Statistical Survey of the County of Galway (1824)
Book ID: 69228
Price: €495.00
A Statistical and Agricultural Survey of the County of Galway. With Observations on the Means of Improvement; Draw up for the Consideration, and by Direction of The Royal Dublin Society. Dublin: R. Grainsberry, 1824. First Edition. Pp xx, 528, [112]. Contemporary half green leather, marble boards, raised bands, gilt lettering. Light shelf-wear to covers, otherwise a nice bright copy.
Unlike most of the surveys published in this series, this one was issued without any maps or plates.
The Irish Statistical Survey was carried out under the direction of the Royal Dublin Society. Each county was surveyed with the aim of determining the ‘actual state, capabilities and defects of agriculture, manufactures and rural economy’. In practice the surveys contained a vast quantity of local information on almost every aspect of the county surveyed.
Because these studies were carried out under central direction the quality of the information provided is good, and given their early date, they remain an invaluable source for the study of each county. They record many details about conditions in pre-Famine Ireland, including social and economic conditions, the growth of population and poverty, education, religion, history, the Irish language and local customs.
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