Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow (Classic Reprint) written by John Ryan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.