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Thackery, William Makepeace, The Irish Sketch Book and Contributions to the "Foreign Quarterly Review", Oxford University Press, 1863

The Irish Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was first published in 1863. Thackeray was born in India and was the son of Richmond Thackeray and Anne Becher. However when his father died he was sent to go to school in England . He then attended Trinity College at Cambridge University but left in 1830 due to his lack of interest in academic studies. He got employment as a writer for Fraser’s Magazine and then The Times, where he was a book reviewer, and later wrote for Punch magazine. His most famous work is his novel Vanity Fair. Thackeray is considered one of the best English novelists of his time.

Murphy, Denis. The annals of Clonmacnoise: From the creation to A.D. 1408. Dublin: University Press, 1896

The Annals of Clonmacnoise: From the creation to AD 1408 first published in 1896 is a printed version of an early 17th century translation of the history of Clonmacnoise from prehistoric times to the early 15th century. It was translated into Elizabethan English by the scholar Connell McGeoghegan, near Clara, Co. Offaly. The original Gaelic Irish manuscript is now lost but copies still survive in Trinity College, Dublin and the British Museum, London.

Jourdain, Lt. Col H. F. N & Fraser, Edward, The Connaught Rangers, 2nd Battalion, Formerly 94th Foot, Vol II, London: Royal United Service Institution, 1926

The Connaught Rangers, 2nd Battalion, Formerly 94th Foot by Lt. Col. H. F. N Jourfain and Edward Fraser is a history of one of the most famous Irish units of the British Army from its Scottish origins in the late 16th century until its disbandment in 1922. The story of the Connaught Rangers includes much of the military history of Ireland and the British Empire. The regiment drew the majority of its recruits from across the west of Ireland.

Gregory, Lady Augusta, Gods And Fighting Men: The Story Of The Tuatha De Danaan And Of The Fianna Of Ireland, Arranged And Put Into English BY Lady August Gregory With A Preface By W.B. Yeats, London: John Murray, 1904

This volume of Gaelic Irish legends and myths collected by Lady Augusta Gregory first published in 1904 draws from The Book Of Leinster, The Annals of the Four Masters and Eugene O’Curry’s Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish among other sources.

90 A History of the City of Dublin 2

247 National Education in Ireland Compendium of Report 1854