Ebook A History of the County Dublin

In issuing the second part of my history I have to thank my readers for the favourable reception which they have accorded to my attempt to collect the annals of my native county, and to express my appreciation of the kindly manner in which the first part of this work has been reviewed.

It is my hope that the publication of the next part may not be so long delayed as the present one has been, and that, as has been suggested, I may be enabled on the completion of the history of the parishes to write an introduction dealing with the general history of the entire county.

I wish once more to acknowledge the encouragement and assistance afforded me by my brother fellows and members of the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Ireland, in whose journal, in papers of mine on "Mount Merrion and its History," "The Antiquities from Blackrock to Dublin," and "The Battle of Rathmines," some of the information contained in these pages has already appeared.

In the preparation of this part for Press I have again had the benefit of the historical and archaeological knowledge of Mr. James Mills, the Deputy Keeper of the Records in Ireland; Mr. C. Litton Falkiner, the Rev. William Reynell, and Mr. Tenison Groves. I am also indebted in a very special degree to the Earl of Pembroke and to his agent, Mr. Fane Vernon.