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The Irish: A Photohistory, 18401940,New Gasquet Was The Vital Building BlockA Selection Of Bookofthemonth Club The First Irish Photographs Date From 1840. In The Century That Followed, Ireland Was To Know Tragedy And Triumph, Bitter Struggle And Agonized Compromise. Much Of That Experience, Now Remote, Is Brought To Life Here In Images So Powerful That They Remind One Of The Miracle That Photography Once Seemed. Ireland In 1840 Was A Subject Nation. Its Predominantly Catholic, Gaelicspeaking People Were Ruled From Westminster