords and the authorities. He champions the tenants' cause by delivering fiery speeches which stir thousands into resistance against their unjust rents and insecure tenancy arrangements. Daniel's actions lead to disastrous personal consequences. He is held for fourteen months in Dundlak Prison, allegedly the only known American citizen imprisoned without trial due to enforcement of the Coercion Act by the British government. Daniel's appeals for release fall on deaf ears both in America and in Ireland"--Back Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91)