The Ballads of Ireland. Collected and Edited by Edward Hayes. London: Fullarton & Co., 1855. First Edition. Two volumes. Pp (1) xxxix, 356; (2) viii, 419, all edged in gilt. . Publisher’s green cloth boards, title in gilt to spines, with Harp embossed in gilt to upper covers. Ex library copy, with stamps.

Dedication page to Gavan Duffy.

First published in 1855 & subsequently in several editions, this work is a collection of hundreds of ballads under various headings including: Historical, Political, Emigrant, Fairy, Legendary, etc.