Product Description
Hardcover first edition with dustjacket, published by Allen Figgis , Dublin 1971, text by Bernard Share, artwork and design by William Bolger. Light edgewear to the jacket.
Organised thematically into sections - Patriots and Politicians, Scholars and Teachers, writers, artists and Maestros, Scientists and Businessmen, & The Irish Abroad. It includes many not born in Ireland ( such as the transport pioneer Charles Bianconi) who had an influence on the nation.
Profuse illustrations and photographs throughout. Aimed at a general readership, the biographies were succinct , & although the book is aimed at adults, many are short enough to be used as school references.