Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

Mercier Press [Published Date: 1969]. Softcover, 117 pp. 13th printing. Bilingual text in Irish with English translation on facing page.

Condition & notes

In very good condition. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. [From back cover] Padraic Pearse, who played a prominent part in the 1916 rebellion, declared Ireland a Republic from the steps of the General Post Office in Dublin. He was executed, along with the other leaders, for his part in the Rising. But he was a gentle warrior at heart. These five stories show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with immense human awareness of the way of life of the average person. He analyses the sorrows and joys of the Irish people of his time, and writes of the tragedies of life and death from which they could never escape.