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 Title:  Tragic story of the Colleen Bawn
  Author:  MacLysaght, William
  Contributor:  Griffin, Gerald, and Clifford, Sigerson
  Publisher:  Anvil Books
  Place of Publication:  [Ireland]
  Date of Publication:  1982
  Original Date of Publ:  1953
  Publication Number:  ISBN 0900068604
  Number of Pages:  128 p.
  Binding Style:  Paperback
  Dimensions:  7.5 in.
  Contents:  The tragic story of the Colleen Bawn: The Colleen Bawn -- Gossip at the Inn -- Flight -- The night of the storm -- Ellie Hanley disappears -- Pursuit -- On rumour's wing -- The trial -- The curtain falls -- The stranger at Scartaglen -- Denounced -- Sullivan's trial -- Expiation; The Collegians, adapted by Sigerson Clifford: Eily leaves home -- Kerry honemoon -- Hardress regrets -- Uncle Edward -- Eily's last journey -- Hardress hears news -- At Mrs. Daly's wake -- Murder will out -- Danny is captured -- A ghost is seen -- Danny's revenge
  Notes:  This item is essentially two books bound as one -- first the non-fiction investigation by William MacLysaght, then the fictionalized play by Gerald Griffen, adapted by Clifford Sigerson. Includes an appendix of confidential letters from magistrates and others connected with the case.
  Format:  Book
  Subject - Culture:  Irish
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  Subject - Topic:  Colleen Bawn
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  Subject - Genre:  Drama



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