HOGAN, David [Frank Gallagher]. The Four Glorious Years. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Illustrated. Dublin: Irish Press, 1953. Demy octavo. First edition. pp. [xii], 404. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Signed by the author with his pseudonym David Hogan on the titlepage. Top edge blue. A near fine copy in very good dust jacket. Scarce.
Francis David Gallagher (1893-1962), also known by the pseudonym David Hogan, was an Irish journalist, author and Volunteer. Born in Cork, he was the son of James J. Gallagher, secretary to Dwyer & Co. Ltd. He was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and for a short period at University College Cork.
Covering the period 1918-22, the most formative years in modern Irish history. The author, who participated in what he describes covers the long chain of events in great detail without bitterness and with much humour. This work is unique, containing many hitherto unpublished facts and illustrating the Spirit of the insurgent Ireland.

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