Franciscan Ireland memoir unfettered individuals: ripe country-house eccentrics

unfettered individuals: ripe country-house eccentrics

of the raucous Literary and Historical Society at University College Dublin where he made his name as a wit

Over seventy years later

an impoverished school-teacher and writing clerk

written originally in Irish at Lynn monastery south of Mullingar

Franciscan Ireland memoir unfettered individuals: ripe country-house eccentricsFranciscan Ireland tells the story of the arrival and spread of the Order of Friars Minor in Ireland from 1226 to present day. It encompasses the work of foreign missions, other Orders within the Franciscan family, and the rich legacy of Franciscan art and architecture inscribed in sculptures and buildings across the countryside. Gazetteers give descriptions of sites both in Ireland and on the Continent, complete with individual bibliographies,