Historical Notices of Old Belfast and Its Vicinity: A Selection from the Mss. Collected by William Pinkerton, F.S.A., for His Intended History of Belfast, Additional Documents, Letters, and Ballads, O'Mellan's Narrative of the Wars of 1641, Biography of Mary Ann M'Cracken, Now First Printed ...Robert Magill Young |
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