Celtic Irish songs and song-writers : a selection, with an introduction and memoirs / by Charles MacCarthy Collins
1885, 1st edition. London : James Cornish & Sons. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #324007
Physical description: ix, 334 pages; 20 cm. Contents:
The Irish bards and song writers -- The Celtic Irish Song-writers, 1600-1870. Biographical and critical -- Keating, Macward, O'Dugan, Duffet, O'Naghten, Carolan, Concanen, MacDonnell, Kane O'Hara, Magrath, Dermody, Lysaght, Sheridan, Milliken, Curran, Callanan, Kenney, Moore, Griffin, Mangan, 'Father Prout', Banim, Keegan, Fraser, Walsh, Lady Dufferin, Mrs. Norton, M'Gee, Williams, Casey. -- Drinking songs -- Patriotic songs -- Love-songs and songs of the affections.
Subjects: English poetry Irish authors.Irish literature.
Songs, Irish. Irish poetry.
Irish poetry (English). Gnre: Poetry.
Price: €100.00