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Lot 37 circa 1820: Cork Hedge School manuscript book of stories transcribed by Uilliam Ó hAodha
7 by 6 in.
An excellent 324pp manuscript book in the Irish language with stories and notes likely to have been transcribed by Uilliam Ó hAodha (Willie Hayes) from Barrack Cross, County Cork. A hedge school master most of his few known manuscripts date from between 1814 and his death in 1836. Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge such as this example rarely appear for auction, an extremely scarce document . With 1988 letter from Dr. Pádraig de Brún relating to the history of the manuscript.
An excellent 324pp manuscript book in the Irish language with stories and notes likely to have been transcribed by Uilliam Ó hAodha (Willie Hayes) from Barrack Cross, County Cork. A hedge school master most of his few known manuscripts date from between 1814 and his death in 1836. Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge such as this example rarely appear for auction, an extremely scarce document . With 1988 letter from Dr. Pádraig de Brún relating to the history of the manuscript.
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