Jack Hogan

Insula Sacra (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Insula Sacra (Sacred Island) is a factional novel about an 18th century Limerick surgeon who pioneered methods of treating cataracts, amputation and head injuries. He also inspired the foundation of a College of Surgeons in Dublin. Proud of his Gaelic heritage, Sylvester O'Halloran wrote significant histories of Ireland and contributed to Charlotte Brooke's Reliques of Irish Poetry. His pamphlet Insula Sacra urged the preservation of Irish annals, leading to the setting up of the Royal Irish Academy. As a Catholic, O'Halloran welcomed Grattan's attempts to gain independence for Ireland and to repeal the Penal Laws. Late in life, he supported the resistance to the Act of Union.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LimerickWritersCentre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463739587
• Artikelnr.: 70622226

Autorenporträt

After teaching French and English for over 30 years, Jack Hogan took early retirement in 2001. Inspired by David Rice and his writers' meetings, he got an assignment from Limerick Institute of Technology to write a history of the Limerick School of Art and Design, entitled 'Small Beginnings' (2004). During research on this, he learned about Sylvester O'Halloran and decided to write a book about his life and times, which is what he's been working on for more than a decade.