High Deeds of Finn and Other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland [Facsimile] [Hardcover]

T.W. Rolleston (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1976

Thomas William Hazen Rolleston (1857-1920) was an Irish writer, literary figure and translator, known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics. He was born in Glasshouse, Shinrone, County Offaly, the son of a judge. He was educated at St Columba's College, Rathfarnham and Trinity College, Dublin. After a time in Germany he founded the Dublin University Review in 1885; he published Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland (1888), and a Life of Lessing (1889). In London in the 1890s he was one of the Rhymer's Club; he was to cross paths several times, and sometimes to clash, with W. B. Yeats. He was also involved in Douglas Hyde's Gaelic League. He also spent time as a journalist, and as a civil servant involved with agriculture. His other works include: The High Deeds of Finn and Other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland (1910), Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race (1911) and Ireland and Poland: A Comparison (1917).

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 269 pages
• Publisher: Lemma Pub; Facsimile of 1910 ed edition (June 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876960530
• ISBN-13: 978-0876960530
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,698,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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