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Lewis Dillwyn's Visit to Kerry, 1809

Author: Lewis Weston Dillwyn

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Gerard J. Lyne

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We are very grateful to Gerard Lyne, formerly Keeper of Manuscripts at the National Library of Ireland, and the Board of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society for their kind permission to publish this material in electronic form on CELT.

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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Gerard J. Lyne, Lewis Dillwyn's Visit to Kerry, 1809 in Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Ed. Kieran O'Shea. , Naas, Leinster Leader (1983) volume 15–16 page 83–111

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Created: By Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778–1855) (July 1809)

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [LA] Many botanical terms are in Latin.
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