THE LAKE DWELLINGS OF IRELAND.
Reading edition
Frontispiece.
IRISH LAKE DWELLING OF THE ISOLATED TYPE.
Ideally restored from inspection of numerous sites.
THE LAKE DWELLINGS OF IRELAND:
OR ANCIENT LACUSTRINE HABITATIONS OF ERIN, COMMONLY CALLED CRANNOGS.
BY W. G. WOOD-MARTIN, M.R.I.A., F.R.H.A.A.I., LIEUT.-COLONEL 8TH BRIGADE NORTH IRISH DIVISION, R.A.; Author of “Sligo and the Enniskilleners”; “History of Sligo, from the Earliest Ages to the close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.”
“There, driving many an oaken stake Into the shallow, skilful hands A steadfast island-dwelling make, Seen from the hill-tops like a fleet Of wattled houses.…” “The footprints of an elder race are here, And memories of an heroic time, And shadows of the old mysterious faith.”
DUBLIN: HODGES, FIGGIS & CO., GRAFTON STREET. PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. 1886.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
DUBLIN: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
