The word “humour” is used here in a wide sense to cover wit and comicality or broad comedy, as well as humour in the strict sense of the word. The present list is not a selection of the best samples of Irish humour. It merely brings together a number of books which are entirely or mainly of a humorous character. Humour of a greatly superior order is often to be found here and there in books of a predominantly serious purpose—in My New Curate, for instance, or in Knocknagow.
O’Donoghue, D. J. THE HUMOUR OF IRELAND.
MacDonagh, Michael. IRISH LIFE AND CHARACTER.
Harvey, W. IRISH LIFE AND HUMOUR.
Kennedy, Patrick. THE BOOK OF MODERN IRISH ANECDOTES.
Lever, Charles. A DAY’S RIDE.
⸺ THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD.
The rollicking novels of Lever’s earlier manner might all be included here.
Lover, Samuel. HANDY ANDY.
⸺ FURTHER STORIES OF IRELAND.