1820 static edition

James Hardiman's History of Galway

A cleaner, navigable GitHub Pages edition of Hardiman's out-of-copyright history of Galway, preserving the OCR text from the 1995 Wombat Research HTML markup.

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Lynch's Castle, Galway, one of the engravings included with the text.

Contents

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Front matter

Letter to James Daly, Esq.

Hardiman's dedication to James Daly of Dunsandle.

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Preface

The author's statement of purpose and sources.

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Chapter 1

The name Galway, the Tribes of Galway, and the old map.

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Chapter 1 Footnotes

Footnotes associated with Chapter 1.

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Chapter 2

From the earliest accounts to the invasion of Henry II.

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Chapter 2 Footnotes

Footnotes associated with Chapter 2.

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Chapter 3

From the Anglo-Norman invasion to 1484.

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Chapter 3 Footnotes

Footnotes associated with Chapter 3.

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Chapter 4

From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641.

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Chapter 5

From 1641 to the Restoration of Charles II in 1660.

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Chapter 6

From 1660 to the surrender of Galway to Williamite forces in 1691.

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Chapter 7

From 1691 to the present time of the 1820 edition.

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Part III

The ecclesiastical history of Galway to Hardiman's present time.

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Part IV

The modern state and description of the town.

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Postscript Concerning the Engravings

Hardiman's note on the engraved plates.

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Map Scans

Compressed PBM scans of the four panels of the accompanying map.

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