IRELAND
Industrial and Agricultural
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND
IRELAND
Industrial and Agricultural
DUBLIN * CORK * BELFAST
BROWNE AND NOLAN, LIMITED
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EDITOR'S PREFACE.
In January, 1901, the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland decided to take part in the Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, by erecting an Irish Pavilion in the Grounds, and displaying therein a representative selection of the characteristic products of Irish Industry. It was arranged, at the same date, that an official handbook dealing with Ireland's chief economic resources should be prepared in connection with the Department's Exhibit at Glasgow. This work was entrusted to my charge, and the original issue of what has now grown to be a very full and comprehensive account of Ireland's economic resources, was issued in June, 1901.
A word as to its scope. It was thought well to take the opportunity afforded by the publication of such a Work to make it something more — indeed, something other— than an ordinary guide to the Irish Pavilion. The book opens with a description of the general geological and physiographic features of the country, followed by articles on the climate, flora and fauna of Ireland. An analysis of the economic distribution of the population is then given, preliminary to an ac…