Regarded as one of the greatest Science Fiction writers of all times, Frank Herbert's Irish heritage made infrequent but impactful appearances in his works, including Dune. But it is in his lesser know novel The White Plague that he fully delves into feelings about Ireland and the Irish people and it makes for some torturous reading...

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Sources
Dreamer of Dune (TOR Hardback) - Brian Herbert
The White Plague (TOR Paperback) - Frank Herbert
Scott Brick - The White Plague Audiobook (2008)
British Spies & Irish Rebels - Paul McMahon

Ellen Feehan - https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/58/feehan58art.htm
Marie Noelle Zeender - https://www.persee.fr/doc/irlan_0183-973x_1989_num_14_2_2545
Timothy O’Reilly - https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/ch05.html
Time - https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2025752_2025751_2025750,00.html
Magnumlady Blog (Coolaney Dinos!) - https://magnumlady.com/2012/02/27/coolaney-in-the-irish-independent/
Casey - https://mauricejcasey.com/2020/05/13/a-photo-of-roddy-connolly-and-lenin-or-is-it/
Catherine O’Donnell - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctv2gjwn2q.3

Washington Census reports
1910 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJZ-NM8
1920 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFV-6PL
1930 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC3B-KVC

Lineage of ClanCartys given in https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog

Orthodox Herbertiarian font - https://archive.org/details/orthodox-herbertarian

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Irish Heritage
3:23 - The Dragon in the Sea
4:23 - Aunts and Jesuits
9:49 - Writing The White Plague
11:37 - Plot of The White Plague
17:53 - Analysis
31:12 - After the White Plague
32:55 - Outro