Cri u-ifj
Limerick.
Galway.
-Newport;
SUs-o.'
Londonderry.
Belfaft. -
Dundalk.
Limerick ü &i te e th e fortunate fttuatiohl o f being ^rribft ceptral * o lh e
föathjtoflrelhnd^wèth aïië-xöfilent haven-,- formed '•l^yhëftemgjéftdafy 0f
the 'léver Aharmütm The cityiis-?aGöèuéted the third in Treked-/!aifd was
formerly- forti h8d.’with gireót Care;>' Tht'k^ifcopaï’^ ë ÏL Md ï6 h ^ e% re n
founded In -f5e year?%-2, The Danes h e ld f e e ity f rom th e ’M i f l ’century
to the eleventh. . There are three bridges over the river, 'Ope of
which confifts dfTourteen arches. - The m im b e ro f inhabitants ha;s been
computed*at{ j è }&&öa cj-The chiefexports are beef ahd®ther’p-rcmfrons .7
I „The other chief towns. in! Ireland fhall berbriefiy méntionerdj'm/è’geo-
graphical progrefs from'the fouth towards the north.
Galway is a town of confiderable note, and carries on a-öleWtefaSive
trade with the. -Weft jM Ibïs., <T%eTOTt-is'ïc^ifcpdiöus; andbfefeptert
diflant from the city', which can onlybëiikcffiédSby VSftötskïfofetail bjur-
dens-'fce -number <of inhabitant^' ’iê"£crapWtecPaï 1 ^ r ^ e r
is now carried-on in"tfrefoayfoT Sltgo than- -,
; I -On' Klew bay?3® 'rk e Centre - o ^ h l ^ V e f t ^ M k ü (ï,r;f t a h d ^ ^ ^ r o o r t;
büt‘ k fÜ m ê ’fatilfty the advantages o f j j p ff'Bff
heen improved» aor,arQ th.ém'^.fiys.t-èwns pF
w^ofe wprfern coalf.* S%b is^Aówevêr, incrVafiWÏmtjadë^aftd t^ i'flh a -
bitants are computed a t Spoo : and Caftlebar is alf'o a profpcrousdpvvn.9
' Londonderry is . more remarkable for its ancient and military fame
than for itT-ptefent commerce,'though not unimportant." It ftandsfon the
river Foyle, over which a wooden Fridge of fingular conftru&ion, one
thoüfand aihd Tixty-eight feet in length, was thrown i n '1791'."''
Belfaft on the North-eaft is in the centre of the linen manufactures,
and may almoft be regarded as a ScotifM colóny. The inhabitants are
computed at '1-8,000. The chief manufa&uFes,' Cotton, cambric, fail-
cloth, linen, with glafs, ftigar, and earthenware. I't maintains1 Confiderable
intercoürfe with the commercial city o f'G la lg ow ; and the
grand .exports are to the Weft Indies. 1
Dundalk has alfo its manufactures of linen and muffin. ..Drogheda
imports fea-coal and goods -from England, and ^exports confiderable
Gough’ s Camden, iii. 517. 8 Beauf. 9. '9 BeauF. 72. Y o u n g ,i. api.
a , ■.' quantities
■ ■ ■
quantities o f grain, Itt^ s a, will b u ilt. town >oa the-Boyne t -the i t ^ Cttm. :
h^jHt^iifa-j^^QHiiputed' at ^ K
Towards t j y ? f i f f i & f t o t a G s , being!«» Weiford.'
^ .^ g ^ d jip rg s ; hut tjie h a ten , though fpa-
ik^QL^ntly (deep, fop -»The. inhabitants are
'9§M$fh'-
-aA^t&rfofid ji§ larcit-yrpffiil.Q^^^^kl, ftthP0Stk)a.ce, ^fitpafedjpgjtLe fiver Waterford»
iSmTi^andtrsifapp-pfe^-fortiKive A.eeix>fiaupSedlby th e Ba « g ^ ^liiu'ffered
greatly ins«h'e kl&iffiferdks&§-jakdwtHe isdnJaKt^itsmannot riow'be'fupi.
|^ e d ,%Ofis^ed%*®^©k6^|¥>^ffihe£bhIef«e.xp:©Eta^4;c,,4hief; pork^'-dtef and
1 ihehtis^,, Ik ek etp h ^ tsa ifi-i^ ^u lik ly r ^nd^uMitlford
Have®-. .
*: Thffi$feapisrrt;s ‘o f DnrigajHnpfAaawI l|e ^M ^ ||a ir e ^ p ^ t^ h j a ie rfupfeEifef
o#-C®¥-k<; bt*f KisMkle^sk a tnacitimer arfenal^ andlisi’&p*
p@ fed • t&Wc.6i.itain STOs^’OWfe’ $k
Th'e^efef tdwtasbiib M ^ |® m b l ^ i 4 Emag:h,?/ri!&m;wCa.lihfel,'i'^cb & d
ate p jJj|i c rjfo;eucrabje f r th s f1 t<3®CiSMh&d&aiMc atilskjUlti^j.5than important in
t'ftenwe 1 ^ * K.n,k ^ i® ^ 4s:3h e x t b p t i o r i c ; a/handfome Jfolvn,
’wi'thdi®pi&!®.r mli'aMt'kinW. )
-‘uMairyl^th'# cb-ief**gdtMehg>‘a f il^ e ^ a l’ bate'bepniaSf&dy cmentiioned ihf^Ekfi&ii,!
ffe'^efcKfp^ibh^f-Llubiliai'( !Th e* d*pftft a.fpire tfeigtkat ^psraife
o^aubjttJ&tuic "and, t-he ,’x llk ^ i©#Jth.^ffiPbs€^^afef^i4y<^aelM' iafeSl^ iL.
douinfo. thofe of En g lan d ,1 and even; bLSeOtlancl. ■■ Among the principal
villas may be mentio'h'e.d' ‘Gaftleto wn, not far from Dublin on the Louth,
efteem'dd^nd“OT th e ',*-folMt*el^atlE,>-h®til^i:»in/ 'IrekfttJ j^illaihte fcaW^oh
the- Boyne, the feat-of Lord :Conyngham; Mount Juliet on^fhe river
Nore,- and-Woodftbck in A|||fame vicinity ; Mount Kennedy the Leat
of General- Cunningham; Shaen caftle on Lough N e agh; Caftle Cald-
Wall on Lpu'gh Earn', and Belleifle on the fame lake; Flbrenice Court
the Yeaffor LSrif*lifi^eflmfeSL^V^ft^OTq . -r
iri-'G'alway, 'Lofd ©'okerailelsSj^Slaftfe • MIa-r-t‘yrL‘a- feat of1‘tile -Earf of.
* — That gentle Swire* that making way ' -'
B y fwee.t, Clonmel, ..adorns rich WaterfoxeL
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