THE STORY OF WATERFORD From the Foundation of the city to the middle of the Eighteenth Century by Edmund Downey

According to the history of ancient and mystic Ireland, a grand-daughter of Noah was wafted into the river Suir, and made a settlement in the place where now stands the City of Waterford.

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Title: THE STORY OF WATERFORD From the Foundation …

Publisher: The Waterford News

Publication Date: 1914

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition The Waterford News Printing Works, 1914. First Edition. Pp 398, uncut. Illustrated with seventeen plates, sketches, maps, plans and portraits. A history of Waterford city from its establishment by the Vikings in the 9th century to a period of huge prosperity in the late 18th century. Edmund Downey was born in Waterford in 1856 before moving to London in 1878. He became a publisher, was active in Southwark Irish Literary Club and associated with nationalists such as Charles Gavan Duffy. He wrote numerous novels, works of Irish and English history, collections of Irish mythology and original poetry. Scarce First Edition copy. Collector’s Item.

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