Description
The Wolfe Tone Annual 1939 Young Ireland 1848 Irish Republican Booklet
The story of Young Ireland and the years before 1848.
Emancipation, The repeal of the union, The Irish Nation, the massacre of 1847, The United Irish Man, The Confederation,
David Mitchel and Lalor, Mitchel and Dublin castle, The Irish Felon, The Rising of 1848.
Fair condition, 120 pages , some spotting and creasing.
Original 1939 edition of The Wolfe Tone Annual, edited by Brian O’Higgins. A rare piece of Irish republican history.
This is an original 1939 edition of The Wolfe Tone Annual, founded in 1932 by Irish republican writer and editor Brian O’Higgins. Published each year around the anniversary of Theobald Wolfe Tone’s death, the Annual combined poetry, historical essays, and commemorative material aimed at keeping alive the memory of the United Irishmen and the ideals of the 1798 Rebellion. Alongside its sister publication, the Wolfe Tone Weekly, the Annual played a role in shaping mid-century republican commemorative culture, including the yearly gatherings at Tone’s graveside in Bodenstown, County Kildare. This wartime-era issue offers collectors and historians a tangible primary source from a pivotal period in the history of Irish republican print culture.
