The Poets of Ireland. A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Irish Writers of English Verse. Dublin: Hodges & Figgis, 1912. First Edition this. Pp iv, 501. Ex library copy, bound in red cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. A nice bright copy. .

English born biographer, journalist and author David James O ‘Donoghue was a founder-member of the Irish Literary Society in London and vice president of the National Literary Society, Dublin.

First published in 1892, this edition has been revised and improved by the author.