An essential background book about Ireland's great revolution. This wide-ranging gathering of the poetry, songs, and prose accounts of 1798 includes legendary ballads, rebel songs, and verse accounts of the rebellion. For each piece, O'Farrell provides a headnote with useful background information. A chronology of events is also included.
An essential background book about Ireland's great revolution. This wide-ranging gathering of the poetry, songs, and prose accounts of 1798 includes legendary ballads, rebel songs, and verse accounts of the rebellion. For each piece, O'Farrell provides a headnote with useful background information. A chronology of events is also included.