Excerpt from The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. 78: A Literary and Political Journal; July to December, 1871<br><br>This was John Ussher of Bridge foot Street, who had been mayor in 1561. Being anxious to render the religion of his sovereign acceptable to the natives, he employed a cer tain John 0' Kearney to translate the English Church Catechism into Irish, and had it printed at his own expense in the Irish character, Queen Elizabeth having graciously sent over the type. The production consisted of sixteen pages, 16mo., and was thus entitled.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.