Wild Irish Love

‘I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.’ WB Yeats From legendary lovers like Emer and Cú Chulainn to convention-defying soulmates such as the Ladies of Llangollen, Wild Irish Love enthralls with tales of passion and romance. Read how revolutionaries, like Robert Emmet, did their loving on the run, and how tragic bride Grace Gifford married condemned Joseph Plunkett in his prison cell in 1916. Discover the lives of secret couples such as Charles Stewart Parnell and Katharine O’Shea, who shocked the nation with their affair, and explore how our greatest Irish writers, including WB Yeats, JM Synge, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Sean O’Casey, were inspired by their talented and beautiful lovers. A fascinating collection of over 30 of Ireland’s best-known historical romances and surprising unions.