Book
Collection object
2000.0341
H. 15.2 W. 12.5 T. 0.6
Book: Three Days on the Shannon by W F Wakeman, Dublin, Hodges & Smith, Grafton Street, 1852. 56pp plus 6 front plus 52 ads back plus 2 plus soft covers. Front cover: Above, print of paddle steamer Avonmore, hills behind; r., coloured, a waterfall with heron below; l., title, coloured yellow and red-brown, below 'Limerick, Athlone, Carrick-on-Shannon, Lough Kay'. Contents, local, Limerick castle & cathedral, Falls of Doonass, Castleconnell, Spa, O'Briens Bridge, Killaloe, St Molua's Chapel, Lough Derg, Palace of Kincora, Inis Cealtra, the round towers, ps 4-19. Prints: tomb of Felim O'Connor, king of Connaught; King John's Castle and Thomond Bridge (Wakeman, Oldham) p.6; Treaty Stone p.7; St Molua's Church, Killaloe p.15; Derry Castle, Lough Derg p.17; St Camin's Church and tower p.18; Tombstone on Inis Cealtra p.19; towers at Clonmacnoise ps28,29; Three counties boundary stone p.31; Athlone castle p.33; Railway bridge over Shannon p.34; Ginkle's house p.35; Turf boat p.36; Randown castle p.37; Goldsmith's house p.40; the Three Pigeons (thatched house) p.41; Roscommon abbey p.42; O'Connor's tomb p.43; Roscommon castle p.44; Boyle Abbey and bridge p.52. Local ads: James Forrest & Sons Limerick Lace, warehouse 100 & 101 Grafton St, factory Abbey Court, Limerick. Bound with string. Some pages loose, spine held with selotape.
W F Wakeman (author)