My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland (Irish Edition) - Softcover

Sean McManus is a brother of Frank McManus, former MP, and Patrick McManus, an IRA member killed in 1958. In 1971, a Redemptorist priest based in Scotland, he was arrested in Northern Ireland during an anti-internment demonstration. His superiors sent him to the United States in 1972 where he founded the Irish National Caucus in 1974, a Washington D.C.-based Irish-American lobby group.

This is a hugely important book. It is probably the most significant memoir in the historiography of Irish-American nationalism since Recollections of an Irish Rebel (1929) by John Devoy. Washington Irish Committee No one has done more than Father McManus to keep the US Congress on track regarding justice and peace in Ireland. Indeed, I believe historians will record that no one since John Devoy (1842 1928) has done more to organize American pressure for justice in Ireland. Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY). Chairman, House International Relations Committee Fr Sean McManus has spent a lifetime leading the fight to achieve a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland. That so many Americans and, particularly those in American government leadership roles, joined in the effort to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict is a credit to his courageous and inspiring leadership. Bill Flynn, Chairman Emeritus, Mutual of America; Chairman, National Committee on American Foreign Policy Fr Sean McManus is a man to be reckoned with when it comes to advocating causes. His espousal of the MacBride Principles back in the 1980s caused fits for the British government . . . McManus has also been a constant watchdog in Washington on Irish affairs and has been hugely successful in setting the Irish-American agenda over the past 30 years. Niall O Dowd. Editor, Irish Voice . New York --Niall O'Dowd

The man who has been helping to craft the agenda for Irish America over the past 30 years has written a compelling inside view of the pursuit of peace and justice for Ireland. --Irish Voice

No one has done more than Father McManus to keep the US Congress on track regarding justice and peace in Ireland. Indeed, I believe historians will record that no one since John Devoy (1842 1928) has done more to organize American pressure for justice in Ireland. --Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY). Chairman, House International Relations Committee

If there's one fault in this riveting and eminently readable book, it is that too much of Fr. McManus's story remains untold. --Irish Echo

No one has done more than Father McManus to keep the US Congress on track regarding justice and peace in Ireland. Indeed, I believe historians will record that no one since John Devoy (1842 1928) has done more to organize American pressure for justice in Ireland. --Congressman Ben Gilman (R-NY). Chairman, House International Relations Committee