The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with Several Engravings. to Which Is Added, a Copious Appendix, Containing the Principal Charters and Other Original Documents
The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with Several Engravings. to Which Is Added, a Copious Appendix, Containing the Principal Charters and Other Original Documents
Excerpt from The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished With Several Engravings, to Which Is Added, a Copious Appendix, Containing the Principal Charters and Other Original Documents Of both countries requires, is fully evinced by the numerous errors into which some of the best-informed English writers fall when treating of this island but that it is not, even yet, sufficient] y acquainted with itself, is a truth, which, though equally incontestible, ...
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Excerpt from The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Embellished With Several Engravings, to Which Is Added, a Copious Appendix, Containing the Principal Charters and Other Original Documents Of both countries requires, is fully evinced by the numerous errors into which some of the best-informed English writers fall when treating of this island but that it is not, even yet, sufficient] y acquainted with itself, is a truth, which, though equally incontestible, appears not to be so gene rally felt or considered. These defects, Which must be evidently prejudicial to the empire at large, have been ascribed to many causes the only one, however, deemed necessary to be mentioned here, is, that scarcity of useful topographical information, which may be pronounced as great an obstacle to the improvement of this country, as it is an unquestionable reflection upon its literature. While every city and town, nay almost every village and hamlet, in Great Britain, can boast of its history, or illustrative description, the efforts of the pen or the pencil, in a similar way, in Ireland, may be enumerated in a summary note a and to this deficiency it is that the imperfect knowledge of this part of the empire, above alluded to, may be principally attributed - To elucidate this by a. Single example: the whole of the western province, in which the subject of the following attempt at topographical delineation is situate, its natural advantages, former transactions, numerous and respectable families, &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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