Modern Irish Lives: Dictionary of 20Th-Century Irish Biography - Hardcover

From Library Journal

Containing the biographies of 1400 notable Irish men and women of the 20th century, this volume gathers its entries from a wide variety of more conventional reference works that many libraries may already own, such as Who's Who. Irish historian McRedmond and the publisher solicited candidates from over 40 consultants and researchers and then set "a draconian limit" on the number of entries. Because of this limit and the varying biographies used as sources, almost every reader will find omissions (nothing on Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington?) or irritating differences in the depth of information for each entry (e.g., the name of Joyce's children are given but not those of Yeats). Given this caveat, however, the result, covering people accomplished in every field from politics, law, and literature to music and sports, is an excellent way for a researcher to find basic information about Irish celebrities from Eamon de Valera to U2. Recommended for general collections.?Shelley Cox, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
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