BEATHA AODHA RUAIDH UI DHOMHNAILL - THE LIFE OF HUGH ROE O'DONNELL, PRINCE OF TIRCONNELL (1586-1602). ; Now first published from Cucogry O'Clery's Irish manuscript in the R.I. Academy, with Historical, Introduction, Translation, Notes, and Illustrations by the Rev. Denis Murphy
Dublin, Ireland: Sealy, Bryers, & Walker, 1893. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 9.5 in. x 8 in., pp. clvii, 338. Illustrated with nine plates; decorated with dropcaps and embellishments. Burgundy cloth boards with frame and elaborate floral design stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Rubbing to edges and along hunges. Corners lightly nudged. Black endpapers. Touch of spotting to frontis, and an osccasional spot to the leaves. Light age-toning to leaves. Spine and hinges tight. Very Good Minus. Item #88726
Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (fl. 1603 – 1616), sometimes anglicised as Lewey O'Clery, was an Irish Gaelic poet and historian. He is best known today as the author of Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill, a biography of Red Hugh O'Donnell. Ó Cléirigh is best known as the author of Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill (Life of Red Hugh O'Donnell), a biography of Red Hugh, a leader in the Nine Years' War. The work was a major source for the account of the period given in the Annals of the Four Masters and is the fullest contemporary source for O'Donnell's life and career. (Wikipedia).
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