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Maurice Lenihan - full title is Limerick Its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, from the Earliest Ages, with Copious Historical, Archaeological, topographical and Genealogical Notes and Illustrations, Maps, Plates, and Appendices, and an Alphabetical Index. Published by Mercier Press in Association with Education and History Committee of Limerick Treaty 300 and Ulster Bank, Cork, 1991.
Originally 1866. Revised and modernised index. Edited and with a ( new) introduction by Cian O'Carroll, with (new) introductory preface also by Jim Kemmy. Original price was a hefty IR£50.00 in 1991 - this edition was frequently used as a 'corporate gift' by the Limerick Treaty 300 Committee.
A valuable reference work tracing the history of Limerick City from its foundation and occupation by the Danes, through the reign of Brian Boru, the Norman invasion, Limerick under the English, under the Tudors, under Queens Mary and Elizabeth, persecutions, inquisitions, the Cromwellian period, the Siege of 1690, the Rebellion of ‘98 through to Catholic Emancipation.
Hardcover, a solid copy of a physically very large book, dustdarkening and age spotting to page block. Binding tight, internally unmarked.
