The Governor /

Lonergan, John, 1947-

The Governor / John Lonergan. - Dublin : Penguin Ireland, 2010. - xvi, 266 p. ; 24 cm.

"The life and times of the man who ran Mountjoy"--cover. Includes index. Formerly CIP.

John Lonergan spent 42 years in the prison service, 26 of them as Ireland's most senior officer. Here, he tells his life story from his idyllic childhood in rural Tipperary, to coming face to face with the ugliest face of Irish life, to grappling with the politics of working in a service that was the plaything of officials and politicians.

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Lonergan, John, 1947-


Mountjoy Prison.


Prison wardens--Ireland--Dublin--Biography.
Kindness.

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