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 23csrnptibr Catalogue 
 
 SELECT IRISH LIBRARY, 
 
 COLLECTED TOR. 
 
 THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL, 
 
 &c Jfcc. He. 
 
 " Attamrn audendum est et Veritas investigandaj" &c. 
 
 Shaw Mason's Parochial Survey of Ireland. 
 
 " For not to be able to find what we know to be in our possession, is a 
 ' more vexatious circumstance, than the mere want of what we have 
 neglected to procure. This Catalogue will not only assist the forgetful, 
 but direct the inquisitive." 
 
 Dr. John-son, 
 
 DUBLIN : 
 PRINTED BY W. FOLDS AND SON, 
 
 GREAT STRAND-STREET. 
 
 1823. 
 
 This Impression consists oj J : >jis Copies only. 
 
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In forming the selection of Works upon Irbh 
 affairs to which this Catalogue refers, the com- 
 piler intended to afford general views of the 
 circumstances of the country, without embar- 
 rassing the reader with a multiplicity of details; 
 it contains, therefore, the piincipul writers on 
 the leading subjects and events of the several 
 periods, from the earliest extant to the year 
 1820, classed under the following heads: — 
 Antiquities, History, Biography, Topo- 
 graphy, Statistical Surveys, Tourists, 
 and Finance. 
 
 This was not, however, the only motive 
 which actuated the compiler in his choice. The 
 collection itself has been formed with all the 
 care and anxiety, which a deep sense of many 
 obligations conferred upon him could excite. 
 The enlightened individual for whom this pleas- 
 ing task was undertaken with every sentiment or 
 
 J 78399 
 
gratitude and respectful attachment, had, during 
 his residence in this country as Chief Secretary, 
 devoted some of his valuable time to collecting 
 Tracts on Irish affairs. It was, therefore, only 
 necessary to fill up the vacant spaces in this 
 department of literature. The sole exception 
 to the principle of selection here stated is in 
 the department of Topography, in which the 
 compiler's favorite pursuits have led him to a 
 deviation from his general rule, by making 
 this department of the Select Irish Library as 
 complete as the materials would allow. 
 
 He has endeavoured to give an additional 
 interest to the Catalogue, by the insertion of 
 short bibliographical notes, collected as well 
 from private sources, as from printed authorities. 
 The present attempt, perhaps, would not have 
 been made, had he not been able to avail himself 
 of the assistance of a literary friend, who is 
 now engaged in preparing a similar Work, on 
 a much more extended scale, being designed to 
 
comprehend whatever has been written upon 
 Ireland, so as to form a complete Irish Historical 
 Library ; a work of much labour and research, 
 and to the completion of which, he is not 
 without hopes that this prelusion may have given 
 a stimulus. 
 
 The collection consisting of 125 numbers, 
 is uniformly bound in green Morocco. The 
 series of authors is brought down to the year 
 1820, at which time the collection was made; 
 with the exception of the Memoirs of the 
 Grace Family, and of the Model of the Royal 
 Statistical Survey, both of which, having been 
 since introduced into the Library, are conse- 
 quently described in the Catalogue. 
 
 RECORD TOWER, 
 
 DUBLIN CASTLE; 
 
 September, 1823. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Antiquities 1 
 
 History 6 
 
 Biography 19 
 
 Topography 22 
 
 Statistical Surveys 31 
 
 Tourists 41 
 
 Finance 50 
 
ANTIQUITIES. 
 
 1. SSIcU'C'SJ Antiquities and History 
 of Ireland. London, 1705. Folio. 
 
 Bishop Nicholson calls Sir James Ware " the 
 Camden of Ireland ;" adding, " that this kingdom 
 " is everlastingly obliged for the great pains which 
 " he took, in collecting and preserving our scat- 
 " tered monuments of antiquity." This is the first 
 English edition. 
 
 * %kWCXi%'% Edition of Ware. Dublin, 
 1764}. C Z vols. Folio. 
 
 Walter Harris, who was among the first, and 
 certainly among the most able of the members of 
 the Physico-Historical Society of Dublin, formed 
 for investigating the ancient state of Ireland, un- 
 dertook a new edition of Ware's works, which he 
 designed to publish in three volumes. The first 
 two only were printed : they contain the Antiqui- 
 ties, the Lives of the Bishops, and the Irish 
 
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Writers continued to the beginning of the 18th 
 century. lie did not live to complete the third, 
 which was to comprehend the Annals of Ireland. 
 A most valuable Collectanea for this purpose, 
 consisting of several closely written folios, was 
 purchased by the late Irish Parliament, and is 
 deposited in the library of the Dublin Society. 
 
 2. <&VQ8Z'& Antiquities of Ireland. 
 
 Large Paper. London, 1791- 4<fo. 
 
 Commenced by Grose, the celebrated antiquary, 
 and continued by his nephew, Lieutenant Grose. 
 It is principally valuable for its engravings, mostly 
 executed from drawings collected by the late 
 Right Honorable William Burton Conyngham. The 
 historical and descriptive parts were written by 
 Dr. Ledvvich, the Irish antiquary, who has also 
 enriched it by an introduction to the pagan, 
 monastic, and military antiquities of Ireland. 
 
 3. ftSJriJjIjt'S LOUTIIIANA J OR AN INTRO- 
 
 DUCTION to the Antiquities of 
 Ireland. London, 1748. 4/o. 
 
 The commencement of an attempt to illustrate 
 the antiquities of Ireland, which, however, pro- 
 ceeded no further than the present volume, com- 
 prthending the county of Louth. 
 

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 4. 2Lc)U)ifI)'0 Antiquities of Ireland. 
 
 Dublin, 1803. 4fo. 
 
 The origin of this work may be traced in Val- 
 lancey's Collectanea. A difference of opinion arose 
 between these learned writers as to the primeval 
 inhabitants of Ireland, which was long carried on 
 with much spirit, not altogether untinctured with 
 acrimony. Ledwich argues against his antagonist's 
 hypothesis of the Eastern or Phenician descent of 
 the Irish, and boldly denies the existence of 
 St. Patrick. Hence it may be easily inferred, that 
 he is no favorite with the majority of Irish anti- 
 quarians. 
 
 5. £|l*fI)frclU'd MoNASTICON HlBERNICUM. 
 
 Dublin, 17SG'. 4/o. 
 The history of Irish monastic institutions was 
 originally composed by Allemande, who wrote a 
 small treatise, in French, on the subject, chiefly 
 drawn from Ware's works. It was published in 
 Paris, and afterwards appeared in an English 
 dress, somewhat enlarged, in 1722. The present 
 work rests on the same foundation, but is consi- 
 derably augmented from the records, and other 
 sources of information. 
 
 (). 313cllItCl*'& Irish Bards and Dresses. 
 Dublin, J 764. 2 vols. 4<to. 
 A work of taste and ingenuity, but not displaying 
 much erudition or knowledge of Irish antiquities. 
 
7» JSt'flO&C'iS Relics of Irish Poetry. 
 Dublin, 1789. 4*o. 
 
 Miss Brooke, the author of this selection of 
 translations from original Irish Poems, was the 
 daughter of Henry Brooke, esq. who wrote several 
 tracts on the political occurrences of Ireland 
 during his own time, but is best known as author 
 of The Fool of Quality, and the tragedy of Gus- 
 tavus Vasa. Her translations, though written in 
 a pleasing style, are far from conveying the wild 
 and romantic spirit of the originals. 
 
 8. 3$Ul*jgf)'0 HlBERNIA DOMINICANA CUM 
 SUPPLEMENTO. Kilk. 1762. 4fo. 
 
 This work, though most of the copies bear the 
 imprint of " Cologne," was executed by Edmund 
 Finn, at Kilkenny, under Burgh's own inspection. 
 It contains a full account of the origin and state 
 of the Dominican order in Ireland. The supple- 
 ment, printed in 1772, was intended to vindicate 
 Rinucini, the pope's nuncio, from the charges 
 forwarded to Rome against him by the confederate 
 Catholics of Ireland. The work was publicly 
 censured by several Roman Catholic clergy, for 
 containing principles inimical to the allegiance of 
 Catholics to Protestant states; and is at present 
 difficult to be procured in a perfect state, as that 
 part of it containing the reign of James II. has 
 been carefully cancelled in most copies. 
 
9. J^tantI)tU'0t de Rebus in Hibernia. 
 
 Luds. 1584. 4>to. 
 
 This work, the author of which was the son of a 
 recorder of Dublin, also appears in an English form. 
 The present is the original edition. Keating, the 
 Irish historian, falls foul of this book, and represents 
 it as the production of a prejudiced writer ; but 
 Bishop Nicholson says, that, waving some little 
 digressions, it must be confessed that what he 
 writes concerning the manners and language of the 
 inhabitants, and the strength and traffic of their 
 chief cities, the antiquities and achievements of 
 their prime nobility, &c. is highly commendable. 
 
 10. @ 9 ffl)tlm\'8 Epitaphs. Dublin, 1813; 
 
 Folio. 
 
 A curious account of some antique reliques, 
 chiefly monumental, found in the cathedral church 
 of St. Canice, Kilkenny. 
 
 11. J&imim'S Essay on Irish Coins. 
 
 Reprinted with Smiling. London, 1810. 
 4>to. 
 
 A standard work on Irish numismatics, written 
 about the year 1750. Snelling's additions are use- 
 ful, though not numerous. 
 

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 HISTORY. 
 
 12. (£0X f & History of Ireland. Dublin, 
 
 1689. 2 vols. Folio. 
 
 From the English conquest to the Revolution. 
 It consists of two parts, or volumes ; the first 
 affording annals to the end of the reign of Eliza- 
 beth, the second, an account of the subsequent 
 period, in rather a hasty and desultory manner. 
 Walter Harris tells us, that judicious writers have 
 looked on Sir Richard Cox only in the light of an 
 annalist; adding, that we have not in him what 
 may be called a general history of Ireland. He 
 says there are vast chasms in several reigns, which 
 might have been filled up from the record office ; 
 but he has furnished the world with some good 
 materials out of the Lambeth library. 
 
 13. jH'i|j)})Cr0{lu'8 Introduction to the 
 
 History of Great Britain and 
 Ireland. London, 1773. 4>to. 
 
 This is the work of the celebrated translator of 
 Ossian, and seems to have been undertaken with 
 the view of giving the colour of historical truth to 
 the narratives contained in those beautiful compo- 
 sitions. The writer controverts the Milesian origin 
 of the Irish, asserting that the inhabitants of those 
 
islands were of Scotch descent, and concludes with 
 an introductory essay on the history of the Anglo- 
 Saxons. He is not to be confounded with James 
 M'Pherson, author of Critical Dissertations on the 
 Origin of the Ancient Caledonians. 
 
 14. (O'jSfallorau'S Introduction to the 
 
 Study and Antiquities of Ire- 
 land. Dublin, 1772. i4o. 
 
 The author was born in Limerick, where he was 
 very eminent in the profession of medicine. It 
 appears by several of his works, that he was not 
 only skilful in his profession, but learned in the 
 Irish language and ancient laws, and a warm ad- 
 vocate for the honour and interest of his native 
 country. Besides this introduction, he has also 
 published a general history of Ireland from the 
 earliest accounts to the close of the 12th century* 
 
 15. 3Hantfl*'0 History of Ireland. 
 
 London, 1763. 4£o. 
 Warner, the author of this work, also wrote the 
 history of the Irish rebellion, in quarto, published 
 in 1767, for which his candour has been praised 
 by Plowden, and other writers. Dr. Warner, who 
 was a learned divine of the Established church, has 
 given us but this one quarto of his general his- 
 tory of Ireland ; but it comes not lower than the 
 12th century. He avows that difficulties did not 
 affright him, yet it is said that he desisted from the 
 
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 work was completed, the author was neglected, in 
 
 consequence of writing witb troth and impartiality. 
 
18. jli(l)Ol0OU'0 Irish Historical Li- 
 brary. Dublin, 172k Svo. 
 
 A valuable work, treating both of manuscript 
 and printed books relative to Ireland, as far as the 
 year 1700. It may be considered as the best prepa- 
 ratory book for the study of Irish history. 
 
 19- JHl* 3fr0\)l\ 23at8lfS'0 Discovery of 
 the true Causes why Ireland 
 was never entirely subdued. 
 London, 1612. Stnall 4>to. 
 
 Bishop Nicholson, with great justice, calls this 
 book " the very best view of the political state of 
 " the kingdom, from the reign of Henry II. to 
 " that of James I." Sir J. D. was attorney-general 
 of Ireland in 1610. The many editions which his 
 work has gone through, and the frequent quota- 
 tions from it, are additional proofs of the high 
 esteem in which it has always been held. A MS. 
 copy, in the hand-writing of the time of James I. 
 (supposed to have been a presentation copy) and in 
 the original binding, is also in this collection. 
 
 20. An Account of 3h*Clanft in 1773, 
 by a late chief secretary of 
 that Kingdom. 810. 
 
 Written by Sir George, afterwards Earl Macart- 
 ney. It is a masterly sketch of the political history 
 of the country, and when viewed as a continuation 
 B 
 
10 
 
 of Sir John Davies's work, both may be considered 
 as forming an epitome of the political state of Ire- 
 land, from the landing of the English to Lord 
 Townsend's administration, one of the striking 
 epochs in the modern part of the history of the 
 country. 
 
 21. PaCATA HlBERNIA, reprinted on impe- 
 
 rial paper. Dublin, 1810. 2 vols. Svo. 
 
 Written by Sir George Carew while president of 
 Munster, under Queen Elizabeth. It contains the 
 transactions of three years of much activity in 
 Munster, from the latter end of 1599, to the death 
 of the Queen. 
 
 22. Ancient Irish Histories. Dublin, 
 
 1 809- 2 vols. Large paper. 8vo. 
 
 A reprint of the works of the following ancient 
 writers : — 1st, Edmond Campion, who gives a slight 
 account of the ancient history of Ireland, and of 
 the English period, as far as the end of Sir Henry 
 Sidney's government in 1571. 2d, Meredith Han- 
 mer, who likewise couples the ancient and more 
 modern periods, which he carries down no lower 
 than 1284; but they are further continued by a 
 very poor chronicle of Henry of Marlborough to 
 the year 1421. These two pieces, together with 
 Spencer's view of Ireland, in which are many ex- 
 cellent materials, were first published in small 
 folio, by Sir James Ware, and put under the 
 
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 patronage of the Lord Deputy Wentworth, in hopes 
 to excite others to make the public acquainted with 
 those scattered remains of the history of these 
 counties, which may help to fill up several chasms 
 in it. 
 
 23. ^arris's Hibernica ; or some An- 
 
 cient Pieces relating to Ireland. 
 Dublin, 1757. 8vo. 
 
 This interesting and valuable work consists of 
 two parts ; the first contains Maurice Regan's 
 History ; the Story of Rich. II. being last in Ireland; 
 the Voyage of Sir Richard Edgecomb, sent by 
 Hen. VII. into Ireland in 1488; the Breviate of 
 Baron Finglass in the reign of Hen. VIII. with 
 King Jas. I.'s project for the plantation of Ulster, 
 and several other papers connected with the settle- 
 ment of that part of Ireland; to which is added 
 an essay on the defects of the histories of Ireland, 
 addressed to the Lord Chancellor Newport, an 
 excellent performance of Walter Harris, the editor 
 of Ware. The second part consists of two treatises, 
 shewing how the laws and statutes of England be- 
 came of force in Ireland. 
 
 24. ilotflje'S Desiderata Curiosa Hi- 
 
 bernica. Dublin, 1772. 2 vols. Svo. 
 
 A collection of state papers, historical tracts, &c. 
 during the reigns of Elizabeth, Jas. I. and Char. I. 
 
1'? 
 
 25. The Life of (D'COHOV. Dublin, 8ro. 
 
 This curious and very scarce volume is particu- 
 larly valuable for the information it affords of the 
 incipient steps taken by the Roman Catholics for 
 the repeal of the penal laws. The first volume only 
 was published, and was suppressed soon after it 
 appeared, inconsequence, as is supposed, of appre- 
 hensions that its circulation might injure the family. 
 The second was committed to the flames before 
 publication, at the author's particular request, by 
 the friend to whose care it had been entrusted. A 
 copy of the first volume went off, at a sale in 
 Oxford, some years ago, for 14/. ; the present, copy 
 was lately purchased at a sale in Dublin for -1/. 
 
 26. ^'Conor'0 Dissertation on the 
 
 Ancient History of Ireland, and 
 <D'Jf laJevtl/S Ogygia Vindicated. 
 Dublin, 1753, 1775. 2 mis. 8ro. 
 
 The first edition of the dissertation. As the 
 production of an Irish gentleman descended from 
 one of the most respectable of the old Irish families, 
 and deeply skilled in the language and written 
 memorials of the history of this country, it ranks 
 high in the scale of native literature. The author, 
 who acknowledges the attentions of the celebrated 
 Edmond Burke, impeaches in this work the authen- 
 ticity of the poems attributed to Ossian, and charges 
 
13 
 
 the translator with literary fraud and deception, in 
 consequence of which it was afterwards attacked 
 by many assailants. Mr. O'Conor has been empha- 
 tically called by General Vallancey, " the best Irish 
 scholar that ever lived." 
 
 The second work in this volume, which is a vin- 
 dication of some passages in the Ogygia, that had 
 been attacked by Sir George Mackenzie, lay in 
 MS. for many years after O' Flaherty's death, until 
 published by Mr. O'Conor, who has prefixed a 
 preliminary dissertation on the Antiquities of Ire- 
 land. The vindication is necessary for every person 
 desirous of becoming acquainted with the early 
 history and chronology of Ireland. 
 
 27. Gallant tl/S Collectanea. Dublin, 
 178 1 to 1807. 6 vols. 810. 
 
 This useful compilation was commenced in 1774. 
 Its original design was to bring into public notice 
 6carce and unedited tracts relating to Ireland. — 
 After the publication of a few numbers on this plan, 
 it lay dormant, till the year 1781, when it was 
 revived, chiefly at the instigation of the late Right 
 Hon. William Burton Conyngham, who then insti- 
 tuted a society for the investigation of Irish anti- 
 quities. Some differences arising concerning colo- 
 nization and etymology, the society dissolved : and 
 the author of the Collectanea, with some trifling 
 assistance from Mr. O'Conor of Balinagare, carried 
 
14 
 
 on the work nearly to the close of his life, but with 
 a material deviation from the original design, for 
 the latter numbers consist wholly of original dis- 
 quisitions. 
 
 28. CcUltpfrtfl'S Strictures on the 
 Ecclesiastical and Literary 
 History of Ireland. Dublin, 
 1789, Svq, 
 
 This volume, which is very well written, and 
 compiled with much ingenuity, is the work of the 
 author of the Philosophical Survey of the South of 
 Ireland. He was considered the most able assailant 
 of the Milesian descent of the Irish ; but labouring 
 under the disadvantage of a want of sufficient know- 
 ledge of the Irish language, he appears to have 
 drawn many hasty and erroneous conclusions. — 
 This work may not improperly be classed with Dr. 
 Ledwich's Antiquities, as it combats the system of 
 the late General Vallancey, but fails in the attempt 
 to substitute another in its place. To this work is 
 annexed, " An Historical Sketch of the Constitu- 
 tion and Government of Ireland, from the most 
 early authenticated period, down to the year 1783 ; 
 with an appendix." Both of them, however, appear 
 to have been taken from Lord Macartney's Account 
 of Ireland,* but very much disfigured and muti- 
 lated. 
 
 * See No. 20 of this Catalogue. 
 
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 29. &8UCW0 Analysis op the History 
 
 and Antiquities of Ireland. — 
 
 Dublin, 1791. 
 This writer steers a middle course between his 
 cotemporary and hostile system makers, Vallancey, 
 Ledwich, and Campbell, with each of whom he 
 dissents or agrees, as they appear to him correct or 
 otherwise. He inclines, however, to the antiquity 
 of Irish history, and his work bears the character 
 of being an elegant essay on the antiquities of the 
 country. 
 
 30. 33isi)op o( ©crixm's and parson's 
 
 Defence of the Ancient His- 
 torians and History of Ireland. 
 Dublin, 1734 and 1794. 2 wis. in 1. 
 Svo. 
 Two disquisitions on the credit to be given to 
 the writers on the early period of Irish history. — 
 The latter was written by Sir Lawrence Parsons, 
 now Earl of Rosse, in consequence of a bequest by 
 Henry Flood, Esq. to Trinity College, Dublin, for 
 founding a professorship of the Irish language. 
 
 31. ColumtatuswiTH ptaiutoiT. 3 rofc. 
 
 The letters of Columbanus were written by Dr. 
 Charles O'Conor, of Stowe, on the question of the 
 mode of appointing Roman Catholic bishops in 
 Ireland, and gave rise to a very warm and acrimo- 
 niouB contest between him and Mr. Plowden. He 
 
If) 
 
 published seven letters under this assumed name. 
 The third volume of this set contains Mr. Plowden's 
 answer to Columbanus. 
 
 32. JJai'ltf ll'S Historical Apology and 
 
 Penal Laws. Dublin, 1807 k 1808, 
 
 2 vols. 8ro. 
 
 The first of these volumes contains a vindication 
 of the Roman Catholics from the charges of disloy- 
 alty frequently brought against them since the 
 Revolution. The authors were brothers, the former 
 represented the County of Wicklow, the latter the 
 Queen's County, in the Imperial Parliament. 
 
 33. Tallin's Penal Laws. Dub. 1812. 
 
 3 parts in 1 vol. Svo. 
 
 A very able performance. The publisher was 
 found guilty of a libel on the Duke of Richmond's 
 administration, the matter of which is to be found 
 in a note at page 229. The work itself consists of 
 two parts : the third is in reality a kind of parody 
 on the two former, written in a burlesque stile of 
 imitation, to induce attention to it from the party 
 whose tenets it was intended to overthrow. 
 
 34. Strictures on :|3Iotottttt'& Histo- 
 
 rical Review. London, 1804. 8io. 
 
 Evidently written by Sir Richard Musgrave, the 
 author of the history of the rebellion in 1 798. At 
 
17 
 
 least Plowdcn, who terms Sir Richard "a stipen- 
 diary scavenger of slanderous untruths," has an- 
 swered him in An Historical Letter. 
 
 35. iHrnuitmolTCS on the Irish Par- 
 
 liament. London, 1792. 2 vols. 8n>. 
 
 This work is not a parliamentary history, even of 
 the period from 1G33 to 1666, of which it professes 
 to treat, but rather imperfect collections ; for several 
 tracts bearing but slightly on the subject, are inserted 
 at full length, extracts of which might have been 
 given with more propriety. These collections are, 
 however, valuable, instructive, and amusing. The 
 appendix to it contains a translation of Gir. Cam- 
 brensis's account of the invasion of Ireland, and a 
 life of the first duke of Ormond. 
 
 36. jfallilautt'0 Review of the Irish 
 
 House of Commons ; and on Par- 
 liamentary Representation. Dub- 
 lin, 1789, 1790. 2 vols, in one. 8 to. 
 The first part of this book consists of a curious 
 and interesting review of the characters of the 
 leading members of the Irish House of Commons, 
 shortly previous to the Union ; the second is a 
 review of the representation, particularly that of the 
 boroughs. It is said to have been written by a literary 
 gentleman, of the name of Scott, then better known 
 by the title of Beau Myrtle. 
 C 
 
18 
 
 37- ^OU'llOtl, or an Historical and 
 Critical Inquiry into the Physi- 
 ology and Pathology of Parlia- 
 ments. Dublin, 1786. Svo. 
 
 A most eccentric production, yet abounding with 
 curious and useful information on the subjects of 
 legislation and government. 
 
 38. ^BrOVmon'Si History and Descrip- 
 tion of Ireland. Dublin, 1735. 
 2 vols. 810. 
 
 Fynes Moryson was secretary to Lord Mountjoy, 
 lord deputy of Ireland during the last years of the 
 reign of Elizabeth. These volumes are taken from 
 his Itinerary, published in folio. They contain a brief 
 expose of the general history of the country, from 
 the first landing of the English till his own times, 
 
 On which he dwells largely. &5- This work should have 
 been placed after the Paeata Hibernia, as it refers to the same period. 
 
 K?» The period of the Union of Great Britain and Ireland has been fixed 
 on as the termination of the Historical department of this Collection. It 
 is the commencement of a new era, which could not well be entered 
 upon, without departing from the principle that forms the basis of a Select 
 Library. To this may be added, that the possessor of this Library has 
 already a very extensive collection of Tracts on Irish affairs, and snore par. 
 ticularlv 011 those of the period here referred to. 
 

 19 
 
 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 39. Cat'tt'S Life of the Duke of Or- 
 
 mond, and Letters. London, 1735, 
 1736. 3 vols, folio. 
 
 This work, which is incomplete without the letters, 
 affords a clear and satisfactory view of Irish affairs 
 during the life of the great duke, who took a leading 
 part in most of the transactions of those times. He 
 was born in 1610, and died in 1684-. Walter Harris 
 has said, " that the author has met with the hard fate 
 " of pleasing neither party, while the papists think 
 " he has borne too severe upon them, and the protes- 
 " tants are of opinion he has favoured the popish 
 u cause too much.'' A collection of original letters 
 and papers concerning the affairs of England from 
 1640 to 1660, found among the duke of Ormond's 
 papers, was published by Carte in 1739. They are 
 said to have been printed at the expense of the 
 Society for the Encouragement of Learning. None 
 of them are to be found in the folio edition of the 
 letters attached to Carte's Life of Ormond. 
 
 40. j£}ai'tt])'0 Life of the Earl of Char- 
 lemont. London, 1812. 2 vols. Svo. 
 
 These volumes relate more to the public than to 
 the private life of the Eurl of Clmrlcmont, and 
 
20 
 
 contain much useful information on the history 
 of Ireland, from the period of the octennial parli- 
 aments to the union. The author was a member 
 of the Irish house of commons during part of that 
 period, and, therefore, well informed as to many 
 of the facts. It is said, that he was assisted in the 
 compilation of the work hy Mr. Grattan. O Thi* 
 
 work ha* alio been ;<ublijhed in Q<izrtr>. 
 
 1-1. Life or JHr %o\)\\ fytVXOtt London, 
 
 1728. 8 to. 
 
 This work, which was puhlished from an original 
 document, written about the end of the reign of 
 Elizabeth) in some measure supplies the historical 
 defects in that reign, as it contains much infor- 
 mation relative to Ireland, during the time that 
 this unfortunate statesman held the reins of govern- 
 ment there. 
 
 4-2. Ho&CJC'S Peerage or Ireland, by 
 3rd)fcaU. Dublin, 1788. 7 toh. 
 
 8ro. 
 
 The first edition of the Irish peerage was origi- 
 nally compiled and published in four volumes, by 
 John Lodge, esq. who was deputy-keeper of the 
 rolls in Ireland. The present edition is an enlarge- 
 ment and continuation of it, by the Kev. Mervyo 
 Archdall, author of the Mona-titon Hibernicum. 
 
21 
 
 13. Memoirs of the Family of <£>171CC, 
 by Sheffield Grace, Esq. f. s.a. 
 London, 1823. Svo. 
 
 This volume, which is intended solely for private 
 distribution, contains not only a general memoir of 
 the Grace family, but also of several of its most 
 celebrated branches. Then follows a poem on Jer- 
 point Abbey, the ancient burial place of the family, 
 two genealogical tables, and a collection of monu- 
 mental inscriptions, and other commemorative com- 
 positions. These memoirs, which are finely printed, 
 and illustrated with upwards of fifty engravings, 
 form the most curious account extant in print of 
 any private family in the kingdom. Some historical 
 facts, taken from original documents, and not to 
 be found elsewhere, are also given in this interest- 
 ing volume. 
 
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 TOPOGRAPHY. 
 
 44. ^CtlUfort'S Memoir of the Map 
 
 of Ireland, and jjJvopevt'S Topo- 
 graphical Table. London, 1792, 
 and Dublin, 1808. 4>to. 
 
 The memoir was written to accompany a map 
 constructed by the author, exhibiting the ecclesi- 
 astical state of Ireland, and contains much geo- 
 graphical and topographical information. Propert's 
 work is an account of the principal seaports in the 
 British islands, illustrated by a map descriptive of 
 the coasts ; it contains some statistical information 
 respecting each. 
 
 45. J^ciXiartl'sTopoGRAPHiA Hibernica. 
 
 Dublin, 1795. 4>to. 
 
 A valuable topographical dictionary, particularly 
 as to the civil state of the country, abounding with 
 historical and antiquarian notices. K?* a pocket edition was 
 
 also printed in 1789. 
 
 46. Carlisle's Topographical Dictio- 
 
 nary of Ireland. Dub. 1810. 4/o. 
 
 A useful book of reference, chiefly compiled 
 from the ecclesiastical returns made to parliament 
 in 1S05-7. 
 
23 
 
 47. OTjjitelab) and <2HaTsj)'3 History 
 
 of the City of Dublin. London, 
 1810. 4^o. 
 
 This work was commenced by John Warburton, 
 esq. deputy keeper of the records in Birmingham 
 Tower, as an enlargement of Harris's History of 
 Dublin, and continued by the Rev. James Whitelaw, 
 vicar of St. Catherine's, Dublin, on a more extended 
 plan. On this gentleman's death, it was taken up, 
 and concluded by the Rev. Robert Walsh. It de- 
 serves rather the name of a mine of materials, than 
 of a regular history, as it is very deficient in ar- 
 rangement and method. 
 
 48. iHOlUk iitaSOlt'S History of the 
 
 Cathedrals. Dublin, 1820. Mo. 
 
 The first part only of this elaborate work is pub- 
 lished, comprising the history of the cathedral of 
 St. Patrick's, Dublin. It displays much antiquarian 
 research, and contains a very able defence of the 
 character of dean Swift against the attacks of Sir 
 Walter Scott and the Edinburgh Reviewers, in the 
 course of which much curious matter relative to 
 this illustrious Irish patriot and author is introduced. 
 
 49. Jftai'ttimail'S History of Galway. 
 
 Dublin, 1820. Mo. 
 This is also an elaborate performance, and a valu- 
 able addition to Irish topography. The author, 
 
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 who is a native of Galway, and appears to have 
 entered upon his work con amore, was eminently 
 qualified for its execution, from his employment 
 under the Board of Public Records in Ireland ; the 
 stores of which he has sedulously investigated, and 
 judiciously applied to elucidate his subject. — ■ 
 Both this and the preceding work are favorable 
 specimens of the improvement of typography in 
 Dublin. 
 
 50. JSoatt'S and JHolmuatl.t'S Natu- 
 
 ral History of Ireland. Dublin, 
 1755. 4fo. 
 
 The natural history of Ireland was written by 
 Dr. Gerard Boate, and published after his death, in 
 1652, in small 8vo. by his brother, Dr. Arnold 
 Boate, who resided in Dublin as a physician. It 
 was re-edited and enlarged by Molyneaux in 1726, 
 and re-printed in 1755. The work contains also a 
 a discourse on the Danish mounts, forts, and round 
 towers in Ireland, written by Molyneaux. 
 
 51. JSilt'ton'S Lectures on Lougii- 
 
 Neagh. Dublin, 1751. 4/o. 
 
 A course of lectures on mineralogy and geology, 
 intended as an introduction to the natural history 
 of several counties contiguous to Lough Neagh. It 
 contains also an account of the lake of Killarney. 
 
Q5 
 
 02. JjoolC and Ctisl/S Views of the 
 
 Public Buildings in Dublin 
 
 Dublin, 178O. 4/o. 
 
 This volume, which is the joint production of 
 two artists, becomes every day more interesting, as 
 affording to those who visit Dublin the means of 
 comparing what this beautiful city then was, with 
 what it is at present, and thus tracing the progress 
 of its architectural improvement. It is now scarce. 
 A perfect copy should contain plans of Dublin in 
 1610 and 1780. 
 
 53. 3&cIiTi0'0 History of Dublin. Dub- 
 
 lin, I766. Sro. 
 
 A posthumous work, compiled from the author's 
 papers, but very inferior to his other productions. 
 
 54. ^arris's Ancient and Present 
 
 State of the County of Down. 
 Dublin, 1757. 8ro. 
 
 This was done by Walter Harris and Dr. Lyons, 
 and was the first work published under the auspices 
 of the Physico -Historical Society, a literary asso- 
 ciation, formed in Dublin about the year 1744, with 
 a view of removing the gross misrepresentations 
 which had been handed down from early ages con- 
 cerning the country. 
 
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 55. J&nutj)'d Ancient and Present 
 State of the County of Water- 
 ford. Dublin, 1746. 8ro. 
 
 The author of this, and the two following works, 
 was one of the earliest and most active members of 
 the Pliysico-Historical Society. His History of 
 Waterford, which was the first of the series of 
 county histories written by him, was presented to 
 that society in 1745, and immediately printed under 
 its sanction. Both it and the subsequent work 
 were re-printed in 1774. 
 
 56. j^mttlj'S Ancient and Present 
 State of the County and City 
 of Cork. Dublin, 1749. 8m 
 
 The history of Cork is the most extended, and 
 best executed of this writer's works. A third edition 
 has been lately published in Cork. 
 
 57. J&ntit?)'0 History of the County 
 
 of Kerry. Dublin, 1756. 810. 
 
 Doctor O'Conor speaks of this as being rather 
 materials than history. It is the scarcest of Smith's 
 works. To it is added a tract of Vallancey's (not 
 included in his Collectanea) describing the ruins of 
 an amphitheatre in Kerry. 
 
27 
 
 58. jfCtTclV'B History of Limerick. 
 
 Limerick, I787. 8vo. 
 
 The author was an inhabitant of Limerick ; his 
 character, as a writer on topography, is not high. 
 
 59. X?cUttiltan'0 Letters concerning 
 
 the Northern Coast of Antrim. 
 Dublin, 1790. Svo. 
 
 Hamilton was a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, 
 and took an active part in the Neptunian and Vol- 
 canian controversy. His work is much esteemed 
 and sought after, as an entertaining and instructive 
 guide, not only to the natural history, but to the 
 customs, manners, and antiquities of that inter- 
 esting part of the island. It has passed through 
 several editions. The last, printed in Belfast, with 
 an Itinerary to the Giant's Causeway, by M'Skimin, 
 the author of the following work, is the best. 
 
 60. jH'JHumtn'0 History of Car- 
 
 RICKFERGUS. Belfast, 1811. 12mo. 
 
 The compilation of a working weaver in Carrick- 
 fergus, executed with intelligence and industry. 
 
 Jt^- An edition in octavo has been lately published, which may justly be 
 called a new work, in consequence of its numerous additions and improve- 
 ments. Those who wish to make themselves acquainted with the state of the 
 North of Ireland, the theatre of so many important events, particularly 
 during the reigns of Elizabeth and Charles I. will gain much information 
 by consulting the new edition of this work. 
 
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 61. J^tctoart'0 History of Armagh. 
 
 Newry, 1819- 8ro. 
 
 This work gives a full and impartial view of many 
 of the great events of Irish history with which the 
 city of Armagh was directly or incidentally con- 
 nected. The author engages in the Ledwicherian 
 controversy as to St. Patrick, in which, contrary to 
 that learned writer's opinion, he maintains the 
 existence of the favourite saint of the city whose 
 annals he has compiled. 
 
 62. Historical Collections relative 
 
 to the Town of Belfast. Be/fast, 
 1817. 8™. 
 
 A meagre collection of annals chiefly compiled, 
 particularly as to its modern materials, from the 
 newspapers and other periodical publications, but 
 useful as a book of reference. 
 
 63. The Present State of Bu'Clflltft, 
 
 London, I6j3. 12mo. 
 
 This is a scarce and valuable little tract, whether 
 considered in an historical, political, or statistical 
 point of view. It contains a short sketch of the 
 history of Ireland ; a detailed account of its topo- 
 graphical divisions and a description of its chief 
 towns. The author's name is unknown. Prefixed 
 to it is a curious map of Ireland. 
 
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 64. Huttlj'S Natural History of the 
 
 County Dublin. Dublin, 1772. Svo. 
 
 The author of this work was an ingenious and 
 learned quaker that practiced physic in Dublin. In 
 the preface he informs us, that he undertook the 
 work at the request of the Physico-Historical Soci- 
 ety, at the head of which then was Lord Chan- 
 cellor Newport. 
 
 65. &Uttj)'S History of the Weather 
 
 and Seasons, and of the prevail- 
 ing Diseases in Dublin. London, 
 1770. 8 to. 
 
 A writer in the Anthologia Hibernica observes, 
 that this work does great honour to Dr. Rutty as a 
 physician and accurate meteorologist. 
 
 OG. 3Uuttl) on Mineral Waters. Dublin, 
 1757. Svo. 
 
 The synopsis of mineral waters was examined 
 soon after its publication, and censured, by the 
 celebrated Irish patriot, Dr. Lucas, in his Analysis 
 of the Synopsis. Lucas was a much better chymist 
 than Rutty ; however, the latter replied in an 
 Examination of the Analysis. 
 
 07. -Patterson on the Climate of Ire- 
 land. Dublin, 1804. 810. 
 Taken chiefly from observations made in London- 
 derry in 1801. It contains also thought!- on some 
 
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 branches of rural economy, particularly planting, 
 and the Linen Manufacture. 
 
 68. d?i'iffttl)'0 Geological and Mining 
 Surveys. Dublin, 1814, 1818. 2 vols. 
 Svo. 
 
 These surveys are published in the form of re- 
 ports to the Dublin Society, to which the author is 
 mining engineer. They contain chiefly an investi- 
 gation of the districts in Leinster and Connaught, 
 where traces have been discovered of coal, a 
 mineral the want of which is severely felt in most 
 parts of Ireland. 
 
 69- Xtu!)ai*to0On'0 Essay on Fiorin, and 
 <L2Ll!)itt on the Indigenous Grass- 
 es of Ireland. Dublin, 1808. 8ro. 
 
 Doctor Richardson, who had been a fellow of 
 Trinity College, Dublin, distinguished himself du- 
 ring the later period of his life, as a writer on 
 agriculture, and more particularly by his indefati- 
 gable exertions to introduce into notice the qualities 
 of a species of grass, called by the natives Fiorin. 
 White was under-gardener in the Botanic Garden 
 of the Dublin Society. His treatise consists of a 
 systematic catalogue of the grasses, with their 
 descriptions and leading properties. To each is 
 annexed its Irish appellation, an addition that adds 
 much to the practical utility of his book. 
 
3i 
 
 STATISTICAL SURVEYS. 
 
 70. SMakCftCttTs Statistical and Po- 
 
 litical Account of Ireland. — 
 London, 1809. 2 vols. 4>to. 
 
 The late bishop of Waterford, Dr. Stock, called 
 these volumes, " two ponderous quartos, stuffed 
 " with important errors." The work may be beyond 
 the ability of one man to execute well, but it con- 
 tains much useful information on Ireland. 
 
 71. Xctoenfjam'0 View of the Natu- 
 
 ral, Political and Commercial 
 Circumstances of Ireland. London, 
 1809. 4fo. 
 
 This work, by the author of the essay on the 
 population of Ireland, was written under a persua- 
 sion that there was a general defect of information 
 relative to Ireland, and is designed to correct this 
 error. It therefore commences by pointing out the 
 natural advantages of the island for the acquire- 
 ment of commercial wealth, and the causes by 
 which these have been frustrated. The author has 
 collected a mass of historical and statistical infor- 
 mation, very useful, but not altogether free from 
 the high colouring which men are apt to give to 
 a favorite subject. 
 
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 72. fjuttlttt's Tour in Ireland. London, 
 1780. 4/o. 
 
 This work, the result of several years researches 
 through the country, may be considered as the first, 
 and among the be9t of the treatises on the agricul- 
 tural state of Ireland. The author's remarks on 
 the inexpediency of bounties on the inland carriage 
 of corn were acted upon ; and hence may be dated 
 the commencement of extended tillage in Ireland. 
 He pointed out strongly the prejudicial effects of 
 the penal code on the industry of the people ; he 
 also foresaw the benefits of a legislative union, and 
 lived to see many of the effects resulting from the 
 adoption of both those suggestions. 
 
 7P* ;jf vaSCV'S Review of the Fisheries 
 of Great Britain and Ireland. 
 Edinb. 1818. 4>to. 
 
 By the author of the Statistical Surveys of the 
 two maritime counties of Wexford and Wicklow. 
 It gives a full account of the attempts made during 
 the last century to encourage the Irish fisheries, 
 and the causes of their failure. 
 
 COUNTY SURVEYS, JBtttfrfl&Cltg 21 Coiltttfc*. 
 
 These surveys were published under the patro- 
 nage, and partly at the expense, of the Dublin 
 Society, to whom an additional parliamentary grant 
 
I 
 
 33 
 
 was made for the purpose. In some instances they 
 appear to have been imperfectly executed, and do 
 not afford the information that might have been 
 expected from their mode of publication. There 
 are, however, some splendid exceptions to this 
 remark, particularly in the surveys of Cork, Kil- 
 kenny, and Londonderry. 
 
 74. Antrim. Dublin, 1812. Svo. 
 
 By the Rev. John Dubourdieu, rector of Anna- 
 hilt, in the diocese of Down, inscribed to General 
 Vallancey. 
 
 15. anitaCj;!), Dublin, 1804. 8ro. 
 
 By Sir Charles Coote, Bart, dedicated to the 
 Right Honorable John Foster. 
 
 76. Cabam Dublin, 1802. 8™. 
 
 By Sir Charles Coote, Bart, with a dedication 
 to the Earl of Hardwicke. 
 
 77. COt'L Dublin, 1810. Svo. 
 
 By the Rev. Horatio Townsend, a clergyman in 
 the diocese of Cork and Ross, with a dedication 
 to the Earl of Shannon. 
 
 78. dart* Dublin, 1808. Svo. 
 
 By Heley Dutton, with a preface, but no dedi- 
 cation. 
 
34. 
 
 79. SBOIWfffll. Dublin, 1802. 8vo. 
 
 By James M'Pharlan, M. D. dedicated to Ge- 
 neral Vallancey. 
 
 80. 230toiU Dublin, 1802. 8w>. 
 
 By the Rev. John Dubourdieu, with preliminary 
 observations. 
 
 81. S&ftlin* Dublin, 1802. 8 do. 
 
 By Lieutenant Joseph Archer, to which is added 
 Dutton's observations on Archer's Survey, dedica- 
 ted to Lieutenant General Vallancey. 
 
 82. ftilfttttltl). Dublin, 1802. 8to. 
 
 By William Tighe of Woodstock, near Inisti- 
 ogue, in the County of Kilkenny, esq. This valu- 
 able volume is stiled " Statistical Observations," 
 and is inscribed by the author to the Dublin Society. 
 
 83. Ring* and &uttn 9 8 Counties* 
 
 Dublin, 1801. 2 vols, in one. 8vo. 
 
 Both by Sir Charles Coote, Bart. They appear 
 to be the first two volumes of the County Surveys ; 
 the former is dedicated to Lieut. Gen. Vallancey, 
 and the latter to the Right Hon. John Foster. 
 
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 84. fttitmrr* Dublin, 1807. 8vo. 
 
 By Thomas James Rawson, esq. with a preface, 
 but no dedication. 
 
 85. Eritrim, iHayo, and £Uqo. — 
 
 Dublin, 1802. 3 vols, in one, 8vo. 
 
 By James M'Pharlan, M. D. These three sur- 
 veys are but slight sketches of the subject ; that of 
 Mayo is inscribed to the Marquess of Sligo. 
 
 86. HmtttOlrimTj). Dublin, 1802. 8vo. 
 
 By the Rev. George Vaughan Sampson, rector 
 of Aghanlooe, in the diocese of Derry, inscribed 
 to General Vallancey. 
 
 87. iHtatf). Dublin, 1802. 8w. 
 
 By Robert Thompson, esq. of Oatlands, with a 
 short historical introduction. This is the scarcest 
 of all the Surveys. 
 
 88. iHmtaflljait. DuWiw,1801. 8vo. 
 
 By Sir Charles Coote, Bart, with an historical 
 introduction, and a dedication to Richard Dawson, 
 esq. representative for the county of Monaghan. 
 
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 89. Cm-mtf* Dublin, 1802. 8ro. 
 
 By John M'Evoy, with a dedication to Viscount 
 Mountjoy. 
 
 90. S&erfmft and mttfeloto* Dublin, 
 
 1801. 2 vols, in one. 8ro. 
 
 By Robert Frazer, esq. author of some valuable 
 agricultural reports in England. He has written 
 since on the Fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland, 
 as noticed in a former part of the Catalogue. 
 
 91. JHtflto iftaoon'0 Parochial Sur- 
 
 veys, or Statistical Account of 
 Ireland. Dublin, 1814-16-19— 
 3 vols. Svo. 
 
 This work is chiefly drawn up from the commu- 
 nications of the clergy : it originated under the 
 auspices of the Right Hon. Robert Peel, while 
 in the government of Ireland, and is designed to give 
 a minute statistical account of the several districts 
 in the country ; each parish forming a distinct 
 section. In addition to the local information thus 
 afforded, each volume is enriched by an introduc- 
 tory essay on some point connected with the general 
 subject. In the first is a Synopsis of political eco- 
 nomy ; in the second, an Analysis of the Down 
 Survey ; and in the third, an Essay on the popula- 
 tion of Ireland. 
 
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 92. Survey, Valuation, and Census 
 of the Barony of Portnehinch, 
 compiled, in the year 1819, by 
 
 $M. ,#Ijato jHason, esq. m. r. i. a. 
 
 Dublin, 1821. 1 vol. folio. 
 
 " It is obvious,'' observes Sir John Sinclair in 
 bis General Report of Scotland, " tbat no indivi- 
 " dual can rationally undertake to improve his 
 " landed property, without knowing its extent, the 
 " soil of which it consists, the number of farmers 
 " by whom it is occupied, the state of the build- 
 " ings erected upon it, the crops which it is capable 
 " of producing, the best means of cultivating it, 
 " &c. In the same manner, no government can 
 " improve a country, or ameliorate the condition 
 " of its inhabitants, without entering into minute 
 " inquiries of a similar nature, for the purpose of 
 " at least removing all obstacles to improvement." 
 Influenced by the truth of this position, the author of 
 the preceding work took advantage of the KING's 
 late visit to Ireland, to lay before His Majesty 
 the " Survey of Portnehinch," as a model for car- 
 rying into effect a General Survey and Valuation of 
 the whole of the country, under the name of the 
 " Royal Statistical Survey of Ireland." The fol-. 
 lowing inscription prefixed to the work, affords a 
 concise, yet clear view of the design and objects 
 to be attained : — 
 
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 THE FOLLOWING -SURVEY OF A BARONY, 
 
 INTENDED AS A MODEL FOR 
 
 A ROYAL STATISTICAL SURVEY OF 
 
 IRELAND, 
 
 AND DESIGNED, LIKE DOOMSDAY BOOK, 
 
 BY A MINUTE INQUIRY INTO 
 
 THE CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY, 
 
 TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF ITS 
 
 PERMANENT PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS; 
 
 THUS HANDING DOWN TO FUTURE AGES, 
 
 A RECORD OF WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE IN AN 
 
 ENLIGHTENED AND BELOVED MONARCH, 
 
 ON HIS FIRST APPROACH TO ITS SHORES TO RECEIVE 
 
 THE GREETINGS OF A LOYAL AND AFFECTIONATE PEOPLE, 
 
 IS MOST HUMBLY SUBMITTED 
 
 TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, 
 
 BY HIS DEVOTED AND FAITHFUL 
 
 SUBJECT AND SERVANT, 
 
 W. £. iH. 
 
 RECORD TOWER, 
 
 DUBLIN CASTLE. 
 
 AUGUST, 1821. 
 
 93. tyttty'8 Political Tracts, chiefly 
 
 RELATING TO IRELAND. Dublin, 
 
 1769. And Reflections on Men 
 and Things in Ireland. Ibid. 2 
 vols, in one. 810. 
 
 The celebrated author of these tracts had 
 superintended the great territorial Survey of Ire- 
 land, instituted during the Protectorate for the 
 distribution of forfeited property. Bishop Nichol- 
 
39 
 
 <?on observe?, that " he obliged the learned part of 
 mankind with the Political Anatomy of Ireland,'' 
 one of the tracts contained in this volume, and 
 certainly one of the first and most valuable sta- 
 tistical documents respecting the country. The 
 bishop also adds, that " he wrote choice obser- 
 vations on the Dublin bills of mortality, baptisms, 
 and burials, houses, hearths, &c. which will be of 
 lasting use to all that shall have the curiosity 
 hereafter to consider the gradual improvement of 
 that great city.'' The tract thus spoken of is men- 
 tioned in this volume as a treatise of taxes and 
 contributions. Then follow his essays on political 
 Arithmetic, and lastly the political Anatomy of 
 Ireland, already mentioned. To this edition is 
 prefixed " The last will of that great master of 
 political arithmetic, Sir William Petty, knight, 
 founder of the noble family of Shelburn," now 
 
 represented by the Marquess of Lansdowne 
 
 " The Reflections*' is a defence of his conduct 
 against some attacks made upon him in the Irish 
 house of commons, by Sir Jerome Sankey. 
 
 94. ^ttoCltljam on the Population of 
 Ireland ; and (JMIjitclato on the 
 Population of Dublin. London, 
 1805, and Dublin, 1805. 2 vols, in one. 
 Sro. 
 The writer of the former of these essays is also 
 
 author of several valuable tracts on Ireland. His 
 
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 chief objects in the present appear to be, to point 
 out the defective basis upon which all previous 
 attempts to ascertain the population of Ireland 
 rested ; to show the rapid increase of the inha- 
 bitants, particularly during the last century ; to 
 ascertain the number actually living in Ireland at 
 the period of the publication of this treatise ; and 
 to prove the capability of the country to support 
 a much greater population than it then maintained. 
 The train of argument is ingenious, and well sup- 
 ported. 
 
 The peculiar circumstances of the city of Dublin 
 during the rebellion of 1798, led Mr. Whitelaw 
 (one of the joint authors of the History of Dublin, 
 already noticed) to undertake an account of the 
 population by actual enumeration. At that period, 
 every householder was obliged to affix, on the out- 
 side of his door, a list of the names of every person 
 then residing in it. The numbers were thence col- 
 lected by Mr. Whitelaw, and published by him ; 
 together with a comparative statement of the num- 
 bers, taken in 1803, by the conservators of the 
 peace, after the insurrection in that year. 
 
 
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 TOURISTS. 
 
 95. (!(&irl«3'0 KlLLARNEY. London, I8O7. 
 
 A book that should form part of the travelling 
 equipage of every visitor to these romantic scenes. 
 The descriptions are accurate, well selected, and 
 enlivened by judicious remarks and anecdotes. — 
 The views of the lake scenery, which constitute no 
 small part of the value of the volume, are well 
 chosen, and executed in a masterly style, both as 
 to drawing and engraving. 
 
 96. 0\V 3o!)n Carr'S Stranger in 
 
 Ireland. London, 180(5. Ado. 
 
 This volume, which forms a large quarto, de- 
 serves rather the name of a tourist's common-place 
 book, than a tour. Instead of arranging his mate- 
 rials, so as to present his reader with an elegant 
 selection of novelties, he serves them a feast of stale 
 jests and fulsome compliments. In style he is both 
 careless and affected ; sentences sometimes without 
 meaning, and sometimes without grammar — high- 
 flown descriptions, neither prose nor poetry, often 
 terminating in nothing. The work however con- 
 tains many facts and observations relative to the 
 country and its inhabitants, worthy of notice. The 
 writer's range was chiefly through the southern 
 parts of Ireland. 
 
 F 
 
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 97- JHtSS Pttmtrcr'jS Narrative of a 
 Residence in Ireland. London, 
 18 17. A4o. 
 
 This volume exhibits many of the characteristic 
 features of Sir John Carr's previous work, and 
 those enlarged to a greater degree of caricatura : 
 it is, like his, a large quarto, abounding with anec- 
 dotes of persons whom few know, and descriptions 
 that few can read through; like his also, some 
 information respecting the country, though much 
 less both as to quantity and quality, and much more 
 distorted by prejudice and misinformation, can be 
 gleaned from it. This lady's literary evil genius 
 led her through most parts of the country. 
 
 98. ^UlltOlt'itf Dublin Scuffle. Dublin, 
 1699. Sro. 
 This eccentric production may be considered as 
 the earliest attempt at Irish topography. The 
 present copy had been in Bishop Stock's library, 
 and contains some bibliographical memoranda, in his 
 lordship's hand-writing. Pope has preserved the 
 memory of Dunton in the following lines of the 
 Dunciad : 
 
 With that she gave him (piteous of his case, 
 Yet smiling at his rueful length of face) 
 A shaggy tap'stry, worthy to be spread 
 On Codrus' old, or Dunton's modem bed. 
 
 Book ii. line 133. 
 
 See also Pope's Note on this passage. 
 
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 99. CljrttoOCitl'O Tour through Ire- 
 
 land, London, 1748. 8ro. 
 
 The oldest of the tourists, except Dunton, who 
 visited Ireland in 1699. Though stiled A Tour 
 through Ireland, it is confined to the south-eastern 
 counties, commencing with Cork, proceeding north- 
 wards, and terminating with the author's arrival in 
 the city of Dublin. 
 
 100. 3$U0f)C'S Hibernia Curiosa. London, 
 
 1764. 810. 
 
 This work embraces nearly the same tract of 
 country as the preceding, being the account of a 
 journey from Dublin to Killamey. » It also gives a 
 description of the Giant's Causeway. The print of 
 an Irish car, in p. 25, though very badly executed, 
 is not uncharacteristic. 
 
 101. ©crricft'S Letters. Dublin, 1767. 
 810. 
 
 The author of these letters was master of the 
 ceremonies at Bath. Like the two former tours, 
 it is chiefly confined to the eastern and southern 
 parts of Ireland. At the conclusion are two letters 
 from William Ockendon, esq. M. P. for Great 
 Marlovv, giving a description of the Lake of Kil- 
 larney. They were all written about the year 1 760. 
 
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 102. CuMSO' Tour in Ireland in 1775. 
 Dublin, I776. 12roo. 
 
 The author of this tour has been " damned to 
 everlasting fame'' for some severe remarks on the 
 Irish ladies. Though the range of country described 
 in it extends from north to south, the small size of the 
 volume affords but little scope for valuable detail. 
 
 103. (Jrlstob'S Trip to Kilkenny, from 
 
 Durham, by way of Whitehaven 
 and Dublin, in the year 1766. 
 
 \2mo. 
 Contains many curious particulars respecting the 
 manners of the lower classes of the Irish, related as 
 they affected the writer, who seems to have been 
 from the north of England. His tour is confined 
 to part of Leinster. 
 
 104. CcUltpfocirs PuiLOsorHicAL Sur- 
 vey of the South of Ireland. 
 Dublin, 1778. 8ro. 
 
 Written by Dr. Campbell, author of the Stric- 
 tures on the Ecclesiastical History of Ireland. — 
 This tour extends from Dublin to Cork, and the 
 author has been always considered as among the 
 best of the Irish tourists. It contains several in- 
 teresting notices and disquisitions on the national 
 antiquities, and on the political state of the country. 
 
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 105. HurftOUlb'0 Tour through Ire- 
 
 land. London, 1783. Svo. 
 
 The work comprehends four tours made through 
 the four quarters of the island. It is written in a 
 plain and rather homely style, but indicates much 
 observation and sound sense in the writer. 
 
 106. 33 OhX&C It's Tour through Ireland. 
 
 Dublin, 1791. 12mo. 
 
 This tourist's observations extend to every quar- 
 ter of the country, but they contain little to inte- 
 rest or instruct. 
 
 107. ^olmCS'S Tour in Ireland in 
 
 1799- 8w». 
 
 The author entitles his book " Sketches of some 
 " of the Southern Counties of Ireland, taken in the 
 " year 1797." They are but slight sketches, chiefly 
 taken in the south-western counties, and are illus- 
 trated by several well executed engravings. 
 
 108. Cooper's Letters on the Irish 
 
 Nation in the Year 1799- London, 
 1801. 8ro. 
 
 These letters contain many interesting observa- 
 tions on the political state of Ireland at the eventful 
 period of the Union. The work has gone through 
 a second edition. 
 
4f> 
 
 109. SLatOtttaj), Promenade du Fran- 
 
 cois DANS L'lllLANDE. a Brunswick, 
 1801. Svo. 
 
 The author was a native of France, who made a 
 pedestrian tour through the greatest part of Ireland. 
 The narrative is lively and amusing. 
 
 110. iHillier'S Enquiry. London, 1808. 
 8vo. 
 
 The chief points noticed in this tour, which 
 extends through the southern counties, are the state 
 of the Roman Catholics, and the architectural an- 
 tiquities of the country. He enters the lists against 
 Dr. Ledwich, in defence of the tutelar saint of 
 Ireland. 
 
 1X1. ^Oart'S Journal of a Tour in 
 Ireland. Loudon, 1810. 8ro. 
 
 By the celebrated antiquarian ; to it is prefixed 
 an introductory discourse on the ancient history of 
 Ireland, about the period of the landing of the 
 English, which occupies no small part of the volume. 
 The tour itself is less interesting to the general 
 reader than to the lover of antiquities, though 
 even those will regret the want of engravings to 
 elucidate the writer's descriptions. 
 
112. 33fixitlt*'£» Observations ox the 
 
 Irish. London, 1812. Svo. 
 
 The avowed object of the inquiries of this 
 author, who is a native of Scotland, was to improve 
 the condition of the great body of the people of 
 Ireland. His observations on this interesting subject 
 breath a spirit of kindly affection, highly creditable 
 to the writer. His remarks upon the advantages of 
 the general diffusion of education are particularly 
 worthy of notice. 
 
 113. djamftlt'S Sketches in 1812, and 
 
 View of Society and Manners in 
 
 1814, in Dublin, and the North 
 
 of Ireland. London, 1811 # 1813. 
 
 2 vols, in one. Svo. 
 
 A work abounding in entertaining anecdote, to 
 be perused with some caution, as the author is 
 thought to have allowed his imagination at times to 
 take excursions at the expense of truth. 
 
 114. fail's Tour through Ireland. 
 London, 1813. Svo. 
 
 Written by a Scotch clergyman, who visited the 
 country for the express purpose of making himself 
 acquainted with the national peculiarities, by mix- 
 ing among the natives of every rank. His tour, 
 which extends through all parts of the island, 
 abounds in minute detail and anecdote relative to 
 the lower classes. 
 
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 115. 3ll ^HJjlisJtttait'S Torn in Ire- 
 land IN THE YEARS 1813 AND 1814. 
 
 Dublin, 181 G. Svo. 
 
 A plain matter of fact narrative, written by a 
 member of the society of Friends, of what the 
 author saw and collected during a tour through a 
 great part of Ireland. It is confined to the south- 
 ern and eastern parts. 
 
 116. SttlUltSOn'S Irish Tourist. Dublin, 
 
 1815. Svo. 
 
 This volume seems to have been a laborious com- 
 pilation, apparently the work of a man who has 
 seen what he describes, and hence it contains a good 
 deal of local information relative to the parts of 
 the country he visited. 
 
 117- EOl'tJ 2$laitC])'!3 Sequel to a Nar- 
 rative, with Observations on 
 
 THE PRESENT STATE OF IltELAND. 
 London, 1816. 8ro. 
 
 Lord Blaney had published the narrative of a 
 tour through Spain and France from 1810 to 1814, 
 to which he has appended these observations as an 
 additional volume, though connected with them by 
 no other clue than that of the author's personal 
 identity. As a tourist he could not be omitted in 
 a collection professing to give a complete view of 
 Irish topographical writers ; but the notes of his 
 journey seemed designed as pegs, on which to hang 
 
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 political disquisitions, rather than as a delineation 
 of the features of the country. 
 
 IIS. Curtotn'S Observations on the 
 State of Ireland. London, 1818. 
 2 vols. 8ro. 
 
 The observations of this author, who is the celebra- 
 ted English agriculturist, are chiefly directed to illus- 
 trate his favorite pursuit. The letters were the 
 result of a hasty tour through the island, in the 
 year 1815, but were not published until 1818, in 
 consequence of a parliamentary discussion relative 
 to the comparative situation of the labouring classes 
 in the two islands, in which the author took a lead- 
 ing part. 
 
 119. Cl)C Scientific Cmivist through 
 
 Ireland. London, 1818. 12mo. 
 
 A compilation for the use of travellers, well di- 
 gested, and arrranged according to counties. 
 
 120. Ct'OttCf'S Walks through Ire- 
 land. London, 1819- Svo. 
 
 A posthumous work of Mr. J. Bernard Trotter, 
 private secretary to Charles James Fox, and author of 
 the memoir of that celebrated character, and other 
 works. The observations in these " Walks'' indi- 
 cate an elegant and instructed mind, strongly 
 tinctured with the spirit of romance. A well 
 written memoir of the author is prefixed. 
 G 
 
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 FINANCE. 
 
 121 CitU'lUttOlt's Sketch of the Re- 
 venue and Finance of Ireland. 
 London, 1791- 4>to. 
 
 This publication, to use the author's own words, 
 may be considered as a collection and digest of 
 various financial statements, which, while it aims at 
 giving a sketch of the Irish revenue, may furnish 
 materials to form an extensive history of the subject. 
 
 122. Cabcn&tsf) on the Public Ac- 
 counts of Ireland. London, 1791- 
 Svo. 
 
 A work compiled from the public accounts laid 
 before parliament every session, and published for 
 the use of the younger members. It consists wholly 
 of figures. 
 
 l c 2o. 2ftutf Vinson's Commercial Re- 
 straints of Ireland Considered. 
 Dublin, 1779. 8ro. 
 
 The author of this tract was the celebrated 
 John Hely Hutchinson, provost of Trinity College, 
 Dublin, and well known among the political cha- 
 racters that flourished in Ireland before the Union. 
 
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 The object of the treatise is to prove, that the 
 distresses of Ireland chiefly proceeded from the 
 ill judged restraints imposed upon its commerce by 
 Great Britain, and particularly from the destruction 
 of its Woollen Trade, which was effected during 
 the reign of King William. It contains much 
 powerful argument, and many strong pictures of 
 the state of the country, antecedent to, and during 
 the time of which the author treats. 
 
 124. CI)al!UCt*'3 Historical View of 
 the Domestic Economy of Great 
 Britain and Ireland. Edinburgh, 
 1812. 8iu 
 
 This valuable work contains one chapter on the 
 state of Ireland, which takes a concise but mas. 
 terly view of its political and commercial progress, 
 from the reign of James I. to the Union. This 
 chapter is not in the first edition, published in 
 1804. 
 
 125. Haft) I' CllC C '8 Interest of Ireland. 
 
 Dublin, 1682. 18 wo. 
 
 The trade and wealth of Ireland arc stated in two 
 parts, by Colonel Richard Lawrence, who was 
 many years member of the Council of Trade, as 
 well as an officer of rank in the army. 
 
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