I believe I have a copy of They First Arose. First published in 1967, Billy Nolan had it republished in 1998.  This was done in conjunction with the publishing of a second book by his father William (Bill) Nolan. Due to his untimely death(1971), this work The Man of Boolavogue remained unpublished.  Both books were launched in William`s  former pub in Ballon in 1998,  by Leighlinbridge and Carloviana man, Martin Nevin.  As with most writers I`m sure there will  be a box of these books tucked away in Nolans in Ballon.  I will call Billy tomorrow and let you know.  Claire  --- On Mon, 1/3/10, maryfr14@comcast.net <maryfr14@comcast.net> wrote: From: maryfr14@comcast.net <maryfr14@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] They First Arose To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010, 18:59 Thanks Maureen -  Evidently someone else got to that other copy before I did.  Amazon now has me on a wait list for a used copy.  So I hope they find one. Thanks again, so much,   Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Mautrav@aol.com To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 1, 2010 8:47:54 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] They First Arose I found, and ordered, a copy of the book at Amazon.com. As of this   morning,  Amazon had 1 additional copy for sale.   Maureen N     In a message dated 3/1/2010 2:55:38 A.M. Central Standard Time,   carlowmike@gmail.com writes: William's son had it republished in 2009, no idea where you might get  it , On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:59 PM, <maryfr14@comcast.net>  wrote: > > > Do  you know if this book is still in  print and where it would be > available? > >  Mary ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com  with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com  with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message