A Place Apart

A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s
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Cover of John Murray first edition (1978)
AuthorDervla Murphy
PublisherJohn Murray
Publication date
1978
Pages290 (first edition)
AwardsChristopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize
ISBN0719536499
941.6082/4/0924
Preceded byOn a Shoestring to Coorg 
Followed byWheels within Wheels 

A Place Apart is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.[1][2][3][4] It was first published by John Murray in 1978,[5] and won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize in 1979.[6] The book is usually given the subtitle Northern Ireland in the 1970s,[7] but has been called A Record of Northern Ireland.[8]

  1. ^ Holland, Mary (30 April 1978). "A Place Apart". The Observer.
  2. ^ Tyler, Anne (9 November 1980). "A Place Apart". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Bew, Paul (June 1978). "Up There on a Visit". Books Ireland (24): 98. doi:10.2307/20624537. JSTOR 20624537.
  4. ^ Coyle, Harry (December 1978). "A Place Apart by Dervla Murphy". The Furrow. 29 (12): 790–791. JSTOR 27660673. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ^ A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s. John Murray. 1978. ISBN 0719536499. Retrieved 21 June 2022 – via British Library.
  6. ^ "Winners and shortlists". Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ A place apart : Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Eland Books. 2014. ISBN 9781780600116. Retrieved 21 June 2022 – via British Library.
  8. ^ Stewart, Bruce. "Dervla Murphy". Ricorso. Retrieved 22 June 2022.