The antiquities of Ireland - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1791 Excerpt: ... This view, by Francis-Grofe,. Esq. was taken Anno 1791. DALKEY CASTLES. Our ancestors seem to have been better apprized of the value of Dalkey harbour, from the use they formerly made of it, than we arc-at this day. It is fafe and convenient for ships trading to Ireland; where they avoided the danger of the open bay of Dublin, and lay secure in ten fathom water, sheltered from the north-east wind, and ready to fail at any hour. Markets and fairs were established here to favour the foreigners-who resorted thither for trade, and an exemplification of the grant of these in the zz Edward IV. A. D. 1482, appears in-Harris's Collections. Castles-were built to protect the inhabitants, and for the better collecting and securing the public revenue. In 1538, Sir Edward Bellingham landed at Dalkey, on Whitfun-Eve, and two days after received the sword of state. Sir Antony St. Leger did the same in 1553; and in 1558, the Earl of Sussex Dubll I/Zz. 1. w Í@ „а LN 1 ­ « ы Í Í' ‚ч, Í Í М' Í И "‹и‚‚‚ 1 (‚Тур Í МИН'. Il 'ÍÍÍ 'Vl Ц'!ÍÍ:Íf Е ä I 'ц' М'. _‚:--_---Í ­,i Y;h_ W@-U-Н Í Д Í 'W5 ÍÍ,1Íf Í Г! „ÍÍÍI д '‚ ч?' 'ÍÍ Í Í Í "г-‚н' ' 'Ё"" Í X,Í М Í «Í ÍÍ' „ Н Í М ' ц Í 'Ã Í ' Д У &#...