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Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth stained. Irish Literature. George A. Birmingham is the pseudonym of James Owen Hannay. He was born on July 16, 1865, in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Today the house where he was born is a part of the administration building of the Queen’s University of Belfast. It is located on University Road across from the university. On the wall of the house there is a memorial plate which says, “James O. Hannay, George A. Birmingham, Novelist, 1865-1950, Born in this House, July 16”. Behind the tree on the left is the house where Birmingham was born. (Belfast)A memorial plate dedicated to Birmingham (Belfast) At the time when Birmingham was born, the whole island of Ireland was under British rule and there had been a long-lasting conflict between those who claimed that Ireland should stay in Britain and those who insisted Ireland should be free from Britain. Most of the pro-British were immigrants from Britain and their descendants. They were mainly Protestants and called Unionists. On the other hand, most of the pro-Irish had their origins in Ireland. They were mainly Catholics and called Nationalists. Birmingham’s parents were of British origin. His paternal grandfather had immigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland and married a local woman whose parents also had come from Scotland. They settled themselves in the suburbs of Bushmills, which is famous for whiskey. Birmingham’s father, Robert Hannay (1835-1894), was born there. Later he moved to live in Belfast and gave services as a Church of Ireland clergyman in St. Anne’s Church, today’s St. Anne’s Cathedral, which is located near the city center.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Thomas Nelson & Sons
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1913
Edition
Reprint.
SKU
KEX0279122
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardback. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Books for Libraries Press
Publication date
1968
SKU
KST0024622
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Good copy in green cloth. Some wear and staining to cover but binding remains tight and text is clear. Ex-libris with sticker remainder on front cover
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Cassel and Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1931
SKU
KOC0002628
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 252pp. Keywords: Irish literature, biography
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Book Club
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1956
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KHS1009972
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 13.00

Hardcover. 310pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
1st
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KCBK000150
ISBN
9780717124350
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 10.00

Hardcover. Very good copiy in clean dustwrapper. Frst edition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KEX0303092
ISBN
9780717124350
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001013
ISBN
9780717124350
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardcover. First edition - Very good copy in dustwrapper - Includes newsclippings carefully folded with publisher and dates noted - 3/0118 - 63pp. - The Gallery Press, Oldcastle, Co.Meath
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The Gallery Press Oldcastle, Co.Meath
Number of pages
63
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCK0001258
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 110.00

Hardcover. Good clean copy. Lacking dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1956
SKU
KOC0002203
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529066
ISBN
9780714529066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.61

Paperback. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New Island Books
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KRF0031493
ISBN
9781874597421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good, clean copy. Covers showing some shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
New Island Books
Edition
1st
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0005441
ISBN
9781874597421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 286pp. With three essays on the Treaty by F S L Lyons. Previous owner's signature on ffep
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Edition
1st
SKU
KHS1004338
ISBN
9780717105946
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0005536
ISBN
9780856403699
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth with dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
SKU
KEX0274627
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
SKU
KTJ0008671
ISBN
9780749900113
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. DW with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
SKU
KTG0009712
ISBN
9780749900113
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781177723
ISBN
9781781177723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.04

Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth . Irish Literature. Donn Byrne at Coolmain Castle Donn Byrne was born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne on 20 November 1889. His South Armagh parents were on a business trip to the United States when Donn Byrne was born in New York. The family returned to Ireland soon after the birth. Byrne says of his family: "We were about the only one of the four big Irish families of the gap in the North to still keep our mouths, if not our heads, above water." At fourteen, he met Bulmer Hobson, founder of Irish volunteer movement. Hobson took him to an early meeting of the volunteers (1906), when he was accompanied by Robert Lynd of the London Daily News. Lynd wrote of that meeting, mentioning the singing of a little fair haired boy (Donn-Byrne). Through Hobson, he acquired a taste for Irish history and nationalism that the culture was deeply immersed in at the time. He entered local Irish festivals (Feiseanna) using the name Brian O'Beirne, and he frequently won. He was equally fluent in Irish and English, growing up in an area were Gaelic was still spoken. In 1907 he went to the University of Dublin to study Romance languages. While at the school he published in The National Student, the student magazine. At this time he also met Dorothea (Dolly) Cadogan. After graduation he moved to Paris and Leipzig to continue his studies at the Sorbonne and Leipzig University, with the hope of joining the British Foreign Office as a diplomat. He turned down his PhD. when he learned that he would have to wear evening clothes to his early morning examinations, which no true Irish gentleman would ever do.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0279156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers dulled and showing some age and shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Co
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0005489
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. 223pp. Original green boards, with title gilted on spine. Some stains, otherwise a good copy. Keywords: Irish, fiction, Irish history, civil war
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Barker
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1962
Edition
1st EDITION
SKU
KHS1008074
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 16.99
€ 4.99

Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Anna Livia Dublin
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0218507
ISBN
9781871311020
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Good copy with some minor shelf wear, dustwrapper with minor edge wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Viking
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007882
ISBN
9780670832156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear. Light scoring on inside of cover but remains good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KCW0000511
ISBN
9780140131598
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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