Larry kept his mouth shut
Terry Eagleton: Gallows speeches, 18 October 2001
Gallows Speeches from 18th-Century Ireland
by James Kelly.
Four Courts, 288 pp., £19.65, August 2001,1 85182 611 4 Show More
by James Kelly.
Four Courts, 288 pp., £19.65, August 2001,
“... gallows, as is clear from this volume of last speeches edited by the indefatigable Irish historian James Kelly. The speech from the gallows, along with the sermon, the sectarian pamphlet, the tall tale, the statement from the dock, the denunciation from the church altar and the address from the hustings, are among the most venerable of Irish literary ... ”