William Shaw Mason's "Statistical account, or Parochial survey of Ireland", published between 1814 and 1819 by different publishers in Dublin All freely available on Google Books and worth a look as all three volumes are nicely embedded with LINKS (getting you where you need to go quickly and without fuss) and as with all Google books it is possible to do searches within the book itself.  Volume 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=_BcHAAAAQAAJ&ots=EXpKSEJgfz&dq=%22William%20Shaw%20Mason%22%20%2B%22Parochial%20survey%20of%20Ireland%22&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Contents (after a long Preface) is on page xxxiii Index begins on page 647-650 Index of Proprietors Names on pages 651-652 Back Cover is page 656 Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=OBgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR2-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Contents is on page ii Cahircorney (Emly Diocese) Co Limerick is on page 88 Kilfergus (Limerick Diocese) Co Limerick is on page 295 Index begins on page 554-558 Index of Proprietors Names is on pages 559-560 Back Cover is page 564 Volume 3 http://books.google.com/books?id=d9UvAAAAMAAJ&dq=editions%3Ad9UvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR51#v=onepage&q&f=false Contents is on page li Index begins on page 711-714 Index of Proprietors Names on pages 715-716 Back Cover is page 722 Can't say I honestly love that 'two-hundred-year-old-smell' and I love paper more than an e-book as well, but for research, you just can't beat it.  This is what I THOUGHT the internet would mean when it first got started -- access for EVERYONE for FREE to EVERY BOOK ever written; and I'm so happy that Google books exsists! Kathy, Bathing suits day before yesterday and snowboots tomorrow - Spring is so much fun in PA!   ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 5:59:01 PM Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] An interesting set of books I have recently received - via Interlibrary loan - the 3-volume set of William Shaw Mason's "Statistical account, or Parochial survey of Ireland", published between 1814 and 1819 by different publishers in Dublin.  The OCLC number is 316363313.   .... The two-hundred-year-old smell is fabulous.  Too bad I wasn't able to also copy the aroma [gr]. Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

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