The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone. And Rory O’Donel, Earl of Tyrconnel; Their flight form Ireland and Death in Exile. Dublin: Duffy, 1886. Third Edition. Enlarged with Notes etc. Pp xx, 651. Green cloth decorated in blind, gilt device to centre of upper cover. Covers lightly worn, contents in good condition.

Frontispiece portrait of Hon. Thomas O’Hagan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Hugh O’Neill was a leader of the Irish resistance against the English in the Nine Years’ War in the 17th century. He was later tried for treason along with O’Donnell. On 14 September 1607, both Earls set sail from Lough Swilly in Co Donegal with their families and followers for eventual exile in Spanish Flanders and Rome. Tyrconnell died in Rome in 1608.