Table of Contents:
  • Anthologies and Irishness. Definition of an anthology; The compiler and the reader's self-consciousness; Common consciousness; Titles; Spatial and temporal dimensions in titles; Book sizes and editing of poems to fit into short books; Literary history; Anthologies as educative instruments; Language
  • Educating to be free. James Duffy; Margaret Callan;Thornton MacMahon; The casket of Irish pearls; Educating to be free; The selection; A space for women in Irish literature
  • The songs of Ireland. Davis's "Essay on Irish songs"; J. Barry, editor; Publication details; "The exile of Erin" controversy; Barry's definition of Irishness; Barry's selection creates an Irish identity; Arrangement of items in the selection; Hercules Ellis, editor; The songs of Ireland, second series
  • The ballad poetry of Ireland. Charles Gavan Duffy, editor; Publication details; Duffy's definition of Irishness; Duffy's selection creates an Irish identity; Arrangement of items in the selection; Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part one; Publication details; MacCarthy's definition of Irishness; MacCarthy's selection creates an Irish identity
  • Arrangement of items in the selection. Ireland must have her own again;
  • Denis Florence MacCarthy, editor: part two; Writers in the poets and dramatists of Ireland; Thomas d'Arcy McGee, editor
  • Gallery of Irish writers; Writers in gallery of Irish writers
  • Conclusion.