Mulhern Donation Ti CJ THE POETS AND POETRY OF IRELAND WITH HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAYS AND NOTES BY ALFRED M. WILLIAMS BOSTON JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY 1881 Copyright, 1881, BY ALFRED M. WILLIAMS. All rights reserved. UNIVERSITY PRESS.: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. TO SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH BY GENIUS TO ADORN, AND BY LEARNING TO ILLUSTRATE, &Jjc Poetrg of Erelanfc, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED. 799776