Apr 15, 2008
The most striking feature of the botany of the neighbourhood of Cork city is the number and profusion of plants which have escaped from cultivation and arc now naturalised. Most of these arc of South European distribution. They include Sedum album, Centrantlms rubcr, Scnecio squalidus and the. hybrid .S. squalidus vulga.ris (all abundant on walls), [...]
The most striking feature of the botany of the neighbourhood of Cork city is the number and profusion of plants which have escaped from cultivation and arc now naturalised. Most of these arc of South European distribution. They include Sedum album, Centrantlms rubcr, Scnecio squalidus and the. hybrid .S. squalidus vulga.ris (all abundant on walls), Hypcricum liircinmn (Glanmire), Sympliytum iuberosum (Blackrock), Erimis alpinits (Douglas, Blackrock, etc.), Linaria viscida (Tivoli, etc.), Siraiiotes aloidcs (Ballyphehane bog), Barbarca praecox, DiplotnxiK mwalix, and Mercimalis annua.. Among ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
The oldest source of information that we possess regarding the ancient geography of Ireland is contained in the work of the second-century Alexandrian, Ptolemy. The following are the geographical names which he gives for the region now called the province of Munster : on the West Coast, the River Dour, probably one of the inlets [...]
The oldest source of information that we possess regarding the ancient geography of Ireland is contained in the work of the second-century Alexandrian, Ptolemy. The following are the geographical names which he gives for the region now called the province of Munster : on the West Coast, the River Dour, probably one of the inlets of the sea (such as the Kenmare river) at the south-west of Ireland. South of this is the Hiernos Potamos-another of these estuaries. This south-west corner of ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
The Blackwater, after bending south at Cappoquin, enters a deep ravine, the sides of which rise to between 300 and 400 ft. Now if a dam 80 ft. high were formed across the river at Dromana, it would, after forming a lake about Cappoquin, make its way to the sea at Dungarvan. Similarly if [...]
The Blackwater, after bending south at Cappoquin, enters a deep ravine, the sides of which rise to between 300 and 400 ft. Now if a dam 80 ft. high were formed across the river at Dromana, it would, after forming a lake about Cappoquin, make its way to the sea at Dungarvan. Similarly if the east and west passages of the Lee were blocked the river would go along by Midleton to Ballycottin Bay. The Bandon too, under similar circumstances, would ... Read More
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