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HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

GEORGE IV.

KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

&c. &c. &c.

THE FIRST BRITISH SOVEREIGN THAT HAS ENTERED

Freland

WITH THE BENIGNANT INTENTION OF RECONCILING, BY HIS PATERNAL INFLUENCE, EVERY JARring feelinG AMONG ALL CLASSES OF

HIS SUBJECTS IN THAT PART OF HIS DOMINIONS;

A SOVEREIGN

ENTITLED TO THE GRATITUDE, ESTEEM, AND ADMIRATION OF EVERY TRUE FRIEND TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS;

TABLE OF CONTENTS,

VOL. I.

INTRODUCTION,

Comprising Remarks on the Natural Circumstances,

History, Antiquities, and present state of Ireland,

in a collective point of view

Derivation of name

Situation and extent....

Aspect of the country.

Soil and Bogs....

Rivers and Lakes..

Woods

Minerals and Fossils...

Climate....

Civil, or political, division of Ireland

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xvi

xix

xxi

xxiii

XXV

Ecclesiastical division and Church establishment

Constitution of the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland xxviii

Government and parliamentary representation

xxxiii

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On the History of Ireland previous to the entry of the

English.

xxxiv

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On the History of Ireland subsequent to the entry of the

English....

lv

Vestiges of Pagan ages..

Round or Pillar Towers...

lxxxvii

xcix

The Purchasers of the BEAUTIES OF IRELAND are respectfully informed,
that a General Index will be inserted in the last Volume. In the same
place will also be given Directions to the Binder for placing the Engra-
vings throughout the whole of the Work.