A new song on the Races of Roscommon

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Brereton, P., printer.
Summary:Broadside ballad sheet [replete with spelling mistakes and several printing errors] printed by Peter Brereton of Dublin, a ballad-sheet printer who flourished in the second half of the 19th century. During this time he occupied various addresses in Dublin city, among them 1 Lower Exchange St. and 55 and 56 Cooke St., Dublin. The first lines of this broadside ballad are: "You gallants sons of Erins Isle pay attention to my song...". Printed at top of sheet are three woodcuts - at top left and at right, are woodcuts of horses (the woodcut on the right being very crude); underneath this is woodcut featuring acanthus leaves.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Dublin : P. [Peter] Brereton, Printer, 56 Cooke St., [n.d., between ca. 1860 and 1880?].
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Notes:This item is held in the Department of Ephemera.

Physical description: 1 sheet : woodcut, 28.5 x 11.5 cm..

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EPH C1084
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Ephemera
Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland.