Tag Archives: Wicklow

Introduction ‘Guide to the County of Wicklow’ Rev. G.N. Wright 1822

Posted on 1 April 2021 by Shane

by the Rev G.N. Wright, illustrated after the designs of George Petrie esq., printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Pasternoster Row, London 1822 see page images and index to contents below – and also the map from this guide The county … Continue reading →

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Description of the Scalp – 1822

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Shane

From ‘Guide to the County of Wicklow’ by Rev. G.N. Wright Published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, Paternoster Row (London) 1822           Two miles from Enniskerry, on the Dublin road, and in the county of Dublin, which … Continue reading →

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Description of Bray 1869 (Thom’s)

Posted on 22 December 2014 by Shane

BRAY, a maritime town in the barony of Rathdown, twelve miles S.E. from the General Post Office, partly in county Dublin, partly in county Wicklow, the river of Bray, here crossed by a stone bridge, being the boundary between the … Continue reading →

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Wicklow town, Co. Wicklow from Pigot’s Directory of Ireland of 1824

Posted on 16 September 2013 by Shane

Wicklow town – Pigot’s Directory of Ireland 1824 In the county of the same name, is a small irregularly built seaport, situated 24 miles south south east of Dublin, eight miles north east of Rathdrum, and 16 miles north of … Continue reading →

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Co. Wicklow Postcards

Posted on 5 September 2013 by Shane

Scans from a postcard booklet titled “Souvenir of Bray“, produced by Irish Tourist Association. Date unknown but appears to be from the c1930s. Bray (Brí Cualann – “Hill of the Cuala territory” ), looking north from the road to Bray … Continue reading →

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