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The O'Rahilly
Aodogan O´rahilly
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Description for The O'Rahilly
Paperback. Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 400.
Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry. O'Rahilly was educated at Clongowes, married a Philadelphia heiress, and had a brief career as a country gentleman and JP. O'Rahilly spent several years in the USA, returning in 1909 to Dublin, writing for the Sinn Fein press and joining the Gaelic League. Until his death, he devoted himself to the achievement of his country's independence. The O'Rahilly, ... Read more
Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry. O'Rahilly was educated at Clongowes, married a Philadelphia heiress, and had a brief career as a country gentleman and JP. O'Rahilly spent several years in the USA, returning in 1909 to Dublin, writing for the Sinn Fein press and joining the Gaelic League. Until his death, he devoted himself to the achievement of his country's independence. The O'Rahilly, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781843516712
SKU
V9781843516712
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Ref
99-1
About Aodogan O´rahilly
Aodogan O' Rahilly was born in 1904 and died in 2000. He attended Mount St Benedict in County Wexford and studied engineering at UCD, taking a year out to serve with the republican forces in 1922. He was chairman of Bord na Mona for fifteen years, retiring in 1974, and purchased and developed Greenore port in County Louth in the ... Read more
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