O'Brennan's antiquities: a defence of Ireland's ancient enlightenment and antiquity /
Martin A. O'Brennan.
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| Language: | English |
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Dublin :
printed for and published by the author, Martin A. O'Brennan,
1860.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Notes: | TCD Prize bookplate awarded to Douglas Hyde in 1881 on front pastedown. Book plate of Angela Wren Quin on f.f.e. With numerous corrections and emendations in pencil in Douglas Hyde's hand. Bound in full green morocco with a badge of Trinity College Dublin in gilt on both covers. Spine divided into six compartments by five gilt raised bands, title in gilt on red morocco letterpiece in the second. All edges sprinkled. In slipcase. Martin Andrew O'Brennan, a member of the society of Queen's Inns, Dublin, was a native of Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo. A noted historian and Irish scholar, in addition to his 'Irish Antiquities' he also wrote a school history of Ireland and a grammar of the Irish language. For a time he conducted an academy in Bolton Street, Dublin. For a period of twenty years he edited a newspaper in Tuam called 'The Connacht Patriot'. There is a large list of subscribers to this work. 2 volumes bound together. Includes index Physical description: Vol. I: xvi, [5]-524, 16 p.; Vol. II: xxxvi, 412 p. : maps; 23 cm. Citations/References: Clóliosta, 874 Distinctive title: School history of Ireland, from the days of Partholan to the present time more |
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| Call Number | View In | Collection | NLI Holdings |
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A29736 |
Main Reading Room |
Irish | v. I |
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J 94101 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Joly | |
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LO 10350 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Librarian's Office | |
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THOM 7941 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Thom Collection | Vol. I-II |
