Walter Harris

Irish historian

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Historiographorum aliorumque scriptorum Hiberniae commentarium or, a history of the Irish writers. Collected not only from the best Books, and most authentic Accounts we have in Print, but also from several curious Manuscripts and Archives in the most eminent Libraries in Europe.
Ware, James Sir, 1594-1666.Date: 1736
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The history of the writers of Ireland, in two books Viz. I. Such writers who were born in that kingdom. And, II. Such who, though foreigners, enjoyed preferments or offices there, or had their eduction in it; with an account of all the works they published. Written in Latin by Sir James Ware, knight; newly translated into English, revised and improved with many material additions, and continued down to the beginning of the present century. By Walter Harris, Esq;.
Ware, James Sir, 1594-1666.Date: 1764
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The whole works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland : revised and improved. ... Written in Latin ... newly translated into English ... and continued ... / by Walter Harris, Esq ; in two volumes.
James WareDate: 1764
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Hibernica: or, A collection of curious particulars , Relative to the ancient history and antiquities of Ireland. Now first published from the original manuscripts. With a particular description of the great River Kenmare, in the county of Kerry. By a member of the Antiquarian Society.
Date: 1774
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Hibernica: or, Some antient pieces relating to Ireland , vever hitherto publick (No. VI. execpted.) containing, I. The history of Ireland by Maurice Regan, servant and interpreter to Dermod Mac-Murrough, King of Leinster, translated from the Irish into French, and from thence into English by Sir George Carew. Lord President of Munster. To which are added notes to illustrate some dark passages therein. p. 1. II. The story of King Richard II. his last being in Ireland, written by a French gentleman, who accompanied the King in that voyage, to his leaving Ireland in 1399; and translated into English by the said Sir George Carew. p. 23. III. The voyage of Sir Richard Edgecombe, sent by King Henry VII. into Ireland in 1488 to take new oaths of allegiance from the nobility and others, who had declared for (the then Pretender) Lambert Simnell. p. 29. IV. A breviate of the getting of Ireland, and of the decaie of the same, written by Partrcik Finglass, first Chief Baron, and afterwards Chief Justice of Ireland in the reign of King Henry VII. p. 39. V. A project of King James I. for the division and plantation of the six escheated counties of Ulster with British and Scotish undertakers, servitors and natives. p. 53. VI. Orders and conditions to be observed by the undetakers &c. of the said plantation. p. 68. VII. A commission of inquiry in order to the establishment of the said plantation. p. 68. VIII. Instructions to the said commissioners. p. 70. IX. A survey of the said six eschated counties after the settlement of the said plantation, by Nicholas Pynnar Esq. p. 73. X. A letter from Sir Thomas Philips to King Charles I. Concerning the defects of the Londoners in their plantation. p. 129. To which is added XI. An essay on the defects in the histories of Ireland, and remedies prosposed for the improvement thereof. In a letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Newport, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and President of the Physico-Historical Society established in Dublin p. 135.
Date: 1747