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Excerpt from The South Isles of Aran: County GalwayOne of the most remarkable features in the con formation of Inishmore is, that between the over lapping strata or terraces of limestone, thirty-seven feet in thickness in some places and eighteen in others, are beds of shale. The highest of the terraces is 320 feet over high-water mark, on the perpendicular cli¿' overlooking the Atlantic. On the sixth lowest of these descending steps the villa...
Excerpt from The History of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland: From A. D. 1186 to A. D. 1874HE Lord Chancellors of Ireland had, from the conquest by Henry II. Until the close of the reign Of Edward III., in 1377, a wide jurisdiction in this country. Thenceforward, and all through the reign of Richard 11, and during the long contests between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the power of England here declined, and at the opening of the reign of H...
Excerpt from The History of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland: From A. D. 1186 to A. D. 1874
It is now some years since I was first led to investigate the subject of which the following pages treat. In the course of my professional duties a considerable amount of antiquarian research was often necessary, and the study of ancient patents and of other old-world documents naturally led me to inquire into the lives of the men by or through whom the...
Excerpt from The South Isles of Aran: County Galway
One of the most remarkable features in the con formation of Inishmore is, that between the over lapping strata or terraces of limestone, thirty-seven feet in thickness in some places and eighteen in others, are beds of shale. The highest of the terraces is 320 feet over high-water mark, on the perpendicular cli¿' overlooking the Atlantic. On the sixth lowest of these descending steps the vil...
