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Michael Doheny tells vividly and from personal experience, the story of the events leading up to, and following on, the Young Ireland Insurrection of 1848. He was a compatriot of such men as William Smith O'Brien, Thomas Davis, John Mitchel, and Thomas Francis Meagher. The book was originally published in the United States in 1849, after Doheny had escaped from Ireland following the disastrous attempt at an uprising. Doheny was born in Fethard Co Tipperary, 1805, and rose from a poor background to become a barrister. Preface by Arthur Griffith, written for the 1914 Gill edition. , with illustrations throughout. indexed, appendice of brief descriptions and biographies of names mentioned in the text.
This is a Gill edition, ( it was reprinted again at least 3 more times , a testament to the book's popularity) First edition was 1914.
CONDITION - In FADING green cloth with uneven age spotting to the front covers, titles in gold to spine, wear to upper edges.
Internally unmarked. 320 pages.
