The Antiquities of Limerick and Its Neighbourhood (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Antiquities of Limerick and Its NeighbourhoodReymon'd le Gros, Ireton, and Grinckell, and its defence against William. Places abound that, in any other country, Would draw visitors from_ afar - Adare, where the castle and three monasteries nestle among the woods on the yellow Maigue, Askeaton, one of the chief houses of the hapless Rebel Earl, of Desmond, where the great rebellion, which desolated all Munster, first blazed up, Kilmallock, quaint old town of abbey and towers, with its lovely background of the Ballyhoura Mountains, and Killaloe, beautiful in situation, among the great heathery hills, at the end Of Loch Derg. Picturesque and important ruins (hardly ruins, though roofless) are met wit-h on every side like Bunratty Castle, with its blood-stained record of the Norman De Clares and O Briens, a castle which the Italian Archbishop Rinuccini (accustomed to his qwn'beawt'ifl¿'oountry and noble buildings) yet could mention With a mira'tion, ' and the tall towered Quin, with its fine Cloister, to which (hangars, folun'g thioi, 1gh two stormy centuries until the dawn of béttér~days3.o-the fault of the district is that it confuses by. Its wealth of remains and historic memories, and would require Weeks, rather than days, to see it in any completeness, and a large volume, rather than this little handbook, to describe it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.