The Quartet by John Michael Murphy

The Quartet by John Michael Murphy

ABOUT THIS BOK

The front cover shows the four 'Homeboys' who won the Brass Quartet competition at the 1934 Sligo Feis. 'The Quartet' spent their childhoods in care at a large boys' home in Sligo, run by the Sisters of Nazareth. This book examines the individual lives of the boys - William McGowan, Patrick Baker, Michael Porter and William Walsh - as well as that of their fellow Homeboys, and explores:

1. Why they came into care and what contact they had with their families

2. How separation from family affected their sense of identity

3. How they were cared for by the Sisters and the difficulties their carers faced

4. The degree to which care shaped their character and later lives

5. How reliable and accurate is adult recall of childhood

The book is based on five years research that has uncovered and created extensive primary sources and, especially, the recollections of the sole survivor, Michael Porter now entering his 96th year.

The author is an historian and a qualified teacher and social worker with extensive experience of managing institutional abuse investigations in England, including those into religious organisations.

Michael Murphy was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1947. He received his academic education and professional teaching and social work training at the Universities of York, Leeds, Durham, Dundee and Northumbria. He has worked as a Head of History Department and Head of Faculty in Secondary Schools and as a Senior Child Caseworker and the Senior Child Protection Manager for a large Northern English City. This latter role and that as the Chair of a Catholic Diocesan Safeguarding Commission, involved extensive experience of institutional abuse investigations. Now retired he pursues his abiding interest in genealogy and family history and especially the issues of identity and memory.

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ISBN 13	9780995532816
ISBN 10	0995532818
Titel	The Quartet
Autor	John Michael Murphy
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Crooked Scythe Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-09-15
Seitenanzahl	330
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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