Dublin Civic Maps in the National Gallery
Dublin Civic Maps in the National Gallery
12 Oct 1907[In relation to John Speeds Map 1610]
One feature, however, is missed in the latter. The Poddle in the days of Queen Bess and Pragmatical King James did not sneak beneath streets and houses as if ashamed of itself. ‘It boldly entered the city at New streete, swept around St Patrick’s, washed the sides of the Castle, near Ship street, and fell unconcernedly into the Liffey close to Damas Gate. The Coombe had the full benefit of its mellifluous in those halcyon days.
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