The Tourists' Picturesque Guide to IrelandPrinted at the "Official Guide", 1889 - 416 pages |
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Page 43
... extremely varied in feature and so true to nature that , at a first glance , the artificial character of lake , cliff , or grotto , even by the geological mind , is not easily realized . This beautiful park - for such it is — with all ...
... extremely varied in feature and so true to nature that , at a first glance , the artificial character of lake , cliff , or grotto , even by the geological mind , is not easily realized . This beautiful park - for such it is — with all ...
Page 82
... extremely early church , dedicated to St. Begnet , which is recorded to have stood here . In the graveyard which surrounds the ruin the critical antiquary will notice a small but very ancient cross- inscribed stone , portions of which ...
... extremely early church , dedicated to St. Begnet , which is recorded to have stood here . In the graveyard which surrounds the ruin the critical antiquary will notice a small but very ancient cross- inscribed stone , portions of which ...
Page 88
... extremely rocky and wild , broken into picturesque inlets , and here and there presenting levations which might well be styled cliffs , but that they are somewhat dwarfed by the heathing slopes which rise about them . Nevertheless , the ...
... extremely rocky and wild , broken into picturesque inlets , and here and there presenting levations which might well be styled cliffs , but that they are somewhat dwarfed by the heathing slopes which rise about them . Nevertheless , the ...
Page 90
... extremely slippery . Perhaps after all the end of the unhappy youth may no have been wholly suicidal , it may have been that " Partly he was overcome with love , And partly , he was drunk . " But it is at all events a glorious nook ...
... extremely slippery . Perhaps after all the end of the unhappy youth may no have been wholly suicidal , it may have been that " Partly he was overcome with love , And partly , he was drunk . " But it is at all events a glorious nook ...
Page 105
... extremely nice specimen of the altar - tomb , but the inscription , owing to the neglected state in which the monument until lately was suffered to lie , has become in a great part extremely difficult to decipher . A bell turret with ...
... extremely nice specimen of the altar - tomb , but the inscription , owing to the neglected state in which the monument until lately was suffered to lie , has become in a great part extremely difficult to decipher . A bell turret with ...
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abbey adjoining amongst ancient Anglo-Norman antiquity appears arches architecture Ballyshannon Bantry beautiful Belcoo Belfast boat Boyne bridge building built called Carrickfergus castle cathedral Causeway centre century chief church cliffs Clonmacnoise coast Cork cross curious demesne distance Dublin Earl early ecclesiastical Enniskillen erected excursion famous feet fishing Fomorians formerly Galway Giant's Causeway glen Glengarriff grand harbour head height Hill Hotel Howth interesting Ireland Irish island Killala Killarney King Kingstown lake land Letterfrack Limerick Lisdoonvarna Lord Lough Corrib Lough Erne magnificent miles Monasterboice monastery monuments mountain neighbourhood Newgrange noble pass Patrick period picturesque portion Portrush possessed present railway remains remarkable rising river road rock round tower Royal ruins saint scene scenery seen shore side situated Sligo stands station stone structure style tourist town village visitors walls western Wicklow wild wooded Youghal
Popular passages
Page 102 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 90 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 319 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Page 102 - Twas not her soft magic of streamlet or hill, Oh ! no, — it was something more exquisite still. 'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear ; And who felt how the best charms of Nature improve, When we see them reflected from looks that we love.
Page 361 - The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contained no tomb, — And glowing into day...
Page 71 - Go and do by me as I shall do by you ; drink my health in a bumper; I shall drink all yours in a bumper of good Irish whiskey.
Page 102 - Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near, Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, And who felt how the best charms of nature improve, When we see them reflected from looks that we love. Sweet vale of Avoca ! how calm could I rest In thy bosom of shade with the friends I love best, Where the storms that we feel in this cold world should cease, And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace ! ST SENANUS AND THE LADY.
Page 19 - We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page 19 - And sure it is yet a most beautiful and sweet country as any is under heaven, being stored throughout with many goodly rivers, replenished with all sorts of fish, most abundantly sprinkled with many very sweet islands and goodly lakes, like little inland seas...
Page 49 - With whose thick orchard-blooms the soft winds play, Send out their inmates in a happy flow, Like a freed vernal stream. I may not tread With them those pathways, — to the feverish bed Of sickness bound; — yet, oh, my God!