[Illustration: _5 6 4 3 2 1_ _C. Warren sculp._ _Antiquities in Ireland._] THE _Scientific TOURIST_ THROUGH IRELAND, In which the Traveller is directed to the principal objects _OF_ Antiquity, Art, Science & The Picturesque, By _An Irish Gentleman_, Aided with the communications of Friends. [Illustration: _H. Warren sculp._ _Giants Causeway, County of Antrim._ ] LONDON, PRINTED FOR JOHN BOOTH, DUKE-STREET, PORTLAND PLACE, 1818. THE SCIENTIFIC TOURIST THROUGH Ireland: BY WHICH THE TRAVELLER IS DIRECTED TO THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY, ART, SCIENCE, AND THE PICTURESQUE; Arranged by Counties. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND, &c. BY AN IRISH GENTLEMAN, AIDED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS OF SEVERAL FRIENDS. _Being a Sequel to "The Scientific Tourist through England, Wales, and Scotland," by T. Walford, Esq._ London: PRINTED FOR J. BOOTH, DUKE-STREET, PORTLAND PLACE. 1818. _This day is published in Two Volumes, Price_ 12_s._, _Maps coloured_ 14_s._ (Uniformly printed with this Work) THE SCIENTIFIC TOURIST THROUGH England, Wales, and Scotland: BY T. WALFORD, ESQ. F.A.S. F.L.S. CONTENTS. _Page_ Introduction 1 Antiquities 8 Druidical Monuments 9 Cromlechs _ib._ Cairns 10 Ogham Inscriptions _ib._ Ancient Temples _ib._ Caves 11 Round Towers _ib._ Raths 14 Religious Antiquities 16 Churches, Cells, Hermitages, and Crosses _ib._ Castles 18 Mineralogy 19 Moss Earth 20 Basaltes 21 Granite _ib._ Temperature 22 Travelling 23 Topographical Division into Provinces, Baronies, Parishes, and Acres 25 Ecclesiastical Division; Dioceses, Parishes, and Churches 27 Legal Division 28 Comparative Height of Mountains 30 List of Round Towers, with their Measurements 31 Glossary 34 Value of English and Irish Currency 35 Description of Frontispiece and Direction for Plates 36 COUNTIES, viz. Antrim. Armagh. Carlow. Cavan. Clare. Cork.