The Diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. Irish Texts Society (1936-1937)
Book ID: 70859
Price: €150.00
Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin. The Diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. Editor & Translator: Rev. Michael McGrath. London: Published for the Irish Texts Society by Simpkin, (1936, 1937). Four Volumes. Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A fine set.
Frontispiece plate and three folded maps in Volume one.
The diary provides a vivid, day-by-day account of life in Callan, County Kilkenny, during the late 1820s and 1830s, covering weather, scenery, birds, country customs, the Repeal movement, and everyday occurrences.
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