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History of the Rise and Progress of Belfast; And Annals of the County Antrim
History of the Rise and Progress of Belfast And Annals of the County Antrim Author:James Adair Pilson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Hodgson Subjects: Fiction / Classics History / General Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. Whe... more »n you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LIST OF AUTHORITIES IN WHICH THE FACTS RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES WILL BE FOUND. Spencer's View of the State of Ireland, Sir James Ware's Antiquities, M' Geoghegan's History of Ireland, Archdaffs Monasticon, Lodge's Peerage, The Publications of the Irish Archaeological Society, Dvbourdieu's Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim, Gough's Camden, HoUinshed's Chronicle, Annals of the Four Masters, Fynes Moryson's History of Ireland, Lawson's History of the Rebellion 0/1641, Hamilton's Letters on the Northern coast of Antrim. Historical Collections of Belfast, Cox's History of Ireland, M'Skimmin's History of CarricJcfergus. Sir Thomas Molyneux's Discourse, Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, Bushtvn's Historical Collections. HISTORY OF TUB RISE AND PROGRESS OF BELFAST, kc., ifcc. SITE AND VICINITY. The town of Belfast, the metropolis of Ulster, is situated in lat. 54 36', north; and in long. 5 54', west from Greenwich. It stands at the southren extremity of Carrickfergus Bay, (Belfast Lough,) the Vinderius of Ptolomey, and at the debouch of the river Lagan. It is extremely low in situation, but well adapted for all the purposes of the important trade of which it is now the emporium. A ehain of mountains, of considerable height and bold outline, less than two miles distant to the north and west, overhang the town, and bestow uncommon grandeur on its general appearance. Most of the entire site of the town, as well as all the si...« less