Books (mostly those not previously posted to date on Clare message lists)
currently up for sale at:
http://www.iol.ie/~celticbk/olc.htm
Just reading the descriptions is educational. Use "clare" to search throughout the page and see other, more well-known books also on this list.
Perhaps someone could check on whether any of these are already in
the Clare library's collection, and, if not, bring these to the attention of
the person in charge of acquisitions.
198. With 'The Thirty-Second' in the Peninsular and other Campaigns. by Harry Ross-Lewin of Ross Hill, County Clare, edited by John Wardell. DUBLIN, Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd. 1904. 368 pages. excellent copy.
212. Feakle. Kieran Sheedy. COUNTY CLARE, Feakle GAA Hurling Club. 1990. 507 pages. dust wrapper. near fine. a detailed local and sporting history of an east Clare parish
266. North Munster Studies, Essays in honour of Monsignor Michael Moloney. Etienne Rynne editor. LIMERICK, The Thomond Archaeological Society. 1967. 535 pages. illustrated. A major collection of articles on the archaeology, history, numismatics and folklife of counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary.
292. A Short Tour in the County Clare 1780. edited by Henry Henn. Cambridge, Trinity Hall. Ballinakella Press, 1986 reprint of the 1893 edition. 60 pages.
304. Kilmurry McMahon and Killofin Remembered. An accurate and detailed account of a Rural Parish in the barony of Clonderlaw, Co. Clare. Paul Markham. ENNIS, Clare Champion. circa 1991. 236 pages.
429. John Holland, 1841-1914. Inventor of the Modern Submarine. Richard Knowles Morris. United States Naval Institute, Maryland. 1966. 212 pages. illustrated. A detailed work on the quiet, unassuming Clareman, inventor, designer and builder of the first practical submarine, 'the father of the modern submarine'. Holland was born in Liscannor.
480. The Westropp Family 1250-2000. LONDON, 2000. 252 pages. The Westropps were one of the principal landlord families in counties Limerick, Clare and Cork.
518. Disturbed Ireland: Being the Letters written during the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker. LONDON, Macmillan & Co. 1881 pages. 338 pages. In late 1881 Becker visited some of the most disturbed areas of the country. The result is a detailed account of activities in Counties Clare, Mayo, Kerry and Cork. Becker a correspondent of the Daily News newspaper was very sympathetic to the landlord's cause.
596. Danta Aindreis Mhic Cruitin. Liam O'Luaighnigh. ENNIS, Clare Champion Offices. circa 1935. xiii, 64 pages. The poems in this volume which were transcribed by O'Luaighnigh from manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy and the British Museum are 'the first attempt which has been made to present the poems of Andrew MacCurtin to the Irish Public'. [preface] MacCurtin, who was born in 1650 and died in 1738, was a member of a famous Clare Bardic family and composer of a number of well known poems.
599. A View of the Conduct and Writings of Mr Charles Lucas being an Answer to some Passages in the Eighteenth Address of C. Lucas reflecting on the late Sir Samuel Cooke. No. II. Samuel Davey. DUBLIN. 1749. 15 pages. A defence of Cooke which reveals much incidental information on the intrigue which was an integral part of the prevailing Dublin City political scene in mid-eighteenth century Ireland, much of which involved the Clare born radical Charles Lucas.
690. The Autobiography of General Sir O'Moore Creagh. General Sir O'Moore Creagh. LONDON, Hutchinson & Co. CIRCA 1923. 304 pages. Creagh, who was born in Cahirbane, County Clare had an illustrious military career with the British Army in various campaigns
692. Stacpoole: The Owners of a Name. John Stacpoole. NEW ZEALAND, Auckland. Private Circulation. 1991. 185 pages. A detailed limited edition history of a family who were among the leading landed dynasties in Counties Clare and Limerick for centuries.
752. Some Destroyed Sites at Shannon Airport, County Clare. Etienne Rynne. 1964. 32 pages. Proceeding of the Royal Irish Academy, DUBLIN.
1049. A History of Clare Abbey and Killone [Clare]. Joseph Power. circa 1988.
1254. A History of the Parish of Rath [Clare]. Michael MacMahon. 1979.
1482.The Poor Law Records of Counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. Listed and introduced by S. C. O'Mahony. LIMERICK. 1979. 32 pages.
1533. he Riddle of the Irish. J. Chartres Molony. Kennikat press. 1971 reprint of the 1927 edition. 248 pages. A Study of the Irish character by the Clare born author.
1721. The Crooked Ash, Scariff Club History [ Clare] . Tim McGillycuddy. [1983] 134 pages.
1930. The Tryal and Conviction of Patrick Hurly, Late of Moughna, in the County of Clare, Gent. in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench in Ireland, the 31st of May 1701, upon two Indictments, the one for Perjury, and the other for conspiring with Daniel Hicky, Daniel Carty, Donogh O Bryen, Andrews Junior and other Malefactors, Falsely and Fraudelently to cheat the Popish inhabitiants of Clare of the sum of 1202 l, 9 shill. sterling, to which is added An Appendix, being an Answer to a Libel Intituled Patrick Hurly's Vindication, with some remarkable Passages of His Life and Actions. DUBLIN, J. Whalley. 1701. 56 pages.
1944. Remarks on the Franciscans in Ennis, from the Earliest Period of the Order, to the Present Time, with Sermon by Rev. Sylvester Malone, M. R. I. A and P. P. Sixmilebridge. F. A. [Father Aug. Holohan] ENNIS, Clare Independent Office. 1877. 92 pages.
1955. The Prophet of the Ruined Abbey or a Glance of the Future of Ireland: a Narrative founded on the Ancient 'Prophecies of Culmkill' and on other predictions and popular traditions among the Irish by the author of 'The Cross and the Shamrock'. [Hugh Quigley]. DUBLIN, James Duffy. 1863. 247 pages. Hugh Quigley was born in County Clare.
1981. Politics and Irish Life 1913-1921. Provincial Experience of War and Revolution. David Fitzpatrick. DUBLIN, Gill and Macmillan. 1977. 394 pages. a superb study based primarily on activities in County Clare during these eventful years
2049. A Report of Trials under a Special Commission for County Clare held at Ennis in 1848. John Simpson Armstrong. DUBLIN, Hodges & Smith. 198 pages.
2055. Statistical Survey of the County of Clare with Observations on the Means of Improvement; Drawn Up for the Consideration and By Directors of the Dublin Society. Hely Dutton. DUBLIN, Graisberry & Campbell, Printers. 1808. 369 pages.
2060. Souvenir of the Centenary of the Convent of Mercy. St. Xavier's Ennis, County Clare. 1854-1954. 94 pages
2074. The Emerald Isle Album. Limerick and Clare. 54 Platinatone Views from Photographs by William Lawrence. DUBLIN, The Emerald Isle Album Co. circa 1900.