Map

Collection object


1981.0158
H. 62.3 W. 95.9.
Map, coloured. Titled: Survey of the King's Island adjoining the walls of the City of Limerick made by order of the Rt. Hon. & Hon. the Commissioners of Crown Lands in Ireland by Joseph James Byrne, June 1825, 39 Stephens Green, Dublin. Scale of 10 plantation perches to an inch. The bottom of the map is to the NE, showing Thomond Bridge and the city wall at ISland Gage at the top. Fields on Kings Island are numbered 1-21, and a table to the bottom l. gives acreage and type of use. Property of William Carr marked. Map paper on canvas with a black silk border. Kings Island / Limerick written in ink R/, and number 57 over 61 stamped R/ . Framed after acquisition.


Joseph James Byrne (surveyor)