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A37731	An exact description of Ireland chorographically surveying all its provinces & counties ... : with an index of all the provinces, counties, baronies, cities, towns, forts, castles, rivers, lakes, havens, bays, mountains, promontories, &c., in such a manner as may serve for a geographical dictionary for Ireland ... : done according to the latest surveys, and agreeing with all the new maps / by Laurence Eachard ...	Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.	1691 (1691)	Wing E142; ESTC R22203	53,151	182

An EXACT DESCRIPTION OF IRELAND Chorographically Surveying all its Provinces Counties After a more Accurate Plain Easie and Particular Manner than any before done in this kind Shewing the Exact STATE of that Kingdom and all the Principal Things that are Necessary to be known And 5 Maps relating thereto With an INDEX of all the Provinces Counties Baronies Cities Towns Forts Castles Rivers Lakes Havens Bays Mountains Promontories c. In such a manner as may serve for a Geographical DICTIONARY for IRELAND Very Useful for the Right Understanding the p●…esent Affairs of that Kingdom Done according to the latest Surveys and agreeing with all the New MAPS By LAURENCE EACHARD of Christ-College in Cambridge London Printed for Tho. Salusbury at the Sign of the Temple near T●…mple-Bar in Fleetstreet 1691. THE Preface IRELAND is at present a Place of very Considerable Action and of so nigh Concern to this Nation that I thought a short Description of it could not be very unacceptable in so Curious an Age tho●…gh offer'd by One who has so lately troubl●…d the Publick with something of this Nature Since it is usual for Authors to give some Account of their Works in their Preface I shall do so of this and that as briefly as I can In making of it I have observed as good a Method as I could and have been also as particular not leaving out any thing that ought to be known or was necessary to make it Compleat not only observing those Things that were purely Chorographical and Modern but also such as were Historical and Ancient In the Provinces and Counties I have also been very Methodical agreeing with each other even to the equal Number of Paragraphs so exactly that what is in one may be found in all and have given them all the true Dimensions according to the latest Survey The Towns I have Describ●…d as largely as I could from any A●…thor I could procure tho' perhaps not so largely as some may expect m●…ntioning m●…re than I can find in any other Book always beginning with the most Northern Town in the County as nigh as I could and going on in such Order shewing their Distances all the way in English M●…les the 60th part of a Degree as may be most easily found in the Maps I have shewn the Distance of the chief Town in each County from Dublin the chief of the Kingdom The Index I am sure must be of good use to all such as desire to understand the History and Affairs of this Country And for the speed●…er finding of those Places there mentioned I have set the Longitude and Latitude of all the Towns and Castles according to P. Lea's and H. Moll' s Map That this Index might be of greater and more general Use I have named many more Places than are in the Book tho' perhaps there be not enough to satisfie every One's Curiosity yet I have left out none that deserved any thing of Observation I must desire the Reader to take Notice That I have mentioned very little of these late Wars those no ways belonging to my Design but have as I have hinted elsewhere taken care as much as I could to rep●…esent all things as they were or ought to have been before these Troubles began But howsoever I have taken particular Notice of all such Places as have been any thing Notable in these Times and have often given some small Hints for Distinction sake Perhaps it may also be expected that I should give a List of the Governors and several Officers with an Account of the Number Condition c. of the Souldiers with other Things concerning the Present State of this Kingdom But these Things by reason of the many Alterations every Day are extreamly difficult to do and are quite from my Design therefore I shall leave 'em to such as have more Convenience and better Intelligence than my self reckoning notwithstanding their Omission that this Book fully answers the Title-Page By reason of the little time I have had to write this Book possibly I may have committed some small Faults perhaps in the exact Number of the Parishes Boroughs Castles c. which were very difficult to get if there be any such I hope the Impartial Reader will not take Notice of them to my Disadvantage If there be found any fault in the Description of the Wild Irish it must be attributed to my Authors who were not altogether so Modern as I could have wished The Business of these Times and the present want of such a Description has made me somewhat more hasty than I would have been But however I have endeavoured to do every thing as well and exact as the time would permit THe Five Maps herein contained are one General Map of the whole Kingdom divided into Provinces the other Four are the Provinces divided into Counties BOOKS lately Printed for and sold by Tho. Salusbury at the Sign of the Temple in Fleetstreet viz. The History of the late great Revolution in England and Scotland with the Causes an●… Means by which it was Accomplished Together with a particular Account of the Extraordinary Occurrences which happened thereupon As likewise the Settlement of both the Kingdoms under their most Serene Majesties King William and Que●…n Mary Octavo Price 5 s. Wisdom's Dictates Or Rules Physical and Moral for preserving the Health of the Body and the Peace of the Mind Fit to be regarded and practised by all that would enjoy the Blessings of the present and future World To which is added A Bill of Fare of seventy five Noble Dishes of Food far exceeding those made of Fish or Flesh. By Tho. Tryon Student in Physick Price 1 s. Arithmetical Rules digested and contracted for the Help and Benefit of Memory very necessary and useful as well for Gentlemen and Tradesmen as for Youth and Apprentices in Mercantile Affairs With Examples Illustrated upon the Rules By Arthur Leadbetter Schoolmaster in the Whiting-street in Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk Price 1 s. Bragadocia a Comedy Price 1 S. A TABLE Of the Provinces and Counties of Ireland ANtrim Page 43 Armagh 52 Catherlagh 88 Cavan 50 Connaught 58 Cork 101 Down 54 Dublin 80 Dunnagal 46 East-Meath 77 Fermanagh 49 Gallway 67 Kerry 100 Kildare 83 Kilkenny 86 K●…ngs-County 84 Leinster 70 Letrim Page 62 Limrick 99 Londonderry 46 Longford 74 Louth 55 Mayo 64 Monoghan 51 Munster 91 Queens-County 85 Roscommon 66 Slego 63 Tipperary 99 Thomond 69 Tyrone 41 Ulster 38 Waterford 97 West-Meath 77 Wexford 89 Wicklow 81 A Generall Mapp of the Kingdom of IRELAND By Francis Lamb. A Chorographical Description OF IRELAND c. Of IRELAND in General CHAP. I. ●…f its Name Bounds Situation Clime Form Dimensions Distances Air Soil Products Commodities Rivers Lakes Bays Mountains Capes c. IRELAND is called by the Latins Hibernia by Orpheus Aristotle Strabo Stephanus and Claudian Ierna by Pomponius Me●… Iuvenal and Solinus Iuverna by Pto●…omy Iuernia and sometimes Britannia Minor by Martian

of Heraclia Ioyepnia by Diodorus Siculus Irim by Eusta●…hus Oyernia or Overnia and Vernia by some called Bernia Plutarch called it by the Name of Ogygia The Irish Bards or Poets have mentioned the Names of Tivolas Totdanan and Banno as the most ancient Names In later times it went by the Name of Scotia and Scotia Min●…r to distinguish it from the other Scotland It is now called by the Inhabitants Eryn and sometimes Gwydhill by the Welch Yverdon and Ywerdhou by the Germans Irlandi by the Italians Irlanda●… and by the French Irlande It is environed on all sides with the Ocean bounded on the East with a violent and unruly Sea called the Irish Sea or St. George's Channel which separates it from England and Wales and on the North-East from Scotland on the West with that vast Ocean called th●… Western or Atlantick Ocean which parts it from the main Continent of America on the North with the Northern Ocean called the Ducalidonian Ocean and on the South and South-West with that which is called the Vergirian Ocean If we consider it in respect of Heavenly Bodies it is situated between the 5th Degree and 58th Minute and the 10th Degree and 45th Minute of Longitude that is from London but reckoning from Tenneriffe it lies between the 8th and the 12th Degree and 55 Minutes of Longitude equal with the greatest part of Gallicia and Asturia in Spain And between the 51st Degree and 15th Minute and the 55th Degree and 15th Minute of Northern Latitude equal with Wales and the greatest part of England By this account we may see that it lies wholly under the Ninth and Tenth Climes with a little of the Eighth so that the longest Day on the most Southern parts is 16 Hours and about 25 Minutes and the longest Day on the most Northern parts is 17 Hours and about 12 Minutes that is almost an Hour longer It lies in one of the temperate Zones toward the Northern parts of it about five Degrees from the middle so that for its Situation it cannot be very intemperate either in Summer or Winter As for the Form and Shape of this Island it is oblong nigh as long again as broad somewhat though but little indeed resembling an Egg to which form many have likened it to Speed compares it rather to the shape of the Fore-Leg of a Bear which is as difficult to imagine as the other and if we consider all the variety of Windings and Turnings scarce any thing can be imagined to have a more irregular Form It is for bigness an Island of the third Rank reckoned to be about half as big as England In length from Fairhead the Northern Point of Antrim in Ulster to Missen-Head the South Point of Cork in Munster about 285 Miles In breadth in the widest place that is from the East-parts of Down in Ulster to the West-parts of Mayo in Connaught 160 Miles From the East of Wexford in Leinster to the West of Kerry in Munster 152 Miles But in the middle from the East of Dublin to the West of Galloway 146 Miles The whole Circuit reckoning all the Windings and Turnings is above 1400 Miles It lies distant from Scotland North-East and South-West from Cape Red-boy in Antrim to the South-parts of Cantire 15 Miles From England East and West from the East-parts of Down to St. Bees-Head in Cumberland 84 Miles From Wales East and West from the East-parts of Wexford to St. Davids 45 Miles From France North-West and South-East 220 Miles From Spain North and South 440 Miles And from New-France the nighest part of America from which it lies exactly West about 1440 Miles The Air is most mild and temperate in respect of Hot and Cold so that it is cooler in Summer and warmer in Winter than in England but nothing so clear and subtile as here therefore not so good in Summer for ripening of Corn and Fruits In the Winter it is more subject to Wind Clouds and Rain than Frost and Snow It is so excessive moist that many there are sore troubled with Loosenesses and Rheumes more especially Strangers who seldom escape those Distempers for the staying of which they have a Liquor called Usque-bah or an Aqua Vitae which is esteemed of as stronger and better than ours As for its Soil it is of it self abundantly fruitful but naturally rather fitter for Grass and Pasturage In some places the rankness of the Soil is so great the Grass so long and withal so sweet that the Cattel in those places would soon graze to a surfeit if they were not sometimes hindred This Country in many places is incumbred with vast Bogs and unwholsome Marshes being full of great Lakes and Sands and is also over-grown with many large Woods But of late Years these Inconveniencies have been very much corrected by drying and draining up many of the Marshes and by cutting down several of the Woods It produces a vast number of goodly Flocks of Sheep which they share twice a year Here are likewise excellent good Horses which we call Hobies which have not the same pace with others but a soft and round Amble setting one Leg before another very finely As for Cattle here are infinite numbers being indeed the principal Wealth of the Inhabitants it is said they will give no Milk if their Calves be not by them or their Skins stuffed with Straw or Hay For Bees they have such Numbers that they are found not only in Hives but also in the Bodies of Trees and holes of the Earth It is very much troubled with Wolves but has no Snake or Venemous Creature whatsoever neither will any live here It has variety of all sorts of wild and tame Fowls and vast quantities of Fish especially Salmons and Herrings All living Creatures besides Men Women and Greyhounds are smaller than ours in England The Principal Riches and Commodities of this Kingdom are Cattel Hides Tallow Suet great Store of Butter and Cheese Wood Salt Honey Wax Furs Hemp Linnen Cloth Pipe Staves great quantities of Wool of which they make Cloth and Freezes with those course Rugs or shag Mantles which are vented into Foreign Countries Variety of Fish and Fowl and also several Metals as Lead Tin and Iron in a word there is nothing wanting either for Pleasure and Profit every thing being extraordinary cheap and plentiful and of late times the Industry of the Inhabitants have not been so much wanting and by reason of the great Converse with the English are more Civilized then formerly both Trade and Learning flourishing i●… such a measure that were it not fo●… these unhappy Broils it well might have been counted as Beautiful an●… Sweet a Country as any under Heave●… The Principal Rivers of this Country are 1. Shannon or Shennon which ariseth in the County of Letrim in Connaught It divides for the most part of the way Connaught from Leinster and Munster and makes many Lakes

Munster who have to assist them certain Gentlemen and Lawyers who are directed by the Lord Lieutenant As for the several Degrees of States this Country has the very same as in England as Earls Barons Knights Esquires c. Here are also the same Courts as in England as the Parliament which at the King of England's Pleasure is called by the Deputy and by him dissolved the Star Chamber the Chancery the Kings-Bench the Common-Pleas and the Exchequer likewise four Terms in a Year Here are also Juces of Assizes of Nisi Prius and of Oyer and Terminer and Justices Peace in every County Also the King hath his Serjeant at Law his Sollicitor c. As for the Common Laws Ireland is Governed by the same with England The Strength of this Nation consists partly in the Situation being begirt about with difficult and dangerous Seas and partly in the several Fortif●…ations and Castles built by the English since they became Masters of it Their Forces have never been reckoned very numerous till of late and then they have either been so ill Disciplined or of such Cowardly Dispositions especially in their own Country that an Enemy of no very great Power were it not for their strong Places might easily tame ' em The Arms of this Kingdom are Azure an Harp Or stringed Argent which Arms King Iames the First to shew himself absolute King of Ireland caused to be Marshalled with the Royal Arms of Great Britain and have ever since been set upon our Coyns I should speak of the Revenues Coyns Weights Measures and such like of this Kingdom as for the first I can have no perfect account of so that I dare not say any thing of it as for the rest they are mostly the same as in England The Ecclesiastical Government is under four Archbishopricks viz. Armagh Dublin Cashell and Tuam under these were at once a great number of Bishopricks and those but poor ones as they are generally now but since the Reformation have been reckoned o●…ly 19 and of some of those I am a little uncertain Six are under Armagh the Metropolitan viz. Londonderry Connor Dromore Clogher Kilmore and Dundalk three under Dublin viz. Kilkenny Kildare and Fearnes five under Cashell viz. Waterford Limrick Cork Ardfeart and Emly and fi●… under Tuam viz. Gallway ●…lone Killala Clonefert and Killalow This Island was anciently divided into many several Peoples and Provinces as the Robognii Darnii Volontii Vennionii and Erdinii in the North parts now Ulster the Auteri Ganganii and Nagnata in Connaught the Menapii Cauci Blanii and Brigantes in Leinster and the Luceni Velabri Ulterni Vodii and Coriondi in Munster Afterwards it came to be divided into five Parts which were so many Kingdoms viz. Ulster Connaught Meath Leinster and Munster Since then the Kingdom of Meath have been joyned to that of Leinster the rest remaining as before so that is divided at present into four distinct Provinces viz. 1. Ulster 2. Connaught 3. Leinster and 4. Munster The first of these lie on the North the second on the West the third on the East and the fourth on the South These Provinces are divided into 32 Counties and those subdivided into 253 Baronies or Hundreds and those have in them 1586 Parishes These shall be every one treated of in their Order CHAP. IV. Of Ulster shewing its Name Bounds Dimensions Riv●…s Products Remarks c. and describing all its Counties Towns and Castles THE Province of Ulster is called by the Latins Ultoni●… and sometimes Ulidia by the Irish Cui Guilly or Province of Guilly by the Welch Ultw●… and by the English Ulster It is Bounded on the East with St. George's Channel on the West with the main Atlantick or W●…stern Ocean on the North with the Ducalidonian or Northern Ocean on the South with the Province of Leinster and on the South-West with the Province of Connaught So it is encompassed on 3 sides with Sea being almost of a round Form ULSTER PROVINCE The chief Rivers of this Province are 1. B●…nne rising in the County of Down in Armagh it receives the River Tanwagee and then passes through the great Lake Neagh then divides the County of Antrim from that of Londonderry and falls into the Ducalidonian Ocean a little below Colerain 2. Lough-Foyle which washes St. Iohn's Town and Londonderry then falls into the Ducalidonian Ocean making a great Bay or Lake of the same Name 3. Swilly in the County of Dunnaga●… falling into the Ducalidonian Ocean with a kind of a Lake 4. Lagen-Water in Down washing Dromore Lisburn and Belfast falls into the Bay of Carrickfergus 5. Newry-Water parting Down from Armag●… and falls into Ca●…ngford-Bay 6. Main in Antrim c. This Country abounds with large Lakes shaded with many and thick Woods the Soil is fruitfull in Corn and Grass but in some places a little Barren howbeit fresh and Green to see in every place well furnished with Horses Sheep and Oxen and it affords great plenty of Timber and Fruit-Trees The Waters are deep and fit for Vessels very well replenished with Fish and as for Salmons here are more in some Rivers of this Country than in any other River in Europe In this Province is one Archbishoprick viz. Armagh Six Bishopricks besides Raphoe united to Londonderry viz. Londonderry Connor Dromore Clogher Kilmore and Dundalk Ten Market Towns viz. Athordee Armagh Carrickfergus Carlingford Drogheda Dundalk Dunnagal Londonderry Louth and Newry 14 Towns of Commerce and Trade 34 places that return Parliament Men or Boroughs 30 Castles for the Defence of the Country and 214 Parishes in the whole The chief City of all is Londonderry The Boroughs are are as following viz. four in Antrim Antrim Belfast Carrickfergus and Lisburn Three in Londonderry Colerain Lamnevaddy and Londonderry Six in Dunnagal Ballishannon Dunnagal St. Iohn's Town Kilberg Lifford and Raphoe Four in Tyrone Agher Dungannon Omagh and Strabane One in Fermenagh viz. Eniskilling Two in Cavan Belturbet and Cavan One in Monoghan viz. Monoghan Two in Armagh Armagh and Charlemont Six in Down Bangor Down Hilsburrough Killileagh Newry and New-Town And Four in Louth Atherdee Carlingford Drogheda and Dundalk The Religious Places in this Province were once the Abbey of Dunnagal the Monastery of Derry the Monastery near the River Liffer that famous one at the Bay of Carrickfergus also Millifont Abbey and lastly the most Renowned Monastery at Armagh out of which many others were propagated in Britain and Ireland These Places when standing were very much frequented by Pilgrims This Province before the English Conquered it was a Kingdom of it self under its own Kings First Conquered by Iohn Curcy a valiant English-Man in the Reign of King Henry the Second Soon after it was so neglected by the English that it was causioned into many Estates and Principalities by the Natural Irish. In this Estate it continued the Kings of England having but

in the County of Wexford about 112 Miles in breadth from the Town of Wicklow to the most West part of King's County about 70 Miles The Circuit reckoning the Windings and Turnings may be about 360 Miles The chief Rivers are 1. Barrow which arises in Queen's County running East and then South washes Caterlagh and Lughlin then takes the Shure nigh Waterford and together with it falls into the Ocean 2. Boyne which arises in King's County and run towards the North East washes Trim Navan Slaine and Drogheda and immediately after looses it self in the Ocean 3. Liffe or Leffy arising in the County of Wicklow about 15 Miles from its fall into the Sea and takes a large compass and falls into the Sea at Dublin 4. Nuer beginning in Queen's County washes Kilkenny and Thomas-Town and falls into the River Barrow a little above Ross. 5. Urrin or Slane beginning in Wicklow washes Ballinglass and Inishcorthy and falls into the Sea at Wexford 6. Inny in Kings-County falling into the Shannon at Lough-Ree This Province is very fertile and fruitful in Corn and Pasture-Ground and well watered with Rivers the Air clear and gentle mixt with a temperate Disposition yielding neither ex●…remity of Heat nor Cold. It is plentiful both in Fish and Flesh and in other Victuals as Butter Cheese and Milk The Commodities chiefly consists in Cattel Sea-Fowl and Fish and breeds excellent good Horses The Inhabitants come nearest the Civil Disposition of the English from whom they are for the most part descended so that I look upon this to be the most considerable Province in Ireland In this Province is one Archbishoprick viz. Dublin three Bishopricks besides Loughlin united to Fearnes and Glenelach united to Dublin viz. Fearnes Kildare and Kilkenny 16 Market-Towns viz. Athboy Arcklo Ardragh Carbre Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Longford Loughlin Mariburrough Molingar Philips-town Ross Trim Wexford and Wicklow 47 Places of Commerce and as many that return Par●…iament-Men or Boroughs 102 Castles well fortified by the English and 926 Parishes The chief place i●… Dublin also chief of the Kingdom The Boroughs are Three in Longford St. Iohns-Town Lanesburroug●… and Longford Three in West-Meath Foore Killbegan and Molingar Six i●… East-Meath Athboy Duleck Kells Navan Ratooth and Trim Three in Dublin Dublin Newcastle and Swords Four in Wicklow Arcklo Ballinglass Blessen and Wicklow Three in Kildare Arthy Kildare and Naas Thre●… in Kings-County Bi r Bunalin an●… Philips-town Three in Queens-County Ballinekill Mariburrough and Port-Arlington Eight in Kilkenny Callen St Canice Gowran Inis-teige Kells Kilkenny Knocktopher and Thomas-Town Two in Catherlagh Catherlagh an●… Loughlin And eight in Wexfor●… Bannae Clamine Clonegeen Feathard Iniscorthy Rosse Taghmon and Wexford The Religious Places of this Province were once the Monastery of S●… Mary of Oustmanby the Magnificen●… Abby called St. Thomas-Court at Dubli●… built by King Henry the Second o●… England Likewise Tintern Monastery that notable Abby founded b●… William Marshall Earl of Pembrook who called it de Voto because of a Vow that he made These Places have now little remaining This Province was before the English Conquest of it divided into two Kingdoms viz. Leinster and Meath both under their own Kings till a falling out hapned between the King of Meath and he of Leinster which caused King Henry the Second of England to make a Conquest of it Leinster has been inseparably annexed to England ever since but Meath was granted in Fee-Farm to Hugh Lacy a Noble English-man Since which it came wholly under the King of England and now the Province of Meath is united to Leinster It was anciently divided among the Brigantes inhabiting Kilkenny Caterlagh Kings and Queens Counties the Menapii in and about Wexford the Cauci in and about Wicklow and the Blanii or Elbanii in Dublin East-Meath and West-Meath Afterwards divided into Meath and Leinster as before was said Meath contained the Counties of East-Meath West-Meath and Longford It is now divided into 11 Countie●… viz. 1. Longford 2. West-Meath 3. Eas●… Meath 4. Dublin 5. Wicklow 6. Ki●… dare 7. Kings-County 8. Queens-Count●… 9. Kilkenny 10. Catherlagh and 11. Wexford Of these four borders on th●… Sea viz. East-Meath Dublin Wicklo●… and Wexford the seven others ar●… Midland Counties These Countie●… are again divided into 90 Baronies 1. Longford LOngford by some made in Connaught is the most North-Western County and has on the East and South West-Meath on the North and North-East Letrim in Connaught and Cavan in Ulster and on the West the River Shannon which parts it from Roscommon in Connaught It is in lengt●… 27 Miles and in breadth 16. A small but a rich and pleasant County It is divided into six Baronies viz. Longford Granard Ardagh Moydoe Rathlin and Shrowle In which are two Market-Towns and three Boroughs the chief Town is Longford Principal Places are 1. St. Iohns-Town or Ballanalie a Borough-Town on the River Camlin in almost the ●…iddle of the County 2. Longford 〈◊〉 the same River five Miles almost ●…est of St. Iohns-Town a Market-●…own and a Borough the chief of the ●…ounty but of no great Note It ●…ands about 58 Miles almost West of ●…ublin 3. Ardagh six Miles South-●…ast of Longford a little decayed Mar●…et-Town 4. Lanesburrough almost ●…2 Miles West of Ardagh a Borough-●…own standing on the River Shannon which has a Bridge over it into Ros●…ommon 2. West-Meath WEst-Meath has on the East East-Meath on the West the River ●…hannon which parts it from Roscom●…on in Connaught and Longford on ●…he North Cavan in Ulster and on the South Kings-County It is in length ●…0 Miles and in breadth 20. A Coun●…y which gives place to none in Ferti●…ity and Populousness It is divided into 11 Baronies viz. Foore Delyn Moygoish Corkery Molingar Fabill Furtullagh Moycashell Rathconrath Kilkenny and Clunlona In which is one Market-Town and three Boroughs the chief Town is Molingar Principal Places are 1. Foore a Borough-Town two Miles off the Borders of East-Meath of little Note 2. Molingar or Mullenger 13 Miles South of Foore a Market and Borough-Town of considerable Note and Strength not only the chief of this County but of the whole Province of Meath It stands 40 Miles nigh●… West of Dublin 3. Ballimore 13 Miles West of Molingar a small Town nigh●… the South-parts of Longford 4. Killbegan 10 Miles South-East of Ballimore a little Borough-Town on the River Brasmagh by the Borders o●… Kings-County 3. East-Meath EAst-Meath has on the East the Ocean and Dublin on the North and North-East Cavan and Louth in Ulster on the West West-Meath and on the South Kildare It is in length 38 Miles and in breadth as many A County very rich pleasant and populous It is divided into 11 Baronies viz Moyrgallon Slane Duleck Skreene Navan Kells Lune Moysenragh Deece Rato●…h and Dunboyne In which are two Market-Towns and six Boroughs the chief Town is

Trim. Chief Places are 1. Kells a little Borough on a small River called Black-Water which falls into the Boyne nigh Navan 2. Slane a little Town on the Boyne 12 Miles East of Kells and seven West of Drogheda 3. Duleck a Borough seven Miles nigh East of Slane and four South of Drogheda on the River Nenny 4. Navan a small Borough on the River Boyne 10 Miles West of Duleck and seven almost South-East of Kells 5. Athboy or Aboy eight Miles South-West of Navan a Borough and Market-Town well inhabited and of good resort 6. Trim six Miles almost South-East of Athboy on the River Boyne a Borough and Market-Town of good Trade reckoned the chief in the County It stands 23 Miles almost North-West of Dublin 7. Ratooth a little Borough-Town 12 Miles East of Trim and as many North-West of Dublin 4. Dublin DUblin or Divelin has on the East the Irish Ocean or St. George's Channel on the West and North-West Kildare and East-Meath and on the South Wicklow It is a small County but 28 Miles long and 16 broad A County very rich and fertile in Corn and Grass but destitute of Woods so that they have a kind of a fat Turff or Coal It is divided into six Baronies viz. Ballrudery Cross Cooleck Castleknock Newcastle and Rathdowne In which is one Market-Town and three Boroughs the chief is Dublin Chief Places are 1. Swords a little Borough-Town nigh the Sea eight Miles North of Dublin 2. Dublin or Balacleigh an Archbishoprick a Market and Borough the Metropolis of the Kingdom the Seat of the Vice-Roy and an University It is a very Noble City surpassing any in England except London adorned with many Glorious Buildings seated on a delectable and wholsom place first built on Piles of Wood on the River Liffe which affords it an excellent Haven To the South are Hills Westward an open Champion Ground on ●…he East the Sea at Hand in sight It ●…as a very strong Wall of rough ●…uilding Stone towards the South for●…ified with Rampiers It openeth at ●…ix Gates from whence there run forth Suburbs of great length Towards ●…he East stands the Kings Castle on ●…igh most strongly fenced with Dit●…hes and Towers Just over against ●…t is a beautiful College richly En●…owed and Consecrated unto the Name of the Holy Trinity Here ●…re also many other fine Buildings as ●…he Cathedral the Archbishops Pa●…ace the Collegiate Church the Town-Hall c. 3. Newcastle a Bo●…ough-Town eight Miles almost West ●…f Dublin Here also stood the City ●…f Glendelach a Bishop's See now ●…uined and the Bishoprick united to Dublin 3. Wicklow WIcklow sometimes a part of the County of Dublin has on the East St. George's Channel on the West Kildare and Catherlagh on the North Dublin and on the South Wexford It is in length 36 Miles and in breadth 28. A County sufficiently fruitful It is divided into six Baronies viz. Rathdown part in Dublin Newcastle Talbotstone Ballinecur Arcklow and Shel Aly. In which are two Market-Town●… and four Boroughs the principa●… Town is Wicklow Chief Places are 1. Blessinto a smal●… Borough-Town on the River Liffe●… bordering on Kildare 2. Baltinglasse another Borough 13 Miles South o●… Blessinto on the River Urrin or Slane by the Borders of Catherlagh 3. Wicklow a Market-Town and Borough 2●… Miles East of Baltinglasse It is the chief of the County standing on the Sea and has a narrow Haven at the Mouth of the River Letrim ov●… which stands a Rock in stead of a Castle enclosed with a strong Wall I●… stands 24 Miles nigh South of Dublin 4. Arcklow a Market-Town and a Borough 12 Miles South of Wicklow I●… stands by the Sea and once gave Name to a County and now a Title to the Duke of Ormond who is Baron of this place 6. Kildare KIldare has on the East Dublin and Wicklow on the West Kings-County and Queens County on the North E●…st-Meath and on the South Catherlagh It is in length 38 Miles and in breadth 23. A County most rich and plentiful in all things It is divided into eight Baronies viz. Carburny Ikeathy Salt Naas Connel Ophally Noragh and Reban Kileah and Mone In which are two Market-Towns and three Boroughs the chief Town is Kildare Principal places are 1. Carbury or Carbre towards the North-West part a Market-Town but much decayed 2. Naas a Borough-Town 13 Miles South-East of Carbury nigh the River Liffe 3. Kildare or Kildar 11 Miles almost West of Naas it is a considerable place the chief of the County a Market-Town a Borough and a Bishop's See formerly much celebrated for the Holy Virgin Briged It stands 27 Miles South-West of Dublin 4. Arthy a Borough-Town 12 Miles South of Kildare on the River Barrow not far off of the Borders of Queens-County 7. Kings-County KIngs-County formerly called Offaly has on the East Kildare on the West the River Shannon which parts it from Gallway in Connaught and part of Tipperary in Munster on the North West-Meath and on the South and South-East Tipperary and Queens-County It is in length 48 Miles and in breadth 14. A County not so rich as some others It is divided into 11 Baronies viz. Warrenstown Coolestown Philipstown Geshill Kilcoursi Ballicowen Balliboy Carri-Castle Eglish Ballibrit and Clonlisk In which is one Market-Town and three Boroughs the chief Town is Phillipstown Principal Places are 1. Phillipstown or Kingstown towards the North parts three Miles off the Borders of West-Meath a Market-Town and Borough not remarkable for any thing but for being the Head of the County It stands 38 Miles West of Dublin 2. Bunalin or Bannahet a small Borough-Town 25 Miles almost South-West of Phillipstown standing on the River Shannon on the Borders of Gallway in Connaught 3. Bi r another little Borough-Town six Miles South of Bunalin standing on the Borders of Tipperary in Munster on a River that runs into the Shannon 8. Queens-County QUeens-County in Irish Lease has on the East Kildare on the North and West Kings-County with Tipperary in Munster and on the South Kilkenny It is in length 35 Miles and in breadth 32. A County full of Woods and Bogs It is divided into seven Baronies viz. Portneh inch Stradbally Balliadam Slewmargie Cullinagh Mariburow and Upper Ossery In which is one Market-Town and three Boroughs the chief Town is Mariburow Chief Places are 1. Port-Arlinton a small Borough-Town in the North parts of this County on the River Barrow on the Borders of Kings-County 2. Mariburow or Queenstown 10 Miles South of Port-Arlinton It is a Borough and a Market-Town but no●… otherwise remarkable than for bein●… the Head of the County It stand●… 72 Miles almost South-West of Dubli●… 3. Ballinekill another Borough-Tow●… eight Miles South of Mariburow an●… about a Mile from the Borders of Kilkenny 9. Kilkenny KIlkenny has on the East Catherlag●… and Wexford on the West Tipperary in