Irish-American Books

Scanned by IIAS Archivist Ian McGowan.

Special thanks to
(1) METRO for funding to digitize select CUNY texts Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
(2) The Burke and Hawkins-Carney families for donation of over 300 books.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh!


Alphabetical by Author

arnold1 Arnold, Mathew. Mixed Essays, Irish Essays and Others. New York: Macmillan and Company, 1883. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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Barlow1

Barlow, Jane. Irish Idylls. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1893. [Iona College].

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Barlow2

Barlow, Jane. Irish Idylls. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. [Iona College].

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Jonah1

Barrington, Jonah. Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation. New York: D. & J. Sadlier, 1845. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Bower1

Bowers, Claude G. The Irish Orators; A History of Ireland’s Fight for Freedom. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Brougham1 Brougham, John. The Bunsby Papers: Irish Echoes. New York: Derby and Jackson. [City College, City University of New York].

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Browne1 Browne, Sir John. Seasonable Remarks on Trade, etc. Dublin: Printed by S. Powell for George Ewing, 1728. [City College, City University of New York].

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Carlin1
Carlin, James Francis. My Ireland: Songs and Simple Rhymes. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. [Hunter College, City University of New York].

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Cassidy1

Cassidy, James F. The Women of the Gael. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1922. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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cathcart1

Cathcart, William. Ancient British and Irish Churches. Philadelphia: Charles H. Banes, 1894. [Iona College].

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65 Clarke, Joseph I.C. The Fighting Race and other Poems and Ballads. New York: The American News Company, 1911. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Colum, Padraic. Anthology of Irish Verse. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Colum, Padraic. Wild Earth and Other Poems. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Connolly, Nora. The Unbroken Tradition. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Connor, Jean. Bond and Free. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1913. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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40 Croker, Thomas Crofton. Popular Songs of Ireland. New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1886. [Iona College].

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Cullen, James Bernard. The Story of the Irish in Boston. Boston: James B. Cullen and Company, 1889. [City College, City University of New York].

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10 Davis, Charles Stanley. First Irish Book–For Beginners in the Study of Modern Irish. New York: Educational Publishing Company, 1912.

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Dease, Charlotte. Children of the Gael. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1911. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Dease, Alice. Good Women of Erin. New York: Benziger Brothers, 1911. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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5 De Vinné, Daniel. History of the Irish Primitive Church, Together with the Life of St. Patrick, and his Confession in Latin, with a Parallel Translation. New York: F. Hart, 1870. [Iona College].

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Duffy, Charles Gavan. Young Ireland. New York: D. Appleton and Company. [Queens College, City University of New York].

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169

Duhigg, Bartholomew. Letter to the Rt. Hon. Charles Abbot, etc. Dublin: J. Barlow, 1801. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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140

Dunn, Joseph and Lennox, P.J., editors. The Glories of Ireland. Washington D.C. : Phoenix Limited, 1914. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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165 Eglinton, John. Anglo-Irish Essays. New York: John Lane Company, 1918. [City College, City University of New York].

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104 Emmet, Thomas Addis. Incidents of My Life, Professional — Literary — Social: With Services in the Cause of Ireland. New York: G.P. Putman’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Faber, Christine. Carroll O’Donoghue. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1881. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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146 Field, Henry M. Irish Confederates & the Rebellion of 1798. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. [City College, City University of New York].

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Finerty, John F. Ireland — The People’s History of Ireland, Volume 1. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1904. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Finerty, John F. Ireland- The People’s History of Ireland, Volume 2. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1904. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Flatley, Patrick J. Ireland and the Land League. Boston: D. O’Loughlin & Co., 1881. [Iona College].

(Temporarily Removed)

See https://archive.org/details/irelandlandleagu00flatuoft/page/n5

97

Francis, M.E. Dark Rosaleen. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1917. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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42 Graves, Alfred Perceval. The Irish Song Book. New York: P.J. Kennedy, 1895. [Iona College].

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175

Graves, Arthur Perceval and Stanford, Charles Villiers. Irish Songs and Ballads. New York & London: Novello, Ewer and Co., 1893. [Queens College, City University of New York].

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174

Graves, Arthur Perceval and Stanford, Charles Villiers. Songs of Erin: A Collection of 50 Irish Folk Songs. New York: Boosey & Co., 1901. [Queens College, City University of New York].

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174

Graves, Arthur Perceval and Stanford, Charles Villiers. Songs of Old Ireland: A Collection of 50 Irish Melodies. New York: Boosey & Co., 1888. [Queens College, City University of New York].

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133 Gribayedoff, Valerian. French Invasion of Ireland in ’98. New York: Charles P. Somerby, 1890. [City College, City University of New York].

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143 Hare, Augustus J.C., editor. Maria Edgeworth Life and Letters, Volume I. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1895. [City College, City University of New York].

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145 Hare, Augustus J.C., editor. Maria Edgeworth Life and Letters, Volume II. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1895. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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145 (1) Hare, Augustus J.C., editor. Maria Edgeworth Life and Letters, Volume II. Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1895. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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130

Haverty, Martin. History of Ireland. New York: Thomas Kelly, 1881. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

 

96 Heuser, Herman J. Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: The Story of an Irish Parish Priest as Told Chiefly by Himself in Books Personal Memoirs and Letters. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1917. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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166 Irish White Cross Society. Report of American Committee for Relief in Ireland. New York: Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, 1921. [City College, City University of New York].

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Johnston, Charles and Spencer, Carita. Ireland’s Story; A Short History of Ireland. Boston, New York and Chicago: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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102

Joy, Maurice (ed). The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and its Martyrs: Erin’s Tragic Easter. New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Joyce, P.W. A Concise History of Ireland. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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11 Key to the Study of Gaelic. 1891 [Boston College].

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138 Lawless, Emily. The Story of the Nations. New York and London:G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1888. [City College, City University of New York].

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64 Lockington, W.J. The Soul of Ireland. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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41 Lover, Samuel. Poems of Ireland. New York: Ward, Lock and Co., 1858. [Iona College].

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103

Lynd, Robert. Home Life in Ireland. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1910. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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MacDonagh, Michael. Irish Life and Character. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1899. [Iona College].

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MacDonagh, Thomas. Literature in Ireland. New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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MacManus, Seumas. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland. New York: The Irish Publishing Company, 1922. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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MacManus, Seumas. Top o’ the Mornin.’ New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1920. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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MacPhilpin, John. The Apparitions and Miracles at Knock. New York: P.J. Kennedy, 1904. [Iona College].

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1 MacSwiney, Paul. An Bárd ‘gus an Fó: A Gaelic Idyll. New York: Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, 1884. [New York Public Library].

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59 MacSwiney, Terence. Principles of Freedom. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1921. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Mahon, Rev. Michael P. Ireland’s Fairy Lore. Boston: Thomas J. Flynn & Company, 1919. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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66 McCarthy, Denis A. Heart Songs and Home Songs. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Brown].

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McGee, Thomas D’Arcy. A History of the Irish Settlers in North America, from the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1855. [Iona College].

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14 McHale, John. A Selection of Moore’s Melodies. New York: Lynch, Cole and Meehan, 1879. [Iona College].

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Molloy, J. Fitzgerald, The Romance of the Irish Stage. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. [Iona College].

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Moore, Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. New York: T.Y. Crowell. [Iona College].

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137 Morgan, Lady. Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale. Hartford: S. Andrus & Son, 1850. [Hunter College, City University of New York].

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Mulholland, Rosa. Nora of Waterford. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1915. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Mulholland, Rosa. O’Loghlin of Clare. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Mulholland, Rosa. The Return of Mary O’Murrough. St. Louis: B. Herder, 1908. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Murray, John O’Kane. The Prose and Poetry of Ireland. New York: Peter F. Collier, Publisher, 1878. [Iona College].

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34 Murray, Patrick Joseph. The Life of John Banim, The Irish Novelist. New York: P.J. Kennedy, Excelsior Publishing House, 1896. [Iona College].

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O’Brien, R. Barry. A Hundred Years of Irish History. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons, 1912. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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9 O’Growney, Eugene. Revised Simple Lessons in Irish. New York: Gael Publishing Company, 1902.

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151 O’Hanlon, Rev. John Canon. Irish-American History of the U.S., Volume I. New York: P. Murphy & Son, 1907. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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152 O’Hanlon, Rev. John Canon. Irish-American History of the U.S., Volume II. New York: P. Murphy & Son, 1907. [Lehman College, City University of New York].

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The O’Hara Family. The Croppy; A tale of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. New York: P.J. Kenedy, Excelsior Publishing House, 1896. [Iona College].

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31 O’Leary, Con. The Irish Widow’s Son; or, The Pikemen of Ninety-Eight. Boston: Patrick Donahoe, 1869. [Iona College].

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O’Leary, Jeremiah A. My Political Trial and Experiences. New York: Jefferson Publishing Company, 1919. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Ó Lócháin, Mícheál, ed. An Gaodhal/The Gael. Vol. 2, No. 5, Brooklyn, New York, February 1883.

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O’Reilly, John Boyle. Moondyne. Boston: The Pilot Publishing Company. 1889. [A donation from the Burke Family].

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77 O’Reilly, John B. The Poetry and Song of Ireland. New York: Gay Brothers & Co., 1887. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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03 Piatt, Sarah. An Irish Garland. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1885. [Iona College].

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108

Roche, James Jeffrey. Life of John Boyle O’Reilly. Philadelphia: John J. McVey, 1891. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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60 Shahan, Rev. Thomas J. Saint Patrick in History. New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1905. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Sheehan, P.A. Glenanaar: A Story of Irish Life. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Sheehan, P.A. My New Curate: A Story Gathered from the Stray Leaves of an Old Diary. Boston: Marlier publishing Company. 1916. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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44 Shiel, Richard. Sketches of the Irish Bar. New York: P.J. Kennedy, Excelsior Catholic Publishing House, 1884. [Iona College].

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Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. The First Irish Book. New York: Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, 1878.

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Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language. The Second Irish Book. New York: Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, 1878.

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73 Stephens, James. The Crock of Gold. New York: Macmillan, 1922. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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Stephens, James. Fenian Brotherhood. New York: Carleton, 1866. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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51 Stephens, James. Songs from the Clay. New York: Macmillan, 1915. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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18 Todhunter, John. Three Irish Bardic Tales. Chicago: J.M. Dent & Co., 1896. [Iona College].

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50 Treacy, Rev. William P. Irish Scholars of the Penal Days: Glimpses of their Labors on the Continent of Europe. New York: FR. Prustet, 18??. [From the private collection of Mr. Gerry Lee].

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30 Various Authors. The Household Book of Irish Eloquence. New York: J.A. McGee, 1871. [Iona College].

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35 Various Authors. Irish Humorous Poems. New York: Worthington Co., 1885. [Iona College].

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36 Various Authors. Irish Wit and Humor. New York: J.A. McGee, 1878. [Iona College].

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Various Authors. A Roundtable of Representative Irish and English Catholic Novelists. New York: Benzinger Brothers, 1897. [Iona College].

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28 Wood-Martin, W.G. Pagan Ireland, An Archæological Sketch: A Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Antiquities. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1895. [Iona College].

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134 Zimmer, Heinrich. Irish Element in Mediæval Culture. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1891. [City College, City University of New York].

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