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The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland

Author: Jonathan Binns

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Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork

1. First draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 165 510 words

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(2016)

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Text ID Number: E830001-002

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    Editions
  1. Jonathan Binns, The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland (London 1837). (Available on www.archive.org).
    Further reading, including authors, books and topics mentioned in the text
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  3. Edmund Borlase, The history of the excreable Irish rebellion: trac'd from many preceding acts, to the grand eruption the 23d of October, 1641. And thence pursued to the act of settlement, MDCLXII (London: Printed for Robert Clavel, in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1680).
  4. Henry Eeles, Philosophical Essays, in: Letters to the Royal Society (Dublin 1771).
  5. Thomas Leland, History of Ireland (Dublin 1773).
  6. Charles Smith, The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry (Dublin 1756). Charles Smith, The ancient and present state of the county of Kerry. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof. (Dublin 1774. Reprinted Dublin/Cork: Mercier Press 1979).
  7. Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Principles of Politeness (London 1775, and many later editions).
  8. Arthur Young, A Tour in Ireland, with general observations on the present state of that kingdom in 1776–78. And brought down to the end of 1779 (London and Dublin 1780).
  9. Sir John Davies, Historical tracts,by Sir John Davies, attorney general, and speaker of the House of Commons in Ireland; Consisting of I. A discovery of the true cause why Ireland was never brought under obedience of the crown of England. 2. A letter to the earl of Salisbury ... in 1607. 3. A letter to the earl of Salisbury, on the state of Ireland, in 1610, giving an account of the plantation in Ulster. 4. A speech to the Lord-Deputy in 1613, tracing the ancient constitution of Ireland. To which is prefixed a new life of the author, from authentic documents (London 1786).
  10. Edward Ledwich and Francis Grose, Antiquities of Ireland (Dublin 1790).
  11. John M'Evoy, Statistical survey of the county of Tyrone: with observations on the means of improvement: drawn up in the years 1801, and 1802, for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin society (Dublin 1802).
  12. James M'Parlan, Statistical survey of the County Leitrim, with observations on the means of improvement: drawn up in the year 1801, for the consideration, and by order of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1802).
  13. James M'Parlan, Statistical survey of the County of Mayo, with observations on the means of improvement: drawn up in the year 1801, for the consideration, and by order of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1802).
  14. Sir Charles Coote, Statistical survey of the county of Cavan, with observations on the means of improvement (...) for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1802).
  15. Sir Charles Coote, Survey of the County of Armagh, with observations on the means of improvement, drawn up in the years 1802, and 1803, for the consideration, and under the direction of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1804).
  16. Mary Blachford Tighe, Psyche, or the Legend of Love (London 1805).
  17. Sir John Carr, The Stranger in Ireland; or, a Tour in the southern and western parts of that country, in the year 1805 (London 1806).
  18. Sir Henry Brooke Parnell, A history of the penal laws against the Irish Catholics; from the treaty of Limerick to the Union (Dublin 1808).
  19. Francis Plowden, The History of Ireland from its Invasion under Henry II. to the Union with Great Britain (London 1809).
  20. John Curry, An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland: from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to the settlement under King William. With the state of the Irish Catholics, from that settlement to the relaxation of the popery laws, in the year 1778. Extracted from parliamentary records, state acts, and other authentic materials. A new and improved edition, edited by Charles O'Conor. (Dublin 1810).
  21. John Doubourdieu, Statistical survey of the County of Antrim, with observations on the means of improvement, drawn up for the consideration, and by direction of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1812).
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  23. Edward Chichester, Documents illustrative of the oppressions and cruelties of Irish revenue officers (London 1818).
  24. R.H. Ryland, The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford; with an account of the present state of the peasantry of that part of the South of Ireland. (London 1824).
  25. Thomas Warton, The history of English poetry from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. Four volumes. New edition (London 1824).
  26. George Petrie, 'Account of a human body in a singular costume, found in a high state of preservation in a bog on the lands of Gallagh, in the county of Galway', The Dublin Philosophical Journal, and Scientific Review, 1 1825, 433-435 (for a modern account see http://irisharchaeology.ie/2015/02/gallagh-man-a-bog-body-from-co-galway/).
  27. John Ramsay McCulloch, The Principles of Political Economy, with a sketch of the rise and progress of the science (Edinburgh and London 1825).
  28. Thomas Crofton Croker, Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (London 1825).
  29. John O'Driscoll, The history of Ireland (London 1827).
  30. Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology (London 1828).
  31. Richard Griffith, Geological and Mining Survey of the Coal Districts of the Counties of Tyrone and Antrim (Dublin 1829).
  32. Philip Dixon Hardy, the Northern Tourist Or, Stranger's Guide to the North and North West of Ireland (Dublin 1830).
  33. Isaac Weld, Statistical survey of the County of Roscommon, drawn up under directions of the Dublin Society (Dublin 1832).
  34. John Ramsay McCulloch, A dictionary practical, theoretical, and commercial, of commerce and commercial navigation (London 1832, 1834).
  35. Thomas Moore, A Selection of Irish Melodies (1808–1834).
  36. George Newenham Wright Scenes in Ireland: With Historical Illustrations, Legends, and Biographical Notices (London, Dublin and Glasgow, 1834).
  37. Henry D. Inglis, Ireland in 1834. A Journey throughout Ireland, during the Spring, Summer, and Autumn of 1834 (London 1835).
  38. William Blacker, An essay on the improvement to be made in the cultivation of small farms, by the introduction of green crops and house-feeding the stock thereon. Tenants' edition (Dublin 1835).
  39. Mary John Knott, Two Months at Kilkee,a watering place in the County Clare, near the mouth of the Shannon, with an account of a voyage down that river from Limerick to Kilrush, and sketches of objects of interest in the neighbourhood, which will serve as a guide to the coast scenery. (Dublin 1836).
  40. William Blacker, The claims of the landed interests to legislative protection considered: with reference to the manner in which the manufacturing, commercial, and agricultural classes, contribute to national wealth and prosperity, and suitable remedies for relieving the distress of the latter suggested: addressed to the most noble Marquess of Chandos and the Committee of the Central Agricultural Society (London 1836).
  41. John Ramsay McCulloch, A Statistical Account of the British Empire (London 1837).
  42. Jonathan Binns, Corn-Laws superseded by improved agriculture (Lancaster 1839?).
  43. George Petrie, The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland: anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion, comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland (Dublin 1845).
  44. Jonathan Binns, Notes on the agriculture of Lancashire, with suggestions for its improvement. 8 vols. (London 1851).
  45. Desmond John Clarke, Dublin Society's Statistical Surveys (... ) Paper read before the Bibliographical Society of Ireland (Dublin 1957).
  46. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fears in Solitude, 1798.
  47. Alexander Pope, The Universal Prayer (1738).
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland. Jonathan Binns First edition [xii+418 pages (vol. 1)] Longman London (1837)

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Created: By Jonathan Binns, an assistant agricultural commissioner (1785-1871) who conducted a survey in Ireland between July 1835 and the end of 1836. Date range: November to December 1836.

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Language: [EN] The text is in English.
Language: [FR] Some words and phrases are in French.
Language: [LA] Some words and phrases are in Latin.
Language: [GA] A few words and phrases are in Irish, including those in anglicized spelling.

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