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- 1975 (Creation)
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4 items; Manuscript; Typescript
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Draft article by Edward MacLysaght titled ‘S.R. Lysaght: The Author and the Man’. The file also contains a copy manuscript titled ‘Another Imaginary Conversation / 3 Dec. 1931’ compiled for an article titled: ‘Sidney Royce Lysaght: the author and the man’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975), pp 225-229. The piece was written by Edward MacLysaght. The manuscript refers to family reminiscences pertaining especially to his father, Sidney Royse Lysaght (1860-1941), an Irish writer, who worked in the iron industry. His son, Edward MacLysaght (1887-1986), was a writer and authority on Irish family history. The file also includes two copies of ‘The amazing war experiences of Patrick Lysaght / An Irishman of the Royal Irish Rifles / the first unit to meet the Germans at Mons in 1914’. It is noted that this narrative was first recorded in December 1938.
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See Edward MacLysaght, ‘Sidney Royce Lysaght: the author and the man’, 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975), pp 225-29. https://designrr.page/?id=315957&token=134901166&type=FP&h=6614