E difices.
Inland^ <
Navigation.
Manufactures
and Com-1
merce.
Shannon; Roftellen nearaGork^.-Dnnckum, tharfeat.of Lpi'd Mfintalt}
Curraghmoom®*far f i s®Waterford ; with' maBy*tithe£S totxnujpfrbus
to be heiteinflrj^dv*5 | i
■' iThofftgh'thfe - te rn p lk i -rdad» Ift. liglancU-be ‘father*4ie'^ie«Sb@df yet Itke
GtolS1 !T®ads -are adhd^aMqjl-a'nd Mr. Youbg has explained a t-le t^ th f^ e
prinej.ple§aipon -which they,-are cqp'duQied. Is
- rFhe’ advantages “derived '"hy^En gland tfr obi dnfe’nd ’n av ig tifem few /a t-
tradted the ^Belkadpoand not maraiytjy^Sffipafer thesex ample
fet Ibydfie Duke oLBridgewater, a>'grandixasaltwas-iegdln ‘.ftiotifcth.e |gty
o£ DnMinj'fcoj ^l^river'Shannon, ^and was ■.adkualtysspirrreld' on; tor the hog
o f Allen, iat th©fexpence’.'tifv 07^^oaah'i'^Bjatl^,ensgioeeB'SI Wa-Qt^o f
«djility dccafioned great .errors iii tll<L oi^gj.03jl p^^*andt l^H|jep'' ’ an^fij|^
work was inter ru ^ ^ d in ,i 7520-.pNor, unhappily,- have proper tnea^^feen
adapted to, execute the plan,' whjchpji^hinSi,« <impNff£%> aftegi;^n>|ex-
penditure o f h a lf a imfliori; dnd an ~ah’le writer,. in^r^§iua'<thiat3e--ven
t4ie> deflgn .was abfurd, as tth e EOUntp^throjugh which the jca>na?l pajfffis ii|i
onoiof'the leaft productive dor the ®«feli®;3narket.i?j|j4
But a canal is .completed froip th e town of ,N@wry to ;the feajf^Meh
was however intended to have paffed th a t town'-towards' th|J^SMerles
o f D rumgWs and Dungannon^ This attempt, h qw e v e ^ ^ ^ tp p ] |jj^ u b -
lin ;yidth Irilh coals has hitherto been,,©niy fu.egfefsfuhi0 ^.par>t||||ffiigh
the beds o f coal are-fayl to be very abundant. --
T h e parliament of Ireland has alfosgfaptcd cp®fidei?ahle 3fhrnsifpr^the
canals o f Lagan, Dr&mreagh, Black water, ,and; for im B rq y in g ^ e ||a -
yigaj^qn .©f the tivei$ Shannon,. Barrow, .and, Lee. But i p i ^ e ^ f t
-place, the-avaricious and jobbinj^fpirit^-j)^ the? pqrfonp pumlj^y;^; pJ|d
latterly,ithe diftra&ed ftate o f, the country,] have h it^g to im p ed ed thefe
noble iotenti.oqsp,
Though we find, as has been thready rtientioned, th a t„ I to l^ d m $
diftingiiifhed at an early period for her manufacture of \yoqllenjhqfis,t
* Mr. Young, ii. 349,' obferves that the buildings in lreland h^ve^been flm<i>|t' wholly
renewed fince 1760, in cities, towns, and country-feats: and the improvements were proceeding
with great rapidity till the late unfortunate commotions. m
,10 ;VoI. ii.151. M 11 Phillips,-330. '* p ‘^Young3!» Tour;in/Irelaiid.
•[•See a differtation b y 'ihe E«tfi o f Charlemont, T . R . A ., vqli ;}
p | t
h^-progrefs, and the chief Iri£h ma-
nr f f e ?'51’ But the- linen manufacture was
h. f - i ^ a p d - T n as appears from ads of
P^&Wn£. Henry Y®P,.^0;d pfeaheth. In that of
ic^icm(fejivene^ -t add ^^1699 fuch
ugp'rh Iriftyp m^aufe^iiTfc
-i^'5 d|te6|ed^O''$hie^nen>
tlil|li3 eljS- manhfitftuihlisJeokipdl^ at
ahoafi^ci®!o*ao,(sdJilCi hn * ‘r ""f 7
kii't^gijand a r i& 'ffW h e r
t^W ia ^ tru jia t£ ,e .ilte a i k d v . 1-i ix i i i 'L h,i!.i ,
' ^^ i 1 ' 1’l'1 ft ijorfs Ifeland at
^ 1 aJ1' ° ^ « cal-
^PPJ'tLafei'tftKk e; imh^viand a^ljlfijlhfid'yiic balance
olnrad.eia ^ r -^ v (uiuat above^r;e&pI,o®li.lY.fl.
. ” Your S > 283. 301.
ie*ven j-earb, to, 1791, Ireland exported to the amount of 4,357,000!. t$