# Wakeman's handbook of Irish antiquities

Author: Wakeman, W. F. (William Frederick), 1822-1900; Cooke, John, M.A. [Editor]

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70000

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Wakeman%27s+handbook+of+Irish+antiquities+Wakeman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Ireland is, perhaps, more remarkable than any other country in the West of Europe for the number, the variety, and, it may be said, the _nationality_ of its antiquarian remains. An archæologist upon arriving in Dublin will find, within ready access of that city, examples, many of them in a fine state of preservation, of almost every structure of archæological interest to be met with in any part of the kingdom. Sepulchral tumuli--several of which, in point of rude magnificence, are admitted to be unrivalled in Europe--cromlechs, pillar-stones, cairns, stone circles, and other remains of the earliest archæological periods in Ireland, lie within a journey of a couple of hours of the metropol...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wakeman-s-handbook-of-irish-antiquities-70000/chapters/1/index.md)