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Edward Lysaght

1763–1810


Edward Lysaght (1763–1810), born at Brickhill, County Clare, was a barrister, wit and song-writer, active in the Volunteer and anti-Union movements. Only a few of his songs and poems survive.

The poems here are taken from H. Halliday Sparling's anthology Irish Minstrelsy (London: Walter Scott, 1888).

  1. Our Dear Native Isle
  2. Kate of Garnavilla
  3. Love versus the Bottle
  4. The Sprig of Shillelah

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