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OʼHiggins, Laurie, The Irish classical self: poets and poor scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Classical presences, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

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The Irish classical self: poets and poor scholars in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Classical presences
Place
Oxford • New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2017
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Chapters: Introduction (1–14); 1. The stage is set (15–36); 2. Books in their hands (37–51); 3. Esteem, seriousness, and folly (53–98); 4. Eighteenth-century institutional views (99–120); 5. Narratives of scholars and schools (121–139); 6. The educational tide turns (141–171); 7. Genius in the humbler walks of life (173–197); Conclusion (199–202); Appendix A: Extract from “Archbishop Butler’s Visitation Book”, volume II (205–208); Appendix B: “Amicus amico”: poem by Newby (209–211); Appendix C: 1824 Returns to the second or royal commission on education in Ireland (213–229); Appendix D: 1834 Returns connected to the second report of the Commissioners of Public Instruction (231–286); Bibliography (287–308) and index (309–321).
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Ireland 18th century 19th century
History, society and culture
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Seán Ó Catháin [scribe]Ó Catháin (Seán) ... scribe
(fl. 1720s)
O'Kane (John)
Irish scribe responsible for BL MS Egerton 184 and RIA MS 23 G 4.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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