De Búrca Ra re Books The FitzGeralds of Ireland trace their descent from the famous Maurice, son of Gerald, who accompanied Strongbow to Ireland during the Anglo-Norman invasion in 1169. The family formed two main branches one in Kildare (headed by the Earls of Kildare) and the other in Munster. The latter who were headed by the Earls of Desmond were crushed and deprived of their lands during the Elizabethan conquest of Munster. The author in this work traces the fortunes of the family from their coming into Ireland to the Battle of Kinsale.
115. FITZGERALD, S.J. Adair. The Story of the Savoy Opera. A Record of Events and Productions. With introduction by The Rt. Hon. T.P. O'Connor, M.P. Illustrated. London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1924. Second edition. pp. xx, 240. Contemporary full blue morocco, title in gilt on upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. A very good copy. €35 116. FITZ-PATRICK, W.J. Irish Wits and Worthies; including Dr. Lanigan, His Life and Times, with Glimpses of Stirring Scenes since 1770. Illustrated. Dublin: Duffy, 1873. pp. viii, [1], 346, 6. Recent buckram with original upper cover laid on, gilt harp surrounded by a cluster of shamrocks in gilt. Some annotations in ink. From the Franciscan library, Dublin with their neat stamp. A very good copy. €65 117. FLOWER, Robin. Ireland and Medieval Europe. The Sir John Rhys Memorial Lecture British Academy 1927. London: From the Proceedings of the British Academy, 1927. pp. 35, [1]. Stitched frayed wrappers. A very good copy. €15 118. FORESTER, Margery. Michael Collins - The Lost Leader. Illustrated. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1971. pp. xii, 371. Green paper boards, titled in gilt. A very good copy in d.j. €65 A legend in his own lifetime, Michael Collins is one of the greatest heroes Ireland has ever produced. This biography is based on letters and papers which heretofore had not seen the light of day.
119. [FORTESCUE, Thomas Knox] Jack's Edition of Life at Sea, or the Jervian System in 183being a Series of Letters by an old Irish Captain of the Head to his Nephew. To which are added a set of orders. Dublin: Samuel J. Machen. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1843. pp. xi, [1], 455, [1], 4 (advertisement). Green blind-stamped cloth, title, sailing ship and anchor in gilt on spine. Signed presentation copy from the author to his kinsman Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Charlemont. €375 COPAC locates 3 copies only (all in U.K.). NLI copy with no author ascribed. Thomas Knox Fortescue was born in 1818. He served in the Royal Navy for thirteen years and lived in Clontarf. He was married to Emily Magee. Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont (1815-1887), Whig politician was the son of Chichester Fortescue, of Dromisken, County Louth, and his wife Martha Angel, daughter of Samuel Meade Hobson, a barrister, of Muchridge House, County Cork. Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford was his younger brother. Thomas was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1833 he succeeded to the Ravensdale Park estate in Derbyshire on the death of Sir Henry James Goodricke, 7th Baronet, son of Sir Henry Goodricke, 6th Baronet, by Charlotte, sister of the first Earl of Clermont. Fortescue was High Sheriff of Louth in 1839. In 1840 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for County Louth, a seat he held until the following year. In 1852 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Clermont, of Dromisken in the County of Louth, a revival of the Clermont 31