SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT

Download or read book SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT written by JOSEPH PAYNE BRENNAN and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I had decided to spend a leisurely summer in Europe, concentrating, if at all, on genealogical research. I went first to Ireland, journeying to Kilkenny where I unearthed a mine of legend and authentic lore concerning my remote Irish ancestors, the O'Braonains, chiefs of Ui Duach in the ancient kingdom of Ossory. The Brennans (as the name was later spelled) lost their estates in the British confiscation under Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. The thieving Earl, I am happy to report, was subsequently beheaded in the Tower...FROM THE BOOKS.