Apr 17, 2008
In the earliest or Ordovician period a sea with islands scattered over it occupied the British area. Near the shores sands and muds accumulated to form sandstones and shales. In the clearer waters shell-fish of obsolete types abounded, and from their dead shells were formed bands of limestones. Corals, too, were present in this sea, [...]
In the earliest or Ordovician period a sea with islands scattered over it occupied the British area. Near the shores sands and muds accumulated to form sandstones and shales. In the clearer waters shell-fish of obsolete types abounded, and from their dead shells were formed bands of limestones. Corals, too, were present in this sea, which goes to prove that our islands were then bathed by warmer waters than those which surround them to-day.
Great volcanic activity prevailed at this ... Read More
Apr 17, 2008
From Cork Harbour a less broken and less precipitous coast runs on E.N.E. past Ballycotton Bay to the old town of Youghal, situated at the mouth of the River Blackwater. Just inside its mouth the estuary expands, forming a safe harbour, and Youghal stands picturesquely on the steep western bank. The Blackwater is tidal [...]
From Cork Harbour a less broken and less precipitous coast runs on E.N.E. past Ballycotton Bay to the old town of Youghal, situated at the mouth of the River Blackwater. Just inside its mouth the estuary expands, forming a safe harbour, and Youghal stands picturesquely on the steep western bank. The Blackwater is tidal and forms a useful waterway as far as Cappoquin, 15 miles to the northward. In crossing the Blackwater we pass from Co. Cork into Co. Waterford (Self ... Read More
Apr 17, 2008
In Munster we find in the, north extensive marshes, lakes, and bogs, the breeding-place of many swimming and wading birds. In South Tipperary and Waterford there are high hills with cliff ranges, and cliffs again the Waterford coast.
Near the mouth of Waterford (Hotels, Waterford, Ireland) Harbour, in May 1834, the last [...]
In Munster we find in the, north extensive marshes, lakes, and bogs, the breeding-place of many swimming and wading birds. In South Tipperary and Waterford there are high hills with cliff ranges, and cliffs again the Waterford coast.
Near the mouth of Waterford (Hotels, Waterford, Ireland) Harbour, in May 1834, the last specimen of the Great Auk seen in the British Isles was taken in a landing-net by a fisherman named Kirby. It lived in captivity for four months, ... Read More
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