Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following:

"The Fall of Rome" reprinted with permission of
Random House, Inc., from W. H. Auden:
Collected Poems, edited by Edward Mendelson.
Copyright 1976.

Lines from "Spenser's Ireland" reprinted with
permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., and
Faber and Faber, Limited, from Collected Poems
by Marianne Moore. Copyright 1941 by Marianne
Moore, renewed 1969 by Marianne Moore.

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Main entry under title:

America and Ireland, 1776-1976.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. United States--Relations (general) with
Ireland--Congresses. 2. Ireland--Relations
(general) with the United States--Congresses.
3. Irish Americans--Congresses. I. Doyle,
David Noel. II. Edwards, Owen Dudley.
III. Cumann Merriman.

E183.8.I6A47 301.29'73'0415 79-7066

ISBN 0-313-21119-1 lib. bdg.

Copyright © 1980 by Cumann Merriman

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 79-7066

ISBN: 0-313-21119-1

First published in 1980

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