Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E800005-005

Mary Ann Grant's letters from Ireland

Author: Mary Ann Grant

Background details and bibliographic information

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Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Proof corrections by Beatrix Färber

Funded by University College, Cork, School of History

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 6090 words

Publication

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt

(2016)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: E800005-005

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Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Notes

This account was first brought to our notice by Dr C.J. Woods, formerly of the RIA.

Sources

    Edition
  1. See below.
    Further reading
  1. Johann Friedrich Hering's description of Connacht, in: Select Documents XLI: Johann Friedrich Hering's description of Connacht, 1806–7, Irish Historical Studies 25/99 (May 1987) 311–321: 315–321. [Available on CELT.]
  2. Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Journal of a Tour in Ireland, AD 1806 (Dublin and London 1807).
  3. Anne Plumptre, Narrative of a residence in Ireland during the Summer of 1814, and that of 1815 (London 1817). [Available on CELT.]
  4. Samuel Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate, market, and post towns. Parishes, and villages, with historical and statistical descriptions (...) (London 1837). [Available online at http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/index.php].
  5. Lady Augusta Hall Llanover, The autobiography and correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs Delany, 1700–1788 (London 1861–62). [Mary Pendarves's letters to Ann Granville about her visit to Killala, 1732 are available on CELT].
  6. C. J. Woods, Travellers' accounts as source material for Irish historians (Dublin 2009).
  7. Extract in Glenn Hooper, The tourist's gaze: travellers to Ireland, 1800–2000 (Cork: 2001) 13–15.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Sketches of life and manners with delineation of scenery in England, Scotland and Ireland (...). Mary Ann Grant Second edition [268 pages] Cox, Sons and Baylis, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn FieldsLondon (1811)

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The present text covers pages 230–268, volume 2.

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Profile Description

Created: by Mary Ann Grant Date range: December 1804 to July 1805.

Use of language

Language: [EN] The text is in nineteenth-century English.
Language: [FR] One word is in French.

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