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Synopsis
'A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an essential reference book containing brief biographies of nearly 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men and women. The only single volume A-Z to summarise the lives and achievements of Ireland's most distinguished people from 400A.D. to the present, its list of subjects includes hundreds of figures of literary, cultural, political, and sociological note: from Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) to Maud Gonne; from Wolfe Tone to Michael Collins; from St. Patrick to Daniel O'Connell; from Jonathan Swift to Samuel Beckett. The product of twenty-five years' research. 'A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an invaluable reference work for teachers, librarians, and those interested in Irish history and culture.
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The third edition sees a substantial expansion of the number of entries and is illustrated for the first time. Containing brief biographies of almost 1700 people the book summarises the lives and achievements of some of Ireland's most distinguished people from 400 AD to the present day.
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Henry Boylan has had a distinguished career as a public servant and man of letters. In all, he has devoted over twenty-five years' work to the 'Dictionary of Irish Biography'.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
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Condition: Very Good. 1979. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KMK0010607
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Condition: Very Good. 1979. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name to half-title page. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Seller Inventory # KMK0010607
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
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Condition: Good. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Some yellowing on pages but remains good. Seller Inventory # KCW0000359
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A Dictionary of Irish Biography.
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Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1979
ISBN 10: 0717110044
ISBN 13: 9780717110049
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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, Ireland
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Condition: Sehr gut. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. xi, 385 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowners namesticker on endpaper. Henry Boylan graduated from Trinity College, Dublin/ Chairman and Director of Arramara Teoranta/ A Director of Gael Linn and President of the Royan Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin/ modern work of biographical reference to students and readers in Irish history/ over a thousand entries, it ranges in time from St. Patrick in the fifth century to Sea Lemass in the twentieth century. It covers every area of human endeavour: literature, painting, medicine, law, religion, war, politics, science, scholarship and mere eccentricity. Swift/ O'Connell/ Joyce/ Yeats/ de Valera/ John Barrett/ Christian Davies, the female soldier who saw service in the War of the Spanish Succession/ Frank Harris/ John Holwell/ William Joyce or Lord Haw Haw/ O'Gorman Mahon/ Laurence Stern/ Lord Northcliffe/ Robert Boyle, the celebrated physicist etc. Seller Inventory # 40117AB