Silva Gadelica (I – XXXI). A Collection of Tales in Irish with Extracts Illustrating Persons and Places. Edited from Mss. and Translated by Standish O’Grady. Translation and Notes. London: Williams, 1892. Facsimile Edition, 1935. Pp, xxxi, 604. Black cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. Spine lightly faded, otherwise a fine bright copy.

Standish Hayes O’Grady (1832 – 1915) learned Irish from the native speakers of his locality and was later educated at Rugby School and Trinity College Dublin. His profession was as a civil engineer, but he is best remembered for Silva Gadelica, a collection of hagiology, legend, Ossianic lore, and fiction tales in Irish with extracts illustrating persons and places.

In this edition, the English translations are to the front, while the Irish originals are at the back.

Reproduced by photo-lithography at the Ordnance Survey Office, Dublin and published by the Stationery Office in 1935.