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A25529	An account of the nature, situation, natural strength, and antient, and modern fortifications, of the several cities and garrison-towns in Ireland, that are still possessed by the forces of the late King James their distances from Dublin, and each from the other, with the several approaches by which they may be attack't : also, a scenographical discription [sic] of the famous river Shannon, on which stands those two strong places, Limmerick and Athlone, the former of which is besieged by His Majesty in person, the latter by Lieutenant General Douglass / by an Irish officer, who served in the army under the late Duke of Ormond.	Irish officer.	1690 (1690)	Wing A332; ESTC R1570	4,355	9

AN ACCOUNT OF THE Nature Situation Natural Strength and Antient and Modern Fortifications of the several Cities and Garrison-Towns in IRELAND That are still Possessed by the Forces of the Late King James Their Distances from Dublin and each from the other With the several Approaches by which they may be Attack't Also a Scenographical Discription of the Famous River SHANNON On which Stands Those Two Strong Places Limmerick and Athlone The former of which is Besieged by His Majesty in Person the latter by Lieutenant General Douglass By an Irish Officer who served in the Army under the Late Duke of Ormond Licensed JAMES FRASER LONDON Printed for W. Bonny and R. Hayhurst in Little-Britain 1690. Price Two Pence An Account of the City Port Garrison and Fortifications of LIMERICK THIS City is the biggest in Ireland except Dublin its Haven lies on the West-side of Ireland and South of Galway It divideth the Province of Connaught from Munster being of a great length no less than sixty Miles for so far it is from the mouth of the Haven to the City of Limerick to whose Walls Merchant-men of great Burthen or Third and Fourth Rate Frigats may goe up without meeting with any thing else in all that way save a number of little Isles but not any foul Places Rocks or Sands This Harbour is nothing else but a great Lough half way its length growing some-what narrow but immediately inlarging it self again into greater breadth whereinto the River Shannon upon whose Banks Limerick is situated dischargeth it self a little way below the said City although the English and the Irish both call it the Shannon all the way until the Sea as it were not a Lough into which the River falleth but the River it self thus enlarged This City as aforesaid standing on the Banks of the Shannon which encompasseth it so about that its a perfect Island by which means its very strong by Nature it 's also Fortified with a very high strong Wall on which are several Bastions and Redoubts also three spacious Gates well-built with curious Stone viz. St. John's Gate St. Peter's Gate and the New-Gate These Gates give the Name to the Three Principal Streets in the City on which are good Stone-Buildings It hath also a Castle and Bridge viz. King's Castle and Thomand-Bridge Pieces of great Strength and Beauty though very Ancient being of the Foundation of King John who was exceedingly delighted with the Situation It s distant from Dublin eighty four Miles from Cork thirty seven Miles and from Galway thirty six GALWAY THE Haven of this City is the most considerable in the Province of Connaught being a very great Bay some Miles broad and many more long having in the Mouth three Islands called the Isles of Arran the which lye North and South by the side of each other there remaining the Channels for to come out of the Sea into this Bay One Channel runeth betwixt the Land and the Northern Isle and called therefore North-Sound The second between the same Northern Island and the middle-most which Channel being the most usual of the Three is commonly stiled St. Gregory's Sound and the third between the most Southermost Island and the Mane named South-Sound the Channel betwixt the Southern and the middle-most Island not being passable by reason of the Sands and Shelves wherefore the Name of Half-Sound hath been given unto it The whole North-side of this Bay is very foul with Sands and Rocks so as one may not approach the Shoar in a great way at the end of which Sand and in the innermost part of the Bay lyeth a little Island called Mutton-Island at the East-side whereof one may Anchor in five or six Fathoms of Water but from thence Northwards until the City of Galway which is the space of two or three Miles none but little Vessels and Barks can go the City standing not on the Bay it self but on a broad Water like a River the which not far from Galway coming out of a great Lake called Lough Corbes dischargeth it self into the Bay a little above Mutten-Isle This City is the principal of the Province of Connaught both for Beauty Strength and Trade it s invironed with a very strong Wall the best in all Ireland on which is a Counterscarp Bastion and other Fortifications and it s no less strong within it self the Houses being built very regular with Stone with Battlements at the top for Guns to be Planted It s distant from Dublin eighty five Miles and from Athlone thirty six Miles ATHLONE THIS Town is the greatest Pass from Dublin to Connaught and so to Leinster it 's a place that is but small yet of very great Strength the River Shannon running through it like London and Southwark it s joyned by a stately Stone-Bridge on which are Fortifications built at the charge of Queen Elizabeth and repaired in the Year 1663. On that part of the Town that is in Connaught stands a great Castle regularly Fortified according to the modern way by K. Charles the II. a little after his Restauration with the addition of a high mud Wall round that part of the Town and several other new Works hath been lately made here by the order of King James It s distant from Dublin forty nine Miler KING-SALE THE Haven of this Town is one of the most Famousest of all Ireland Ships of great Burthen may Sail into it keeping in the midst of the Channel without any danger either without or in the Mouth of the Harbour except a blind Rock close to the East-Point Within the Haven on the West-side lyeth a great Shelf which shooteth a great way off from the Land but leaving a very large Passage along by the side of it in which as in all the rest of the Harbour it is many Fathoms deep This Haven for some Miles goeth in N. N. East but afterwards turneth West-ward until the Key of Kingsale where Ships may Ride in 8 or 9 Fathoms of Water being defended of all Winds The Town stands upon the Mouth of the River Bany and at some distance from it stands a curious Cittadel which cost K. Charles the II. 80 Thousand Pound the Erecting it s of great Security to the Port so that no Force can attack it either by Sea or Land without great hazard and danger The Town is well Fortified by Land having a Wall and several Works on it but it s commanded by the adjacent Hills particularly by one Hill that is exact against their great Fort which renders the place uncapable of holding out a Siege It s distant from Dublin 127 Miles from Limerik 46. CORK THE Haven of this City stands Ten Miles to the Eastward of Kin-sale the which goeth in N. N. East being within large and wide runing a great way into the Land for the City until whose Key this Haven is very clean and deep is seated many miled from the Sea and from the Mouth of the Harbour The City is but small

consisting chiefly of one large Street reaching out in length but very populous It is the only thorough-fare of all English Goods and Commodities as they term them namely rich Broad Cloaths Stuffs and Linnen Fruits Spices c. Sent most commonly this way out of England for those two remarkable Port-Towns of Limmerick and Galoway it is Fortified with a very good Wall and curious Stone-Bridge on which are several Works and being environed with Water were it not for the Hills near it which over looks the City in the same nature as at Kin-sale it might be made a place Impregnable but the Hills has such a command of it that a Battery from thence would Beat the the Town about the Ears of the Garrison It is distant from Dublin One Hundred and Sixteen Miles from Limmerick Thirty Six Miles WATERFORD THIS Haven is Situated on the Confines of Lenister and Munster and runneth seven or eight Miles into the Land not Winding or Crooked or with any great Inlets or Nookes but almost in a streight Line extending it self North North-West and in most parts of an equal Breadth all the way Deep and Clear having no Rocks nor Sands Without the Harbour it is Eleven or Twelve Fathoms Deep in the Mouth Seven and more inwards Six Fathoms Within the Esterly corner is a good Road in Four or Five Fathoms and on the other or Westerly side Five or Six Miles from the Mouth is an other good Road very Commodious as well for those Ships that go fourth as those that will Sail upwards to Waterford Upon the East side about half way the length lyeth a very strong Fort and Castle called Duncannon Built much in the Nature of that at Tilbury against Graves-End and so commandeth the Harbour that no Ships can go up or down against the will of the Fort This Haven in the end divideth it self into two Armes both a great deal Inferiour to the principal Harbour The City is Scituated some four or five Miles from that Division a little below the place where the River Shoure falleth into this Harbour And thô it stands at a reasonable good distance off from the Main Sea yet Ships of the greatest Burthen may safely Sail to and Ride at Anchor before the Key thereof the Fortifycations of this Place are not very considerable having but an indifferent Wall round it with a small Fort but it 's very strong by Sea on the account of the Fort of Duncannon CLONMEL THIS Town is in the County of Typperary and Scituated on the River shou●e about Twenty Miles above Waterford from whence it 's Passable to it by Vessels of small Burthen this Place is Naturally Fortyfied standing on an Advantagious ground very hard to be Attackt besides it 's Invironed with a very good VVall and Castle of great strength This Place made a resolute Defence against Oliver Cromwel Ano Dom. 1649. who endeavoring to get it by Storm the Garrison beat his Souldiers twice from the Breaches and at last Surrendred on Honourable Conditions i'ts Sixty Six Miles from Dublin The River SHANNON BEsides the excessive number of Brooks wherewith Ireland is VVatered it hath a great many Rivers the which being Broader and Deeper then the Brooks are consequently navigable althô the Major part are not portable of any great Ships but only of small Vessels The principalest of all is the Shannon who taking her original out of Lough Allen and in her course dividing the Province of Connaught from Leinster and afterwards also from Munster passeth through two other great Loughs to wit Lough Ree whereout she cometh just above Athlone and Lough Dergh about half-way betwixt Athlone and Limerick and a little below the said Town she dischargeth herself again into another Lough by far the biggest of all the which extending it self from Limerick into the Sea which is 60 Miles And above 60 Miles from Athlone it is held by the Irish as well as the English not for a Lough but for the Shannon it self so that its whole length is 120 Miles This River is wide and deep every where so as she would be Navigable in her whole length not only with small Vessels but with Ships of large Burthen to the great advantage of them that inhabit next it were it not for the impediment of a certain Rock within 8 Miles of Athlone the which standeth a cross in the Channel and the River with great violence falling downwards over it all communication of Navigation betwixt the upper and lower parts of it is thereby absolutely hindred It was proposed to the Earl of Stafford when Lord Deputy by certain Dutch Ingineers That for the Sum of 8000 l. Sterling they would in that place cut a new Channel A Sum not very considerable in comparison of the great profit which afterwards would have accrued from that Work but the Rebellion ensuing it was never taken in hand to this day But it s now hoped that upon the happy Settlement of the Kingdom of Ireland under the Benign Government of Their August Majesties King William and Queen Mary this advantagious Work may be performed FINIS CAtastrophe Galliae Hiberniae Restitutio An Impartial Judgment Denoting the Reduction of Ireland this Revolution 90. ending March the 10th 1691. Also The Conquering of Lewis the XIV present King of France by His Sacred Majesty King WILLIAM the III. in a few Years Prophetically deduced from the Characters of Heaven Printed for Tho. Howkins in George-Yard in Lombard-street and are to be Sold by R. Baldwin in the Old-Bayly 1690.