Bog Of Stars And Other Stories And Sketches Of Elizabethan Ireland, The — Standish O'Grady

Originally published in 1893, this is a collection of short stories about Ireland in the 1500's. Includes bibliographical references. "My object generally has been to bring the modern Irish reader into closer and more sympathetic relation with a most remarkable century of Irish history; a century which, more than any other, seems to have determined the destiny of Ireland." Standish O'Grady is also the author of Finn and His Companions. Contents: Mona Reulta; or, The Bog of Stars Philip O'Sullivan: Historian, Soldier, and Poet Kiegangair The Vengeance of the O'Hagans Sir Richard Bingham The Outlawed Chieftain Brian of-the-Ramparts O'Rourke Don Juan de Aguila: Hero of Kinsale The battle of the Curlew Mountains