{"product_id":"children-of-the-troubles-the-untold-story-of-the-children-killed-in-the-northern-ireland-conflict-9781473697355","title":"Children of the Troubles: The Untold Story of the Children Killed in the Northern Ireland Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The bullets didn't just travel in distance, they travelled in time. Some of those bullets never stop travelling.\" Jack Kennedy, father of James Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 15th August 1969, nine-year-old Patrick Rooney became the first child killed as a result of the 'Troubles' - one of 186 children who would die in the conflict in Northern Ireland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty years on, these young lives are honoured in a memorable book that spans a singular era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the teenage striker who scored two goals in a Belfast schools cup final, to the aspiring architect who promised to build his mother a house, to the five-year-old girl who wrote in her copy book on the day she died, 'I am a good girl. I talk to God', \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the previously untold story of Northern Ireland's lost children -- and those who died in the Republic, the UK and as far afield as West Germany -- and the lives that might have been. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on original interviews with almost one hundred families, as well as extensive archival research, this unique book includes many children who have never been publicly acknowledged as victims of the Troubles, and draws a compelling social and cultural picture of the era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch loved, deeply mourned, and never forgotten, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e is both an acknowledgement of and a tribute to young lives lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473697355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.80w x 1.30d","brand":"Joe Duffy, Freya McClements","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44524516016309,"sku":"9781473697355","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1696638b-d477-420a-a4bb-96a8369007fb.jpg?v=1722919816","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/children-of-the-troubles-the-untold-story-of-the-children-killed-in-the-northern-ireland-conflict-9781473697355","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}