Great Irish lives
Subtitle: an era in obituaries
By: edited by Charles Lysaght
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781849725194; 9780007284269
Subjects: Irish; Obituaries; Biography
Other titles: Times great Irish lives
Description: A unique collection of obituaries of Ireland's most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries.
Table of contents: title: Henry Grattan, 6 June 1820; title: Daniel O'Connell, 24 May 1847; title: Maria Edgeworth, 28 May 1849; title: Tom Moore, 1 March 1852, 6 June 1820; title: Father Mathew, 12 December 1856; title: William Dargan, 8 February 1867; title: Earl of Rosse, 2 November 1867; title: Cardinal Cullen, 25 October 1878; title: Charles Stewart Parnell, 6 June 1820; title: Sir John Pope Hennessy, 8 October 1891; title: Mrs Cecil Alexander, 14 October 1895; title: Oscar Wilde, 6 June 1820; title: Lord Morris of Spiddal, 9 September 1901; title: Archbishop Croke, 23 July 1902; title: Michael Davitt, 31 May 1906; title: The O'Conor Don, 2 July 1906; title: Sir W.H. Russell, 11 February 1907; title: John Millington Synge, 25 March 1909; title: Cardinal Moran, 17 August 1911; title: Sir Luke O'Connor V.C., hero of the Crimea, 2 February 1915; title: John Redmond, A Great Irish Leader, 7 March 1918; title: Cardinal Gibbons, 26 March 1921; title: Michael Collins, 6 June 1820; title: Erskine Childers, 25 November 1922; title: Thomas Crean V.C., Irish International's Bravery, 27 March 1923; title: Lord Pirrie, Dominant Figure in Shipbuilding, 9 June 1924; title: Lord MacDonnell, Indian and Irish Administration, 10 June 1925; title: Kevin O'Higgins, 11 July 1927; title: Countess Markievicz, 6 June 1820; title: John Devoy, 1 October 1928; title: John Woulfe Flanagan, A great servant of The Times, 18 November 1929; title: T.P. O'Connor, Father of the House of Commons, 19 November 1929; title: Sir Horace Plunkett, 28 March 1932; title: Lady Gregory, 6 June 1820; title: George Moore, 23 January 1933; title: John Edward Healy, A Great Irish Journalist, 31 May 1934; title: Edward Carson, The chosen champion of Ulster, 23 October 1935; title: William Butler Yeats, 6 June 1820; title: Sir Michael O'Dwyer, The Punjab in the last War, 14 March 1940; title: Sir John Lavery, A famous portrait painter, 11 January 1941; title: James Joyce, 6 June 1820; title: Sarah Purser, 17 August 1943; title: John McCormack, 18 September 1945; title: Douglas Hyde, First President of Eire., 14 July 1949; title: Edith Somerville, Flurry Knox's chronicler, 10 October 1949; title: John Dulanty, Loyal servant of Ireland, 12 February 1955; title: Evie Hone, 15 March 1955; title: William Francis Casey, Former Editor of "The Times", 22 April 1957; title: Oliver St John Gogarty, Dublin's literary life, 23 September 1957; title: Margaret Burke Sheridan, 18 April 1958; title: Earl of Longford, 6 February 1961; title: Maureen Delany, Comic spirit of the Irish, 28 March 1961; title: Archbishop Gregg, 4 May 1961; title: Michael O'Leary V.C., 3 August 1961; title: Sean O'Casey, 21 September 1964.; title: Jimmy O'Dea, 8 January 1965; title: William T. Cosgrave, 17 November 1965; title: Frank O'Connor, Master of the short story, 11 March 1966; title: Lady Hanson, A famous Dublin hostess, 29 August 1970; title: Sean Lemass, Better Anglo-Irish relations, 12 May 1971; title: Lord Brookeborough, 20 August 1973; title: Professor George O'Brien, Brilliant Dublin personality, 4 January 1974; title: Kate O'Brien, Novelist and playwright, 14 August 1974; title: Eamon de Valera, 6 June 1820; title: John A. Costello, Former Prime Minister of Irish Republic, 7 January 1976; title: Brian Faulkner, Former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 11 March 1977; title: Professor Frances Moran, 16 November 1977; title: Micheal Mac Liammoir, Doyen of the Dublin stage, 8 March 1978; title: Pamela Hinkson, 2 June 1982; title: Professor F.S.L. Lyons, Perceptive Irish historian, 24 September 1983; title: Liam O'Flaherty, Irish novelist and short-story writer, 10 September 1984; title: Anita Leslie, 8 November 1985; title: Frederick H. Boland, Irish voice at the UN, 8 December 1985; title: Siobhan McKenna, 17 November 1986; title: Eamonn Andrews, 6 June 1820; title: Sean MacBride, Irreconcilable Irish Republican, 16 January 1988; title: Samuel Beckett, 6 June 1820; title: Cardinal O Fiaich, 10 May 1990; title: Ernest Walton, 29 June 1995; title: Molly Keane, 23 April 1996; title: Michael O'Hehir, 30 November 1996; title: The Countess of Wicklow, 27 February 1997; title: Dermot Morgan, 2 March 1998; title: Judge Brian Walsh, 11 March 1998; title: Jack Lynch, 21 October 1999; title: Rev. F.X. Martin, Scholar who debunked the Easter Rising and defended Viking Dublin, 28 February 2000; title: Sr. Genevieve O'Farrell, 1 January 2002; title: John B. Keane, 3 June 2002; title: Maureen Potter, 6 June 1820; title: Mary Holland, 9 June 2004; title: Joe Cahill, 26 July 2004; title: Bob Tisdall, 2 August 2004; title: George Best, 6 June 1820; title: Charles Haughey, 14 June 2006; title: Sam Stephenson, 22 November 2006; title: David Ervine, 9 January 2007; title: Tommy Makem, 3 August 2007; title: Nuala O'Faolain, Irish broadcaster and writer who recorded her tormented love life in a fiercely candid and bestselling memoir, 21 May 2008.