First Citizen: Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency

by Patsy McGarry

A powerful and intimate account

The remarkable story of a woman who journeyed from working class Catholic West Belfast to the highest office in the Republic of Ireland, and who, shedding most of her own tribal baggage, became a President for all the people of Ireland.

No other Irish president has remained as popular throughout their terms of office. Mary McAleese is a uniquely Irish phenomenon at an unprecedented time in Irish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847170870
• ISBN13: 9781847170873
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: O'Brien Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.