Rare Drogheda Printing - Unpublished Ledwidge (Francis E.) ...

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Rare Drogheda Printing - Unpublished

Ledwidge (Francis E.) Legends and Stories of The Boyne Side, 8vo Drogheda (Drogheda Independent) 1914. Unpublished, pp. 1 - 72, in 9 loose gatherings. Ex. Rare. 

At the end of 1913 & beginning of 1914, The Drogheda Independent put together a delightful collection of stories and legends by Ledwidge, which they issued in their paper, & with the eventual intention of publishing these in book form, but the project was never completed.
For sale here, are the 9 gatherings or sheets, consisting of pages 1 - 72, of that intended publication.

Ledwidge was born in Slane, Co. Meath 19th Aug, 1887, & died in First World War on 31st July 1917, at Ypres. He was active in the Irish Volunteers, was a good friend of Lord Dunsany, helped publish his poetry and had a long-term correspondence with Katherine Tynan.

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