A Popular History of The Insurrection of 1798: Delivered from Every Available Record and Reliable Tradition. Centenary Edition. Cork: Guy, 1898. Second Edition. PP xvi, 344. Bound in half brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with ruled bands, compartments ruled & embellished in gilt; title labels to second & fourth. A nice copy, handsomely bound.

This centenary edition, published in Cork by Guy & Co., aimed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1798 Rebellion, a pivotal uprising led by the United Irishmen against British rule.

Rev. Kavanagh’s work is distinguished by its subtitle ‘Delivered from Every Available Record and Reliable Tradition’ which signals his intent to blend documented history with folk memory and oral accounts, a method that was both popular and controversial at the time