- Trinity (novel)
"Trinity" is a
novel by American authorLeon Uris , published in 1976 by Doubleday.The book tells the story of the intertwining lives of the Larkins,
Catholic hill farmers from the fictional town of Ballyutogue inCounty Donegal , the Macleods,Protestant shipyard workers fromBelfast , and the Hubbles, representatives of three centuries of Anglo-Irish aristocracy.It also tells the story of
Ireland from theGreat Irish Famine of the 1840s to theEaster Rising of 1916. The book describes a number of true events, including theGaelic Revival of Irish culture in the early twentieth century, and theCurragh Mutiny , in which a British division's officer corps resigned "en masse" rather than obey an order to disarm gun-smuggling members of theUlster Volunteer Force . In addition, it foreshadows the partition ofIreland following theIrish Civil War in 1922-23.The book further portrays the British and Protestant elite's manipulation of religious and ethnic divides to further their own ends as well as deepen the animosity between Catholics and
Protestant s.The story opens with the funeral of Kilty Larkin, father of Tomas and grandfather of Conor. Amidst the ancient Irish/Catholic mourning process, Conor has a vision of the town storyteller who tells Conor of the history of the
Fenians , a rebel group from the early 19th century.A sequel, "Redemption", completes many loose ends in the saga.
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