McCULLAGH, W. Torrens. Memoirs of the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil.
London: Henry Colburn, 1835. In two volumes. First edition.
8vo., orig. light green cloth, xii, (388), viii, (444)pp.
Touch of wear to spine ends o/w a fine copy.
Richard Lalor Sheil [1791-1851] Irish politician, orator and playwright. Sheil wrote a few plays which were produced successfully. Sheil was one of the principal founders of the Catholic Association in 1823 and drew up a petition regarding the administration of laws in Ireland which was presented in both houses of Parliament. Sheil was a supporter of O'Connell's demands for Catholic emancipation and sat in Parliament for Louth. $250 CAD