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Excerpt from Irish Historical Allusions, Curious Customs and Superstitions, County of Kerry, Corkaguiny
While these manuscripts were in the hands of Messrs. Sealy, Bryer Walker, Printers, Dublin the late Irish rising took place. During the fight, between the British military and the Irish Republican forces, a portion of the City of Dublin was destroyed by fire and artillery, including the printers'' premises, together with the author''s manuscripts for these books, and other works. Fearing the destruction of liners, by German submarines, the author held copies of his works until landed in Ireland. Believing that there they were safe, the copies were neglected and portions of them burned and lost. Therefore in the following pages the author presents to the reader but the re maining two parts of a book left after the Dublin fire, to which is added a brief account of Sinn Feiners and the outbreak.
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While these manuscripts were in the hands of Messrs. Sealy, Bryer Walker, Printers, Dublin the late Irish rising took place. During the fight, between the British military and the Irish Republican forces, a portion of the City of Dublin was destroyed by fire and artillery, including the printers'' premises, together with the author''s manuscripts for these books, and other works. Fearing the destruction of liners, by German submarines, the author held copies of his works until landed in Ireland. Believing that there they were safe, the copies were neglected and portions of them burned and lost. Therefore in the following pages the author presents to the reader but the re maining two parts of a book left after the Dublin fire, to which is added a brief account of Sinn Feiners and the outbreak.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Patrick Foley
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ISBN - 9780265453681
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 112
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ISBN - 9781330930700
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