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Map of the City of Dublin, 1797

Map of the City of Dublin, Ireland. Published in 1797, this map includes details of the canals being built at the time. Canal Harbour (lower right) connects across bottom with the Grand Canal (lower left). The Royal Canal (upper right and a branch at upper centre) was a competing canal. Running across centre is the River Liffey. Borders of the city's wards are marked in coloured lines, with a key at lower right, next to the city coat of arms. The scale at lower left is in both English and Irish miles. In 1797, Ireland was ruled by Britain, and this map was published by the geographer to King George III and the Prince of Wales (the future King George IV)

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Coat of arms Hewitt Lord Lifford 18th century

Engraving of the coat of arms of Hewitt, Lord Lifford, item 188 in an 18th century publication. Text on this engraving, including motto, reads: 188. Hewitt, Lord Lifford. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. Lifford is in County Donegal, Ireland. Apart from the eagle and gryphon bearers to left and right, this coat of arms features a horned owl both in the crest and in the arms themselves. Source: The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, with engravings of their paternal coats of arms by John Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower. Published 1789

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Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore 18th century

Engraving of the Coat of Arms Calvert Lord Baltimore, item 104 of an 18th-century publication.Text on this engraving, including motto, reads: 104. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. FATTI MASGHII, PAROLE FEMINE (Deeds are masculine, words are feminine). Baltimore is in County Longford, Ireland. Frederick Calvert, 6th Lord Baltimore, was born in 1731. Cecelius Calvert, his great-great-grandfather, is sometimes called the founder of Maryland, USA. Source: The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom, with engravings of their paternal coats of arms by John Lodge, Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower. Published 1789

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