Object details

Category
Books
Related period
First World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
DURNEY, JAMES (Author)
Leinster Leader (Publisher)
Production date
1999
Place made
Naas, County Kildare
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: xii, 259p. ill., facsims., maps, ports.

Catalogue number
LBY 99 / 2221

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