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434 Emmet,Robert.
The Trial of Robert Emmet Upon an Indictment forHighTreason. Spe-
cial Commission. London: J Badcock, 1803. Pp 122. Bound in quarter
cloth, paper boards, title in gilt to spine, light fading toboards, scattered
foxing throughout the text, but still averygoodcopy.Ownershipname to
front free endpaper. Scarce. Themore commonly found account of Em-
met’s trial isbyWilliamRidgeway.COPAC locatednocopyof thisSpecial
Commission report.
OnMondaySeptember 19, Robert Emmetwasput on trial forHighTrea-
son. The Jury returned a guiltyverdict andwithout leaving thebox, Lord
Norburypresidingpronounced sentenceof deathonhim.Hewashanged
the followingmorning. Robert Emmet is one of the founding fathers of
the Irish republic and alsooneof its favourite sons. Inhis famous Speech
for theDock,Emmet epitomised the ideaof an Irish identity that couldbe
‘Protestant, Catholic andDissenter’. This was of immense value, and for
Protestants in the Irish state, Emmet offered an example of how religion
didnot have to, and shouldnot have to, determine your Irishness.
€500 - 800
435
SocietyforthePreservationofthe IrishLanguage.
Report of the Proceedings of theCongressHeld inDublin on the 15,16
and17thofAugust, 1882by theSociety for thePreservationof the Irish
Language, to consider the present position of the Irish Language as a
Vernacular, andhow its usemight be prompted: togetherwith a List of
Members of the Society, its Council and other Officers, for 1884-1885:
and further information as to the Irish Language Revival Movement.
Dublin: Society for thePreservationof the IrishLanguage, 1884.Pp114,
[1-list of book published by the Society]. Original titlewrappers bound
inhalf calfmarbledboards.Covers and somemarginsof contentsheav-
ilydamp stained, but bulkof text ingood condition. Scarce.
€250 - 350
