As an island, Ireland has always been dependent on its sea ports as gateways to the outside world and the global trade. Natural harbours as Cork, Galway and Bantry, trans-shipment centres as Dublin and Belfast or fishing ports as Dunmore East and Howth they are all part of the manifold history of the ports of Ireland.
Reprint of the third edition from 1858.
Reprint of the third edition from 1858.