The Irish Hudibras; or the Fingallian Prince

Irish Hudibras, The; or the Fingallian Prince (1689), by James Farewell according to the copy in the British Library, though nothing else is known about him. In this parody of Virgil's Aeneid, Book VI, Aeneas' descent into Hades is transposed to Fingal in north Co. Dublin, allowing the author to denigrate Irish habits of dress, behaviour, and speech. The caricature of Hiberno-English usage provides an early example of stage-Irish linguistic stereotyping.