Life
1901-1959; b. Wexford; historian and Asst. Librarian, National Library
of Ireland; issued Bibliography of Irish History, 1912-21 (1936; rep. 1940) and Bibliography of Irish History, 1912-21 1870-1912 (1941); classroom works incl. A Class Book of Irish History (1929-31), 4 bks., and Ireland: A Documentary Record (1949-51).
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Works
James Carty, MA, Asst. Librarian, National Library of Ireland, Bibliography of Irish History 1870-1911 (Dublin: Stationary Office for Dept. of Education 1936, rep. 1940), xviii, 319pp. [Chronology, ix-xviii]; Bibliography of Irish History 1912-1921 (Dublin: Stationary Office for Dept. of Education 1940), xxxviii, 177pp. [Index, 165pp.; this vol. on ‘Bible’ weight paper];
| A Class Book of Irish History (London: Macmillan 1929-31), 4 bks. |
| Book. I: “From the Earliest Times to the Norman Invasion” (1929). |
| Book II: “From the Norman Invasion to the Flight of the Earls” (1930).* |
| Book III: “From the Flight of the Earls to the Act of Union (1800)” (1930) |
| Book IV: “From the Act of Union to the Present Day.” (1931). |
| *Listed as “Fiction” in the Catalogue of Trinity College Library (Dublin) |
| Ireland: A Documentary Record (Dublin: C. J. Fallon 1949-51; 2nd. edn. 1958; 4th edn. 1965), 3 vols. |
| Vol. I: From the flight of the earls to Grattan's Parliament, 1607-1782. |
| Vol. 2: From Grattan’s Parliament to the Great Famine, 1783-1850. |
| Vol. 3: From the Great Famine to the Treaty, 1851-1921 |
| Further classroom titles : |
| A Junior History of Ireland (London: Macmillan 1931, 1932), 2 pts. |
| European History (London: Macmillan 1937, 1940), 2 Pts. [Pt. 1, 288pp. ] |
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References
Brian Cleeve & Anne Brady, A Dictionary of Irish Writers (Dublin: Lilliput 1985) gives bio-data: 1901-1959; b. Wexford; Asst. Librarian, NL; Bibliography of Irish History, 1912-21 (Dublin 1937) [recte 1936]; Bibliography of Irish History, 1870-1912 (1941); also histories, Ireland from the Flight of the Earls to Grattan; Ireland from the Grattan to Famine; and Ireland from the Famine to Treaty.
De Burca Books (Cat. 44; 1997) lists Ireland from Grattan’s Parliament to the Great Famine (Dublin: Fallon 1966); ed., Ireland from Grattan’s Parliament to the Great Famine (1783-1850), documentary record, profusely illustrated (Dublin: Fallon 1966), xxxi, 180pp.; ed., Ireland from the Flight of the Earls to Grattan’s Parliament (1607 1782), documentary record; maps and ills. (Dublin Fallon 1949), xv, 190pp. [both £20].
Belfast Public Library holds Bibliography of Irish History 1912-21 (1937); Bibliography of Irish History 1870-1819 (1941); [Documentary History]: ed., Ireland from the Flight of the Earls to Grattan’s Parliament (1944); ed., Ireland from Grattan’s Parliament to the Great Famine (1949; Fallon 1996); Ireland from the Great Famine to the Treaty (1951); also A Class Book of Irish History (1949).
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Notes
A Class Book of Irish History (1949) described as ‘propagandist
fare’ in Bardon’s account of the history of his national school days. See Jonathan Bardon, ‘A Pound of Pepper and a Sparrowhawk’,
reappraisal of his own History of Ulster, in Causeway 1 (Autumn
1993), pp.22-25; p.24.
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