Mac GIOLLA PHADRAIG, Brian. History of Terenure. With portrait frontispiece of Archbishop McQuaid, illustrations and maps.

Dublin: Veritas, 1954. Crown octavo. pp. 76. Pictorial wrappers. Signed presentation copy from the author to the Dublin historian, George A. Little. With typed letter, headed ‘Whitehall, Rathfarnham’ referring to Whitehall, loosely inserted. Previous owner’s book label on front free endpaper. A very good copy. Scarce.
A compact parish history of the south Dublin suburb, Mac Giolla Phádraig’s History of Terenure ranges from medieval manorial origins through big houses and estates, churches and schools (not least the Carmelites), to twentieth-century growth, with sketch-maps, street-name notes and local anecdotes.

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