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Alfred Perceval Graves

Born

in Dublin, Ireland

July 22, 1846

Died

December 27, 1931

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Alfred Perceval Graves was an Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter, and school inspector. He took a leading part in the revival of Irish letters. He was for several years president of the Irish Literary Society, and was the author of the famous ballad of Father O'Flynn and many other songs and ballads. In collaboration with Charles Stanford he published Songs of Old Ireland (1882), Irish Songs and Ballads (1893), the airs of which are taken from the Petrie MSS.; the airs of his Irish Folk-Songs (1897) were arranged by Charles Wood, with whom he also collaborated on Songs of Erin (1901). He published an autobiography, To Return to All That, in 1930. He was a contributor of prose and verse to the Spectator, The Athenaeum, John Bull, and Punch magazin ...more

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	The Irish Fairy Book 3.82 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1909 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Celtic Psaltery Being Mainly Renderings in English Verse from Irish & Welsh Poetry 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves: Songs of the Gael. a Gaelic Story-Telling 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Father O'Flynn and other Irish lyrics it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1889 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welsh Poetry: Old and New in English Verse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irish songs and ballads it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Celtic Psaltery: Being Mainly Renderings in English Verse from Irish & Welsh Poetry it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Irish Poetry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1972 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems of Sir Samuel Ferguson : with an introduction by Alfred Perceval Graves, Samuel Ferguson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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