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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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