1300 entries, including entries on those of note who have died since the first edition was published in 1978. Short biographical descriptions of men and women in literature, music, law, painting, religion, politics, science, scholarship. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

A dictionary of Irish biography

Boylan, Henry

Reference

Barnes&Noble Books

A Dictionary of Irish Biography

Gill and Macmillan

Theobald Wolfe Tone (Irish Lives)

Irish Book Center

Dictionary of Irish Biography

St.Martin's Press

The third edition sees a substantial expansion of the number of entries and is illustrated for the first time. Containing brief biographies of almost 1700 people the book summarises the lives and achievements of some of Ireland's most distinguished people from 400 AD to the present day.

GILL MACMILLAN

'A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an essential reference book containing brief biographies of nearly 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men and women. The only single volume A-Z to summarise the lives and achievements of Ireland's most distinguished people from 400A.D. to the present, its list of subjects includes hundreds of figures of literary, cultural, political, and sociological note: from Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) to Maud Gonne; from Wolfe Tone to Michael Collins; from St. Patrick to Daniel O'Connell; from Jonathan Swift to Samuel Beckett. The product of twenty-five years' research. 'A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an invaluable reference work for teachers, librarians, and those interested in Irish history and culture.

Biographies & Memoirs

Gill Macmillan Ltd

This arrogant city: A readers' and collectors' guide to books about Dublin

A and A Farmar

<p>Contains brief biographies of some 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men and women of the period from 400 AD to the present, covering figures of literary, cultural, political, and sociological note. This third edition contains b&amp;w photos and illustrations for the first time. Useful as a reference for teachers, librarians, and those interested in Irish history and culture. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.</p>

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UNKNO

Voyage Around My Life

A&A Farmar

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