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Excerpt from History of Drogheda, Vol. 2 of 2: With Its Environs, and an Introductory Memoir of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway To the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, upon which occasion this justly eulogized chief received an insult. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from The History of Drogheda, Vol. 1 of 2: With Its Environs; And an Introductory Memoir of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Professional avocations, even with the extensive facilities of my own manuscript collections, retarded the completion of the work, which in truth I felt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.