PEARSE, P.H.. Pádraig Mac Piarais. Séamus Ó Searcaigh, M.A., Ph.D., do scríobh. With seven illustrations. Teach an Phiarsaigh i Ros Muc in colour tipped in. Fine portrait frontispiece of Pearse by Lafayette. DOUGLAS HYDE’S COPY WITH HIS ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE

Baile Átha Cliath: Oifig an tSoláthair, 1938. An Chéad Chló. Demy octavo. Blue cloth, titled in gilt. Armorial bookplate of Douglas Hyde on front pastedown with an inscription in his hand above the bookplate “Presented by.” A fine copy in near fine rare dust jacket.
Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with fifteen other leaders, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.
From the library of Douglas Hyde (Irish: Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949), known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, was an Irish scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He was a leading figure in the Gaelic revival, and first president of the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland at the time.

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