History of Heroism and Home

A Family's Story Through Two Thousand Years of History

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Terence Kearey ISBN: 9781908223586
Publisher: Memoirs Publishing Publication: February 1, 2012
Imprint: Memoirs Publishing Language: English
Author: Terence Kearey
ISBN: 9781908223586
Publisher: Memoirs Publishing
Publication: February 1, 2012
Imprint: Memoirs Publishing
Language: English
History, Heroism and Home is the second in a quartet of books by Terence Kearey. It deals with life in Britain through the centuries from the perspective of his family. It relates how the Ciardha (Ciars people) in the Ireland of the Dark Ages evolved into the modern Keareys, how holders of that name laboured, loved and fought through the centuries. In 1816 the authors great-great grandfather, Thomas Kearey, arrived in England to seek his fortune. He was the latest but by no means the last in a line of strong and resourceful men. This book is the story of the Keareys, and of their place in history through the centuries. It relates how the Ciardha (Ciars people) in the Ireland of the Dark Ages evolved into the modern Keareys, how holders of that name laboured, loved and fought through the centuries, and how in more recent times they were proud to fight with honour for their adopted country of Britain in two world wars. Terence Kearey has woven the carefully-researched story of what happened to his family over the centuries into the economic and social history of these islands, explaining how his ancestors coped with, and in some cases helped to change, the vicissitudes of poverty, war and economic and social change. The result is a
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History, Heroism and Home is the second in a quartet of books by Terence Kearey. It deals with life in Britain through the centuries from the perspective of his family. It relates how the Ciardha (Ciars people) in the Ireland of the Dark Ages evolved into the modern Keareys, how holders of that name laboured, loved and fought through the centuries. In 1816 the authors great-great grandfather, Thomas Kearey, arrived in England to seek his fortune. He was the latest but by no means the last in a line of strong and resourceful men. This book is the story of the Keareys, and of their place in history through the centuries. It relates how the Ciardha (Ciars people) in the Ireland of the Dark Ages evolved into the modern Keareys, how holders of that name laboured, loved and fought through the centuries, and how in more recent times they were proud to fight with honour for their adopted country of Britain in two world wars. Terence Kearey has woven the carefully-researched story of what happened to his family over the centuries into the economic and social history of these islands, explaining how his ancestors coped with, and in some cases helped to change, the vicissitudes of poverty, war and economic and social change. The result is a

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