Martin Naughton Never Know Your Place (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Never Know Your PlaceCondition: NewSubtitle: Memoir of a RulebreakerISBN-10: 1788494520EAN: 9781788494526ISBN: 9781788494526Publisher: O'Brien Press LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/11/2024Description: Every young person is looking for freedom, but some have to fight harder than others … In 1960s Ireland there was a special place for disabled children: behind the walls of an institution, cut off from the rest of society. At just nine years old, Martin Naughton was one of these children. Along with his younger sister Barbara he was sent to a Dublin institution, far away from his Irish-speaking home in Spiddal. But Martin wouldn’t be sidelined. With the help of some unexpected characters – and an unlikely encounter with his Celtic Football heroes – he began to change the way a generation of young disabled people saw themselves. This is the story of a boy who not only won his own independence, but also led the fight for freedom for all disabled people. ‘Martin was a formidable and tireless campaigner for the right of people with disabilities to live in their own communities and homes.’ President Michael D. Higgins ‘Martin Naughton was a protector, a leader, a gamechanger. In reading this narration of his life, tears filled my eyes.’ Dr Rosaleen McDonagh, playwright, rights activist and author of Unsettled.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: IEItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 153mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 309gAuthor: Martin NaughtonContributor: Joanna Marsden (With), Rosaleen McDonagh (Foreword by), Niall O'Baoill (Afterword by)Genre: BiographyRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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