Irish Volunteers, 1775 to 1790: With Drennan's "Letters to Orellana" (1784) - William Drennan: Selected Writings v. 1

Synopsis

William Drennan played an active part in the Irish Volunteer movement in the 1780s; in the United Irish movement in the 1790s; and in the campaign of the Protestant interest in Ireland against the passing of the Act of Union during the years after the suppression of the 1798 Rebellion. This volume in a set of three contains his pamphlet, the "Letters of Orellana" (1784), published in 1794 for the purpose of re-invigorating the reform movement of the Volunteers, which was then at a low ebb. Also included in the 200 items in this section are Drennan's letters to William Bruce, in which the United Irish movement is foreshadowed; and a selection of letters exchanged between Drennan, his sister Martha, and her husband, Sam M'Tier. A number of poems written by Drennan are also featured.