OLIVER J. BURKE, A.B., T.C.D.
Reading edition
Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
BARRISTER-AT-LAW
AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF ROSS ABBEY," "HISTORY OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF IRELAND," "HISTORY OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF TUAM," "ANECDOTES OF THE CONNAUGHT CIRCUIT"
"Signs and tokens round us thicken, Hearts throb high and pulses quicken"
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1887
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TO
THE HON. MR. JUSTICE O'HAGAN,
ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT IN IRELAND.
My dear Judge O'Hagan,
During the vacation of last autumn I applied myself to collecting as much information as possible concerning the South Isles of Aran, which I had visited in connection with the Land Commission in the previous month of July. Pressure of business and a severe illness compelled me to defer until recently the arranging of my notes, which, in the hope that they may direct the attention of those in power to the long neglected Islands, I have resolved to publish, and I look on it as a good omen of the success of my efforts that you have kindly allowed me to dedicate my work to you, who have won so high a place in law and in literature.
Believe me to remain Sincerely yours, OLIVER J. BURKE. Ower, Headford, Co. Galway, August 8, 1887.