Author: Thomas Addis Emmet

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-03

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781330874646

Excerpt from Ireland Under English Rule, Vol. 2: Or a Plea for the Plaintiff Writers on Irish history have as a rule, from design or ignorance, ignored the fact that the Irish people excelled at an early period in manufactures, particularly of woollen, worsted and linen goods. They have also neglected to point out that judging from the specimens of bronze, iron, gold and silver work which have been preserved it is doubtful if, even with the aid of the cultivated taste of the present day, the workmanship could be equalled. The Irish were eminently an artistic people in other respects, as is shown amid the ruins of their cathedrals; and the work of their monks in illustrated manuscripts, from the earliest period to the introduction of printing, was never equalled in design and exquisite taste in the blending of colors. In common with other nations of the North the Irish excelled as navigators, were at one time expert ship-builders and carried on an extensive mercantile intercourse with Spain and the nations of the Mediterranean. 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.