Franciscan Ireland memoir I was given away by

I was given away by my parents to a Chelsea friend and taken on the Irish Mail to Dublin

and his newly arrived bride

He was also a significant patron of the arts

This is narrated by way of interviews with the many men and women whose lives were shaped by the Carrigadrohid and Inniscarra dams

Over seventy years later

Franciscan Ireland memoir I was given away byFranciscan Ireland tells the story of the arrival and spread of the Order of Friars Minor in Ireland from 1226 to present day. It encompasses the work of foreign missions, other Orders within the Franciscan family, and the rich legacy of Franciscan art and architecture inscribed in sculptures and buildings across the countryside. Gazetteers give descriptions of sites both in Ireland and on the Continent, complete with individual bibliographies,