The Easter Rising in Song & Ballad

ISBN-10: 0900707518
ISBN-13: 9780900707513
Category: Music / General
Pages: 91
Language: English
Published: 1980
Publisher: Facsimile Book Shop
Author: C. Desmond Greaves

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