William Francis Roantree

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William Francis Roantree
(1829-1918) – Fínín Dearmadta Léim an Bhradáin
Michael Kenny
Coiscéim 1996

Beathaisnéis W.F. Roantree a ndúirt John Devoy faoi go raibh saol níos eachtrúla aige ná saol aon Fhínín eile seachas an Cornal Ricard O Sullivan Burke. Ábhar suntais iad na grianghrafanna soiléire de na Fíníní, John Devoy san áireamh.

The author of this first biography of ‘the Forgotten Leixlip Fenian’ works in the National Museum and resides in Leixlip, where William Francis Roantree was born in 1829. Contains interesting photographs of some of the Fenians, including John Devoy..