The ship Niagara.
Byron, George Gordon Byron,Baron,1788-1824.
Moore, Thomas,1779-1852
[Ireland? : s.n.,
1857-1858?]
Dark-lock-na-Garr - first line reads: Away ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses.
Dated from internal evidence - the first ballad concerns the ship Niagara which took part in laying the first Transatlantic telegraph cable which crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Trinity Bay, in eastern Newfoundland. Attempts were made in both 1857 and successfully in 1858.
In two columns with a woodcut above each and another halfway down the second column.
The minstrel boy - first line reads: [The mi]nstrel boy to the war is gone.
The ship Niagara - first line reads: Hail! stately Niagara, pride of the sea.
Three ballads.
Ballads, English
Cables, Submarine
Telegraph cables