Dimensions
144 x 218 x 28mm
The Irish have contributed to the world stage in every sphere be it in art, music, sport, film, the church but, most notably, in literature and politics. The obituaries featured in this collection include:
Oscar Wilde
James Joyce
Lady Gregory
Thomas Moore
W.B.Yeats
Samuel Beckett
Bram Stoker
Bernard Shaw
Jack Yeats
Parnell
Michael Collins
Eamon de Valera
Shackleton
George Best
Richard Harris
The obituaries are reproduced here as they were printed at the time, with the contemporary assessment followed in each case by a current perspective by Charles Lysaght, obituaries writer for The Times, who with Ian Brunskill, the paper's obituaries editor, has selected the subjects for inclusion.
