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                                  THE
                            LAKE DWELLINGS
                                  OF
                               IRELAND.




[Illustration: _Frontispiece._

IRISH LAKE DWELLING OF THE ISOLATED TYPE.

_Ideally restored from inspection of numerous sites._]




                                  THE
                            LAKE DWELLINGS
                                  OF
                               IRELAND:

                              OR ANCIENT
                    LACUSTRINE HABITATIONS OF ERIN,
                      _COMMONLY CALLED CRANNOGS_.

                                  BY
              W. G. WOOD-MARTIN, M.R.I.A., F.R.H.A.A.I.,
        LIEUT.-COLONEL 8TH BRIGADE NORTH IRISH DIVISION, R.A.;

              _Author of “Sligo and the Enniskilleners”;
              “History of Sligo, from the Earliest Ages
            to the close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.”_

            “There, driving many an oaken stake
            Into the shallow, skilful hands
            A steadfast island-dwelling make,
            Seen from the hill-tops like a fleet
            Of wattled houses.…”

            “The footprints of an elder race are here,
            And memories of an heroic time,
            And shadows of the old mysterious faith.”

                               _DUBLIN_:
                 HODGES, FIGGIS & CO., GRAFTON STREET.
                     PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

                               _LONDON_:
                LONGMANS, GREEN & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.
                                 1886.

                        _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED._

               DUBLIN: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.




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PREFACE.


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