Keightley, S. R. / [Keightley, Sir Samuel Robert (1859–1949)].

Lucht pící a’s sleagh – The Pikemen. Séamus Ó Ceallaigh do chuir Gaedhilg air.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig Díolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, 1936. Octavo. 382 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Dustjacket Design by M.A.Keane. The Volume itself in excellent condition. The dustjacket with some minor fraying but in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

Keightley, Sir Samuel Robert (1859–1949) barrister, politician, and novelist, was born 13 January 1859 in Belfast, the eldest son of Samuel Keatley of Belfast, who may have been a pawnbroker but later became a successful clothier and outfitter and was a JP, and his wife, Catherine (née Brennan). Keightley was educated privately and then at QCB, where he was a scholar in both classics and law, graduating BA in 1879, LLB in 1882, and LLD in 1884.

He published, at the age of nineteen, A king’s daughter and other poems (1878), having written the poem that gave the volume its title when he was sixteen. But despite this early foray into letters, Keightley initially devoted himself to practising law. Spelling his name Keightley (though his father continued to use the form Keatley until the 1890s), he was called to the Irish bar in 1883 and the following year joined the north-east circuit, where he established a successful practice, though somewhat unusually he confined himself to appearing at courts in Belfast and the surrounding area. (Dictionary of Irish Biography)

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• Language: Gaeilge
• Inventory Number: 101440AB

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