Dermot Macmurrough or the Conquest of Ireland : An Historical Tales of the Twelfth Century in Four Cantos

Description: The first work written about Ireland by an American was composed by John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States.

The work was a long epic poem about the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1170.

Edited and annotated by the editors with essays on JQ Adams, material on Adam's Irish sources, a discussion of the actual events of the 12th century.