Provoked by young gentlemen back from the Continent who sneered at their native land, Henry Brooke defends Ireland’s ancient learning, the mission of Saint Patrick and the island’s history. He adds The Farmer’s Case of the Roman-Catholics of Ireland, a plea that the loyalty of Irish Catholics deserved relief from the penal laws.
A short, spirited work by the author of The Fool of Quality, for students of eighteenth-century Ireland. Download the free EPUB.