Climbing Slemish is a humorous and at times tragic account of four inter-connected Ulster families over more than a century. The book was originally intended to be a novel, a portrait of a small and often misunderstood minority in Ireland, the deeply religious, evangelical Protestant working class in rural and urban Ulster, generally unionist in outlook, but eschewing involvement in politics. Exploring the impact of economic, social and political factors and of fundamental Protestantism on these families, it can be read as novel or memoir.
First published: Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2006 as: Climbing Slemish : an Ulster memoir; this edition has new family trees and photographs.
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Climbing Slemish by Dennis Kennedy. ISBN 9780957256439. Published by Ormeau Books in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
