THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE THROUGH IRELAND; OR, A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THAT KINGDOM: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT CE THE EXTENT OF EACH COUNTY; OF ITS MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, MANNERS; OF ITS TOWNS, MANUFACTURES AND GROUNDS, &c. ACCOMPANIED WITH AN ELEGANT MAP. BY THE REV. JO. ROBERTSON. EDINBURGH; PRINTED BY T. MACCLEISH, TUR DENHAM AND DICK, EDINBURGH; AND VERNOR, HOO, AND SHARP, LONDON. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF MOIRA, MY LORD', Unaccustomed to this kind of composition, I find it a very difficult task to write a Dedication, without incurring the censure of adulation. There is, however, an essential difference between truth and flattery. Nor shall I run the hazard of being ranked among the number of unmeaning sycophants, when I assure your Lordship, that the greatness of mind by which you have reflected honour upon your noble descent; the fidelity with which you have filled those different stations, in which both the necessity and gratitude of a Great Nation have placed you; the virtues displayed in private life, together with the encouragement given to Arts and Sciences, have in |