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Title: Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Savage, John, 1828-1888, ed
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Publisher: New York, T. Kelly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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CATHEDRAL, AND INTERIOR. 426 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. Waterford saved them. In 1185 MacCarthy laying siege to it again was slain,and for ten years it remained the only place in Munster possessed by the Anglo-Normans. In 1195 the men of Desmond, under their prince, Donald Mac-Carthy, again besieged it, and totally defeated a large force sent to its relief ; butdissensions among the chieftains under him induced Donald to relinquish itscapture. He soon, however, reinvested and took it by assault. In a few yearsthe Anglo-Normans regained possession, and strengthened themselves by theerection of Shandon Castle. In 1199 John de Spenser was provost, and is thefirst civic magistrate of Cork on record. For several centuries the records chiefly indicate the foundingof a religious house, the ex-tension of the charter, thewalling of the city; thatstreets were paved, andbridges and quays construct-ed in 1319; that the mayorand sheriffs were, by thekings writ, directed in 1325to detain ships, and arres

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