ISBN: 1236452003

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781236452009], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ... miles of its boundary-line with Limerick and Cork, is formed by the watercourse of the nascent rivers Feale and Blackwater, here strictly mountain streams; and nearly all the remainder is carried along or very near the summit-line of lofty mountain-ranges. The county, in rather a stringent sense, is naturally fortified seaward by broad waters and bold shores, and landward by enormous mountain ramparts, over some parts of which even modern engineering has with difficulty cut a practicable path for wheeled vehicles. The outline of the county is that of a slender oblong, extending north and south, and sending westward two projections comprising about t wo-fifths of the whole area. The county lies between 51 41' north latitude, and between 9 7' and 10 3C longitude west of Greenwich. Its greatest length, south-south-westward from the Battery Point opposite Clanderalaw bay in co. Clare, to Lamb Head at the west side of the entrance of the Kenmare estuary, is 55 miles; its greatest breadth, exclusive of islands, and measured west-north-westward from the summit of Greenane 4 miles south by west of Mill-Street in co. Cork to Cape Sybil at the extremity of Corkaguiney peninsula, is 41J miles; and its area comprises 414,614 acres of arable land, 726,775 acres of uncultivated ground, 11,169 acres of compact plantations, 807 acres of towns, and 32,761 acres of fresh water,--in all, 1,186,126 acres. Surface.--The northern district of the county, comprising the whole of the barony of Iraghticonnor, and all the western, north-western, and central parts of the barony of Clanmaurice, is open or champaign country, diversified only bv a ridge of low hills along the boundary with co. Limerick, a series of undulations and hillocky groups in the interior, the hill of Doom on the..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 8975347011, Education & Teaching, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 5267710011, Test Preparation, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9781236452009

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 804 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 804 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.6in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: . . . miles of its boundary-line with Limerick and Cork, is formed by the watercourse of the nascent rivers Feale and Blackwater, here strictly mountain streams; and nearly all the remainder is carried along or very near the summit-line of lofty mountain-ranges. The county, in rather a stringent sense, is naturally fortified seaward by broad waters and bold shores, and landward by enormous mountain ramparts, over some parts of which even modern engineering has with difficulty cut a practicable path for wheeled vehicles. The outline of the county is that of a slender oblong, extending north and south, and sending westward two projections comprising about t wo-fifths of the whole area. The county lies between 51 41 north latitude, and between 9 7 and 10 3C longitude west of Greenwich. Its greatest length, south-south-westward from the Battery Point opposite Clanderalaw bay in co. Clare, to Lamb Head at the west side of the entrance of the Kenmare estuary, is 55 miles; its greatest breadth, exclusive of islands, and measured west-north-westward from the summit of Greenane 4 miles south by west of Mill-Street in co. Cork to Cape Sybil at the extremity of Corkaguiney peninsula, is 41J miles; and its area comprises 414, 614 acres of arable land, 726, 775 acres of uncultivated ground, 11, 169 acres of compact plantations, 807 acres of towns, and 32, 761 acres of fresh water, --in all, 1, 186, 126 acres. Surface. --The northern district of the county, comprising the whole of the barony of Iraghticonnor, and all the western, north-western, and central parts of the barony of Clanmaurice, is open or champaign country, diversified only bv a ridge of low hills along the boundary with co. Limerick, a series of undulations and hillocky groups in the interior, the hill of Doom on the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<