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The Antiquities
of County Clare
Ordnance Survey Letters, 1839
by John O'Donovan & Eugene Curry
LETTERS CONTAINING INFORMATION RELATIVE
TO THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF CLARE COLLECTED DURING THE PROGRESS
OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY IN 1839; & LETTERS AND EXTRACTS RELATIVE TO
ANCIENT TERRITORIES IN THOMOND, 1841.
CLASP Press, 1997, Paperback,
ISBN: 1 900545 15 2, Price: €21.00
- Castles, Forts, Cromlechs
- Churches & Holy Wells
- Folklore & Legends
- Genealogies
- Placenames & Maps
- Lords, Saints and Bishops
This publication is derived from the
Ordnance Survey Letters compiled in 1839, and is based on a typescript
of the original manuscripts for County Clare, which were prepared in 1928
under the direction of Rev. M. O'Flanagan. The Clare material is of special
interest as two of the greatest Gaelic scholars of all time, Eugene Curry
from Kilbaha, County Clare, and John O'Donovan from Slieve Rua in County
Kilkenny, participated in the survey.
The letters give detailed accounts of
every parish in County Clare, with the information included ranging from
origin of place names to local lore and legends. This book is essential
reading for anyone interested in local studies of County Clare.
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