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Shearman’s Directory of Waterford, Kilkenny & the southeast 1839

What is inside?

This is an incredibly rare book, and one of the earliest local directories published in Ireland. It contains a full list of city and borough officials for the places covered, as well as covering education, religion, public and private institutions, trades directory, alphabetical directory, as well as a lot of other useful information, such as a calendar of fairs, tides, postal services, etc. The places covered are: Waterford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, New Ross, Carlow and Tramore (which was added after the title page had been printed).

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