Author: Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9781001411057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Connaught
Author: Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9781001411057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught, Written A.D. 1684, by Roderic O'Flaherty, Esq., Author of the "Ogygia" ; Edited, from a Ms. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin with Notes and Illustrations by James Hardiman
Author: Rodericus O'FlahertyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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A Tour in Connaught
Author: Caesar OtwayPublisher:
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Category : Connacht (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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My Connaught cousins
Author: Harriett JayA Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught
Author: Roderic O'FlahertyPublisher:
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Category : Connacht (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Adventures with the Connaught rangers, from 1808 to 1814
Author: William GrattanA Visit to Connaught in the Autumn of 1847
Author: James Hack TukePublisher:
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Category : Connacht (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Adventures of the Connaught Rangers
Author: William GrattanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Adventures in the Connaught Rangers
Author: Lt.-Colonel William GrattanPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1908692758
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Born into a well-known and respected family in Dublin, William Grattan has left no sketch of himself or his reasons for joining the 88th Regiment of Foot, the most Irish of all the Irish regiments according to Oman, as a subaltern in 1809. It is conceivable that he thirsted for adventure, and advancement, however little did he know that he would be joining as hard fighting, drinking and pilfering regiment that ever fought in the Peninsular under Wellington. Christened “The Devil’s Own” by their divisional commander Picton, the Connaught Rangers as they were also known are detailed in all their varied adventures by Grattan. The “Adventures” are particularly well written by an author who had two sterling attributes as a writer above and beyond his contemporaries, the first an un-erring ability to describe the actions, skirmishes and battles that he was involved in despite smoke, carnage and confusion around him at the time. The second is an ability to provide a plethora of details and anecdotes that breathe life into normal day-to-day events in the army and more specifically his famous regiment. Wellington was to famously to congratulate them along with four companies of the 45th Regiment of their charge at Busaco; “Upon my honour, I never witnessed a more gallant charge than that just now made by your regiment.” Grattan would eventually leave the service in 1817, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, but his association with the regiment that he dearly loved would continue on his continued writings in defence of Sir Thomas Picton, his divisional chief and his regiment in the pages of the United Service Magazine and monographs of his own. Warmly recommended. This is the second volume of the original two volume account left by Lieutenant-Colonel Grattan, rather than the heavily edited version commonly found.
Geological and Mining Survey of the Connaught Coal District in Ireland
Author: Sir Richard John GriffithPublisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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