HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Trying to decide how to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? How about stopping by the Bullis Room and taking a look at this book about Daniel O'Connell, often referred to as the "The Liberator":

Young Ireland, A Fragment of Irish History, 1840 - 1850

by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

Published by Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Company, 1880

To give you a little preview of what you'll learn from this Bullis book, here's an excerpt from the first chapter titled "How the Repeal Movement Began."

"In the spring of the year 1840 an event occurred in Ireland charged with 

grave and far-reaching consequences but which, at the time, attracted slight notice,

chiefly of a mocking or contemptuous sort. Daniel O'Connell ... suddenly

invited the Irish nation to unite with him in the formidable task of 

repealing the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland." (Book 1, page 1)

To tempt you a bit more here are some of the other chapter headings:

"How the Movement Fared in the Beginning and What O'Connell Taught"

"A Bird's Eye View of Irish History"

"The Awakening of the Country. The Menace of the Government. The Answer of the People"

"How O'Connell was Tried"

"How He Was Convicted"

"The Vice-tribunate of John O'Connell"

When you've read through this book, you'll have a much better understanding of why the Irish celebrate their heritage every year.  So please stop by.