Ballymuckbeg. A Tale of Eighty Years Hence
| Title | Ballymuckbeg. A Tale of Eighty Years Hence |
| Year for Search | 1884 |
| Authors | [Hamilton], [Edwin](1849-1910) |
| Tertiary Authors | Thacker, W. Ridley [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1884 |
| Publisher | Griffith, Farran & Co./William McGee |
| Place Published | London/Dublin, Ireland |
| Keywords | Male author |
| Annotation | Satire. Under Home Rule Ireland has divided into two parts at a canal dug between Dublin and Galway. Above the canal retains the name Ireland; below it is Mud Island. Dublin is also divided into Dublin and Ballymuckbeg. England and Mud Island are at war. No English are allowed in Ballymuckbeg without surrendering all their property. English is forbidden except for begging. |
| Additional Publishers | 2nd ed. London: Griffith, Farran & Co./Dublin, Ireland: William McGee, 1885. Another ed. London: Griffin & Farran, 1892 is recorded in Stephen J. Brown, SJ. Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances, and Folk-lore (Dublin: Maunsel and Co., 1919), 128, where it is credited to Hamilton, but it cannot be found. |
| Pseudonym | W. Ridley Thacker [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | O |
| Author Note | (1849-1910) |
| Full Text | 1884 [Hamilton, Edwin] (1849-1910). Ballymuckbeg. A Tale of Eighty Years Hence. By W. Ridley Thacker [pseud.]. London: Griffith, Farran & Co./Dublin, Ireland: William McGee. 2nd ed. London: Griffith, Farran & Co./Dublin, Ireland: William McGee, 1885. Another ed. London: Griffin & Farran, 1892 is recorded in Stephen J. Brown, SJ. Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances, and Folk-lore (Dublin: Maunsel and Co., 1919), 128, where it is credited to Hamilton, but it cannot be found. O Satire. Under Home Rule Ireland has divided into two parts at a canal dug between Dublin and Galway. Above the canal retains the name Ireland; below it is Mud Island. Dublin is also divided into Dublin and Ballymuckbeg. England and Mud Island are at war. No English are allowed in Ballymuckbeg without surrendering all their property. English is forbidden except for begging. |
