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IRELAND - IRISH BIBLE [New Testament] Tiomna nuadh ar dtighearna agus slanaightheora iosa criosd, E. Everingham, 1690
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IRELAND - IRISH BIBLE
[New Testament] Tiomna nuadh ar dtighearna agus slanaightheora iosa criosd, translated by William O'Domhnuill, title within 2-line rule border, double column, some headlines shaved, a few wormholes to opening leaves, eighteenth century calf gilt, rubbed [ESTC R212978; Darlow & Moule 5535], 8vo, E. Everingham, 1690
Footnotes
EARLY EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN IRISH. "This convenient pocket edition (3,000 copies) was printed, at the expense of the Hon. R. Boyle and others, in roman type, chiefly for the Gaelic-speaking Highlanders in Scotland... the book never found favour in the Highland parishes of Scotland. The people were as ignorant of the roman type as of the Irish character" (Darlow & Moule). It was published as the Old and New Testaments together, but seems to have also been issued separately as here, collating and with "abhfogus do Luid-gheata" in imprint as in ESTC R212978.