A RAMBLE ROUND TRIM, AMONGST ITS RUINS AND ANTIQUITIES WITH SHORT NOTICES OF ITS CELEBRATED CHARACTERS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD; With Fifteen Illustrations

Conwell, Eugene Alfred

Published by M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin, Ireland, 1878

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Octavo, 9.8 in. x 6.4 in., pp. 70. Illustrated with fifteen engravings and drawings. Rebound with original paper cover bound in at rear endpapers. Designer green-gray paper boards over brown cloth spine; gilt title to spine. Newer endpapers. Previous owner's name, date 1894, to title page. Original cover page soiled with rubbing along its fore-edge. Previous owner's name, dated 1954, to verso of original cover. Age-toning to pages. From the Preface: "These Archaeological remarks and Antiquarian notes on one of the most remarkable places of Irish History were reprinted from the "Kilkenny Archaeological Society's Transactions," and intended to be published by their late lamented Author, E. A. Conwell, Esq., but his illness, eventuating in his death, prevented the work from being brought out during his lifetime." Trim is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census, had a population of 9,563. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. The town is noted for Trim Castle the largest Norman castle in Ireland, and for St. Patrick's Cathedral.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A RAMBLE ROUND TRIM, AMONGST ITS RUINS AND ANTIQUITIES WITH SHORT NOTICES OF ITS CELEBRATED CHARACTERS, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD; With Fifteen Illustrations
• Publisher: M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin, Ireland
• Publication Date: 1878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Irish and Ireland