Books
Between the Mountain and the Mine
Essays on land, emigration, and identity from Connacht to County Durham.
Research by Michael McManus

From Connacht to County Durham
Between the Mountain and the Mine: Essays on Land, Emigration, and Identity from Connacht to County Durham explores the forces that shaped movement between rural Ireland and industrial England.
Its themes of land, work, migration, and belonging provide historical context for the family journeys documented throughout this site.
Find Between the Mountain and the Mine in Michael McManus’s Amazon catalogue.