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Wakeman, W.F., A Survey of Antiquarian Remains On The Island Of Inismurray, London: William & Norgate, 1892

A Survey of Antiquarian Remains On The Island Of Inismurray by William Frederirck Wakeman (1822-1900) first published 1893 is a study of the monastic ruins on the island of the uninhabited island of Inishmurrary off the coast of Co. Sligo. A monastic community now in ruins was established there by St. Molaise in the 6th century.

ed. Grattan Jnr, Henry, The Speeches of the Right Honorable Henry Grattan in the Irish and Imperial Parliament, Volume III, Dublin: R. Milliken, 1822

The Speeches of the Right Honorable Henry Grattan in the Irish and Imperial Parliament edited by his son Henry Grattan Jnr. was published in four volumes in 1822. The four volumes contain the speeches, writings and correspondence of the Irish parliamentarian Henry Grattan. Grattan's long political career spanned a crucial period of Irish and British history before and after the American and French revolutions, the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion and the Act of Union 1800.

D.J. O'Donoghue, The Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan, Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1897

The Writings of James Clarence Mangan by D. J. O' Donoghue is a biography interspersed with the writings of of the 19th century poet, essayist and Irish nationalist.

Grattan, William, Adventures With The Connaught Rangers, London: Edward Arnold, 1902

Adventures With The Connaught Rangers by Henry Grattan is a memoir of his service as a subaltern with the 1st Battalion of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers). He served from 1809 to 1814 with the regiment in Portugal and Spain during the Lord Wellington’s Peninsular Campaign (1807-1814) as part of General Picton’s 3rd ‘Fighting’ Division.

W. B. Yeats, The Tower, London: McMillan And Co. Ltd., 1928

The Tower by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was first published in 1928 . It contains many of the poet's best known poems such as The Tower, Sailing To Byzantium, Leda And The Swan and Among School Children as just a sample. The themes of the poems in the collection dwell on the elderly poet's angst about the decline of old age, his creative drive, missed romantic opportunities and nationalist disillusionment following Irish Independence.

298 Hamilton History of Ireland

296 Irish Settlers in America

286 The Flowers of Irish Melody