Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish-America Hardcover - 2001

Media reviews

“Every Irish American (and everyone in Ireland, too) should read Tom Hayden's brilliant and passionate book ... startlingly refreshing.”—Kerby Miller, University of Missouri

“Few Americans, and in fact few observers of any nationality, have written about that tormented province [Northern Ireland] with such sympathy and clarity, and it’s a relief to encounter someone taking the American political and journalistic establishment to task for its pro-British bias ... a work of the poetic imagination, lovely, imagistic prose”—Andrew O’Hehir, New York Times

“If you only read one book about Irish America, this should be it.”—Niall O’Dowd, Irish Independent

“Reveals Tom Hayden as a dreamer and a rebel. Could any Irish person ask for a greater honour?”—Martin O Muilleoir, Editor, Andersontown News

“Stirs our complacency and forces us to rethink what being Irish is all about.”—Patricia Harty, Editor, Irish America

“Tear down the lace curtain, dump the fruit and wake up, Joey. It’s timeto be something besides tired. This book is history over amnesia.”—Frank McCourt, Los Angeles Times Cover Review

“Tom Hayden’s Irish on the Inside is the stuff of great awakenings—not merely for Irish-Americans but for the descendants of every immigrant who ever embraced the revolutionary ideals of justice and solidarity that are both Irish and American.”—John Nichols, Capital Times