Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth . Irish Literature. Donn Byrne at Coolmain Castle Donn Byrne was born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne on 20 November 1889. His South Armagh parents were on a business trip to the United States when Donn Byrne was born in New York. The family returned to Ireland soon after the birth. Byrne says of his family: "We were about the only one of the four big Irish families of the gap in the North to still keep our mouths, if not our heads, above water." At fourteen, he met Bulmer Hobson, founder of Irish volunteer movement. Hobson took him to an early meeting of the volunteers (1906), when he was accompanied by Robert Lynd of the London Daily News. Lynd wrote of that meeting, mentioning the singing of a little fair haired boy (Donn-Byrne). Through Hobson, he acquired a taste for Irish history and nationalism that the culture was deeply immersed in at the time. He entered local Irish festivals (Feiseanna) using the name Brian O'Beirne, and he frequently won. He was equally fluent in Irish and English, growing up in an area were Gaelic was still spoken. In 1907 he went to the University of Dublin to study Romance languages. While at the school he published in The National Student, the student magazine. At this time he also met Dorothea (Dolly) Cadogan. After graduation he moved to Paris and Leipzig to continue his studies at the Sorbonne and Leipzig University, with the hope of joining the British Foreign Office as a diplomat. He turned down his PhD. when he learned that he would have to wear evening clothes to his early morning examinations, which no true Irish gentleman would ever do.

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Publisher: Sampson Low - Marston
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SKU: KEX0279150

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Moody Moments: Poems

Edward Doyle

Hardcover. 95pp. Recased. Decorated boards with gilt title on front cover. Cover and ffep loose, otherwise binding tight. Text clear and bright. Includes compliments slip from the author. Library markings. A good copy of this rare book. Keywords: Poetry - Irish

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Publisher: Ketcham & Doyle, Publishers
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1888
SKU: KHS1004626

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Mediaeval English Alabaster-Work in Portugal

Thomas Bodkin

Hardback. "Commissioning organisation: Thomas Bodkin ~ 6 p. 21 cm. Good, clean and tight copy. OCLC: 54676988".

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Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1947
SKU: KHS0019544

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€ 75.00

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The Trophy & New Writings

John McNamee

Paperback. 209.pp. Keywords: Irish Literature.

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Publisher: John McNamee
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1996
SKU: KHS1001933

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€ 4.99

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Settler

Janice Fitzpatrick

Paperback. 88pp

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Publisher: Salmon Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1995
SKU: KHS1004281
ISBN: 9781897648285

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The Poems of Alice Meynell 1847-1923

Alice Meynell

Hardcover. "First Edition, in original dust wrapper, d/w is slightly torn". Keywords: "Literature, Poetry, poets, Irish, Ireland, collectable, first edition, writings, English"

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Publisher: Hollis and Carter
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1947
Edition: First Edition
SKU: KHS0081882

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Michael Smith - Times and Locations - 9780851052199 - KHS1011201

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Times and Locations

Michael Smith

Hardcover. 46pp. Keywords: Irish poetry

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Publisher: Dolmen Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1972
SKU: KHS1011201
ISBN: 9780851052199

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The Well of the Saints

John M. Synge

Hardcover. Original brown cloth, name on endpaper

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Publisher: Maunsel & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1911
SKU: KTK0094319

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€ 48.00

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Instructio Pie Vivendi et Superna Meditandi, Vol I (Irish Texts Societ...

Rev John Mackechnie (Translator)

Hardcover. 229pp. Irish Texts Society Vol. XXIX (1927). The Irish Texts Society was founded in 1898 to promote the study of Irish literature. The Society publishes annotated texts in Irish with English translations and related commentaries. Original cloth. Title and decoration in gilt on spine. Gilt decoration also on front board. Keywords: Irish Literature, Irish Poetry, Irish Language, Literary Criticism

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Publisher: Irish Texts Society
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1934
SKU: KON0826779

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Swift's Most Valuable Friend: Biography of Esther Johnson

Sybil Le Brocquy

Hardcover. Published in Dublin by The Dolmen Press, 1968. 128pp. First Edition. Set in Baskerville type. Bound in black cloth, with title and author's name in gilt on spine. In very good condition, with some rubbing on spine. Dust jacket is in good condition. Keywords: Biography

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Edition: First edition
Publisher: Dolmen Press Dublin
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1968
SKU: KHS0081604
ISBN: 9780851054957

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€ 28.80

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A Patrick's Day Hunt

Martin Ross; E. Œ. Somerville

Hardcover. No date given c. 1900s. 47pp. Illustrated, some in colour. Original cloth covers with decorated front board. Cover's worn and stained. Some foxing. Text and illustrations are clear and bright. Over all a very nice copy

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co Westminster
Edition: Second impression
Condition: Used, Very Good
SKU: KON0826820