The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys : a national tale /
Morgan,Lady(Sydney),1783-1859,author.
Wright, Julia M.(Julia Margaret),1964-editor.
Originally published: London : Henry Colburn, 1827.
" ... includes extensive historical documents on Irish politics in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as a selection of contemporary reviews ..."--Cover page 4.
Includes bibliographical references.
Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan): A brief chronology -- A note on the text -- The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys: a national tale -- Appendix A: selected historical people, groups, and events -- Appendix B: nationalist movements: from the volunteers to the United Irishmen. From Jonah Barrington, Historic anecdotes and secret memoirs of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland (1809) ; "Original declaration of the United Irishmen" (1791), Appendix I of Charles Hamilton Teeling's personal narrative of the "Irish Rebellion" of 1798 ; From William Drennan, A letter to his Excellency Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Lieutenant, &c. of Ireland (1795) ; From William Sampson, Memoirs of William Sampson (1807) ; From Charles Hamilton Teeling, Personal narrative of the "Irish Rebellion" of 1798 (1828) ; From Thomas Moore, The life and death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald (1831) ; From Jonah Barrington, Historic anecdotes and secret memoirs of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland (1809) -- Appendix C: "The cause of reform": from Grattan's Parliament to Catholic emancipation. From Henry Grattan's speech on "A bill for the relief of the Roman Catholics" (25 December 1781) ; From Henry Grattan, "Declaration of right" (22 February 1782) ; From William Drennan, Letter to the Right Honorable William Pitt (1799) ; From Denys Scully, A statement of the penal laws (1812) ; From Robert Torrens, The victim of intolerance; or, The hermit of Killarney: a Catholic tale (1814) ; From The speech of Daniel O'Connell, Esq. at the Catholic aggregate meeting, at the Freemasons' Hall, on Feb. 26, 1825 ; From "Aristocracy," in Lady Morgan's Book of the boudoir (1829) -- Appendix D: Contemporary responses to The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys. From the Morning chronicle (22 November 1827) ; From the Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh) (7 January 1828) ; From R. Shelton Mackenzie's "Editor's preface," The O'Briens and the O'Flahertys (1856).
Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859.