Sunday, 18. — Limerick is encompass'd by ye Shannon, ye chief River of Ireland, which divides it's Stream, & embraces it. The City is divided into 2 parts, ye English and ye Irish Town. The Walls seem to be of different Ages, on part of 'em a very fine & exceeding wide Walk; Great Vessels, says Boate, (p. 11.) may come up to ye very Walls. Limerick chiefly consists of one Street, of no great Width, & is for ye most part Stone-building. St Munchin's, & St John's, ye only Churches besides ye Cathedral; in ye Chancel of ye former, which was heretofore ye Cathedral founded by St Munchin ye 1st Bishop of Limerick, is a Monument for Bishop Smith's Lady &c. just South of ye Altar; ye Bishop was bury'd here since, but as yet there is no Epitaph for Him. Smith built an house hard by, which Bishop Burscough, his immediate Successor, rents of His Executors; for ye Palace has these many years been leas'd-out, & is now ye Sign of ye 3 Tuns.32 St Mary's, ye Cathedral is a large ancient Pile, it's Pillars large & inelegant, as usual here. In ye Choir are Galleries & Pews, ye Pulpit standing at ye upper end before ye Altar. North of ye Altar is a very large & stately Monument erected for an Earl of Thomond & his Lady, His Effigies defaced. Opposite to it, on ye South is ye recumbent Effigies on a rais'd Tomb (which is of much later Date & has an Inscription on it) of Bishop Cornelius O'Dea, who resign'd his Bishoprick in 1426, & dy'd in 1434. It is Alabaster, & ye people are continually cutting of it for ye Bloody-Flux. The Hymns only were chanted here both M. & E. A Parish sit in ye Choir, whose Church stood where ye Hospital is now; ye Dean will not suffer Them to contribute anything towards ye repair of ye Cathedral. Mr Bendon ye present Dean; his