Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E790002
An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland
Author: Theobald Wolfe Tone
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William Theobald Wolfe ToneElectronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber
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The School of History
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Text ID Number: E790002
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Sources
Literature- Charles Patrick Meehan, The confederation of Kilkenny (Dublin 1846).
- The autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 17631798, edited with an introduction by R. Barry O'Brien. 2 vols., (London: Unwin, 1893).
- The autobiography of Theobald Wolfe Tone, abridged and edited by Sean O'Faolain. (London; New York: T. Nelson, 1937).
- Thomas Pakenham, The Year of Liberty: a history of the great Irish rebellion of 1798. (London: Hodder and Stoughton 1969; 2nd ed. Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1997; reissued 2000).
- Marianne Elliott, Partners in revolution: the United Irishmen and France. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press 1982, 1998).
- Marianne Elliott, Wolfe Tone: Prophet of Irish Independence. (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press 1989).
- Liam Chambers, Rebellion in Kildare, 17981803. (Dublin 1998).
- Ruan O'Donnell, The Rebellion in Wicklow 1798. (Dublin 1998).
- Dáire Keogh and Nicholas Furlong (eds), The Women of 1798. (Dublin 1998).
- T. W. Moody, R. B. McDowell, and C. J. Woods (eds), The writings of Theobald Wolfe Tone, 176398. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
- C. J. Woods, 'Theobald Wolfe Tone and County Kildare', in: W. Nolan and T. McGrath, Kildare History and Society (Dublin: Geography Press 2006) 387398.
Further reading: A selection- Thomas Paine, The age of reason, being an investigation of true and fabulous theology (Paris 1794).
- Information from Multitext: http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/The_1798_Rebellion_in_Wexford
The edition used in the digital edition- Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone. William Theobald Wolfe Tone (ed), First edition [674 pages] Gales and SeatonWashington (1826)
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Created: By Theobald Wolfe Tone Date range: 1 August 1791.
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