Poster
Collection object
2001.0121
Frame H. 35.1 W. 29.9 Poster visible H. 23.0 W. 18.1
Poster, Railway from Newcastle to Rathkeale, important meeting of landed proprietors etc, 24 June 1858. F. Counihan, Printer, The Munster News Office, 5, Rutland-Street, Limerick. Framed. Pale blue paper. Text: (open capitals) Railway from Newcastle to Rathkeale / (open, ornate) Important Meeting / (small italic) A Meeting of the Landed Proprietors, Merchant Traders, and / Cess Payers interested in the construction of / (open caps) A Railway from Newcastle Through Rathkeale, / (small bold caps) to the Rathkeale Station, / (gothic) On the Limerick and Foynes Railway, / (small caps) will be held in the / (large bold caps) Court House at Newcastle, / (small bold caps) On Thursday, the 24th of June, Inst., / at twelve o'clock, at noon, / (small ital) To consider the propriety of giving a Guarantee for the payment / of interest at the rate of 5 per Cent, on the capital expended in the con- / struction of said Railway; in which Guarantee it is proposed to include / the Barony of (bold caps) "Glenquin" (underlined in black ink) and such portions of the Baronies of / (bold caps) "Shanid", and Upper and Lower "Connelloe" as may be deemed / tobe beneficial by said Railway. / Newcastle, 4th June, 1858. / (double line) / (printer). White mount, plain black frame.
F & Son Counihan (printer)