Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow The prospect in this case is farfrom' cheering. While in Great Britain, every county, and many baronies, ' pa rishes, cities, towns, villages, and even private houses}, have had their historians and antiquaries, little, indeed, has been done in Ireland. With the exception of mith's. Histories of Cork, Waterford, and Kerry, published in the last century, and others few and far between, the local records of the country yet remain to be collected, its ancient structures are yet to be visited, explored, and accurately pourtrayed.1 It is not difficult to account for the immediate cause of this circumstance: public sup ort' has not been forthcoming; and even now, the atten ant difiiculties are such as would, perhaps, deter most persons from the pursuit: in fact, no small share of enthusiasm is necessary to carry a work on antiquities, (or indeed on any other subject), in Ireland, to a successful conclusion. The example of our English and Scotch fellow sub'sets, hovvever, was striking; the deficiency existed; an the author, feeling an interest in his native county; resolved at all hazards, to collect its history'and survey its antiqui ties. The present volume is the result of his determination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus, From the Earliest Records Till 1839: Also, a Statistical Survey of Said County Nineteen years have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of this Work. In the interval, the Author has been studiously engaged in collecting materials for the present, in which he has been so successful, that he is now enabled to give it to the public, in a much more complete and enlarged form than he ever expected it would have attained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.