Excerpt from The Beauties of Ireland, Vol. 1: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County To john C. Erck, A. M. Of the first-fruits office, author of the Ecclesiastical Register of Ireland, I am under important obligations, for a readiness of communi cation upon subjects connected with the office in which he is engaged, conspicuously to the advantage of that depart ment. In the library of Trinity College, and in the other libraries. Appertaining to learned institutions, or of a public character, in Dublin, I experienced every possible mark of attention, bestowed with exemplary politeness. Sir john newport, bart. M. P. Honoured the Object of my pursuit with particular attention; and the same ex pressions of gratitude are due, in at least an equal degree, to christopher dillon bellew, of Mount Bellew, in the county of Galway, Esq. To sheffield grace, Esq. Whose taste in every branch of useful and polite literature is honourable to himself and ornamental to his country, I am indebted for the use of many drawings and rare books on subjects relating to Irish topography; and for a polite and flattering friendship, created by the work in which I am engaged, and which has led to numerous introductions, of great importance to my local inquiries. 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.