STOCK, Bishop. A Narrative of what Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and the Parts Adjacent, during the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798. By an Eye-Witness.

BEST EDITION WITH PERSONS IDENTIFIED

The fifth edition. London: Printed for Richard Cruttwell, St. James’s Street, Bath, and sold by Wilkie and Robinson, Pater-Noster Row, London, 1809. Octavo. pp. [ii], 169, [1]. Later half brown morocco on marbled boards, title in gilt on spine, brown silk marker. Armorial bookplate of Laurence Waldron on front pastedown. With notes on front endpapers by Waldron on Bishop Stock and on a visit he made to Killalla with Starkie in 1911. A very good copy. Scarce.
ESTC N39731. JISC locates the British Library and University of Liverpool copies only.
French troops under the command of General Humbert landed near Killala on the west coast of Ireland, to be joined by over three thousand local men eager to strike a blow for their country’s freedom. The author’s home became the headquarters of the insurgent army. Following a whirlwind campaign the combined force was defeated at Ballinamuck.
Joseph Stock (1740-1813), Bishop of Killala became a prisoner of the French under General Humbert. He kept a diary of these momentous events which was first published in 1799. The Bath edition is the only one that identifies the names of participants in the narrative.

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