This is a fascinating and well-planned series, giving a series of real-life glimpses of Irish history. The most substantial is Henry Stratford Persse's Letters from Galway to America, 1821-1832 (ed.
James L. Pethica and James C. Roy). Persse, one of the family which later produced Lady Gregory, was a hard-working, conscientious, liberal-minded landowner whose opinions are as interesting as his account of his daily activities and his concern for the future of his many children. Irish affairs apart, the letters also offer much information on life in America, particularly in New York State. The other titles are A Redemptorist Missionary in Ireland 1851-1854: Memoirs by Joseph Prost, C.SS.R.; Andrew Bryson's Ordeal: an Epilogue to the 1798 Rebellion, and Frank Henderson's Easter Rising: Recollections of a Dublin Volunteer. Well edited and produced, and extremely good value at the price.