Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland

Winner of the 2001 Library of Virginia Literary Award for Non-Fiction and winner of the 2000 Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award, Southern Historical Association.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton is most often remembered as the sole Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In this study of the Carrolls in Ireland and America, that act vindicates a family's determination to triumph without compromising lineage and faith.Charles Carroll of Carrollton is most often remembered as the sole Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. In this study of the Carrolls in Ireland and America, that act vindicates a family's determination to triumph without compromising lineage and faith. Peeling back layer after layer of Carroll family history, Ronald Hoffman shows how the dramatic journey from Irish rebels to successful American revolutionaries shaped and shattered the Carrolls - and then remade them into one of the first families of the Republic.