For Todd Andrews, Who Did Robinson (Lennox). Dark Days D. &...

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For Todd Andrews, Who Did

Robinson (Lennox). Dark Days D. & L. 1918, sm qto, rebound in buckram with title label, orig. wrappers bound in, inscribed on t.p. ‘For Todd Andrews who did : from
Lennox Robinson who didn’t / November 1954’. Four short pieces, written 1915/1916, expressing Robinson’s sympathy for the Sinn Fein rebels in spite of his Protestant background. Inscribed almost 40 years later to Todd Andrews, who did indeed fight for Ireland, as described in his memoirs. Andrews was interned during the Civil War, but graduated in commerce, and later became head of Bord na Mona, CIE and other public bodies. He was a member of the Arts Council, which may have brought him in contact with Robinson, playwright and Abbey Theatre manager. An attractive and evocative dedication. (1)