42 - Kilmallock, County Limerick

42

Kilmallock, County Limerick

1 p.; clipping

Clippings of articles relating to Kilmallock in County Limerick calling attention to the state of some of the town’s historic medieval buildings. The description of Kilmallock as ‘the Baalbek of Ireland’ is attributed to the Reverend Thomas Campbell (1733-95), a Church of Ireland clergyman and antiquarian, in his ‘A philosophical survey of the south of Ireland’ (1777). Baalbek is a city situated in modern-day Lebanon, renowned for its ruined Roman temple complex (now a UNESCO world heritage site).

ISAD(G) 2nd edition