The Tourists' Picturesque Guide to IrelandPrinted at the "Official Guide", 1889 - 416 pages |
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... Harbour in front , shining in the morning sunlight , is a feature which would add a charm to any marine view . Above it , a little to the left , rise the hills of Dalkey and Killiney - the latter in the season a mass of golden furze ...
... Harbour in front , shining in the morning sunlight , is a feature which would add a charm to any marine view . Above it , a little to the left , rise the hills of Dalkey and Killiney - the latter in the season a mass of golden furze ...
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... harbour are composed . Those lofty and many - tinted mountains in the middle distance to the left are the " Sugar Loaves , " so styled in modern times by the citizens of Dublin . Their older name , the " Silver Spears " -suggested ...
... harbour are composed . Those lofty and many - tinted mountains in the middle distance to the left are the " Sugar Loaves , " so styled in modern times by the citizens of Dublin . Their older name , the " Silver Spears " -suggested ...
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... harbour and glistening terraces , and mountain back - ground , to the right . Southward and westward are the highlands of Wicklow and Dublin . THE GENERAL POST OFFICE . This fine structure , the head quarters of the Irish postal system ...
... harbour and glistening terraces , and mountain back - ground , to the right . Southward and westward are the highlands of Wicklow and Dublin . THE GENERAL POST OFFICE . This fine structure , the head quarters of the Irish postal system ...
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William Frederick Wakeman. ) Dublin . 61 crew , nobly perished off Kingstown Harbour , in the endeavour to save the struggling crew of a vessel which had been blown upon the Eastern Pier during one of the greatest hurricanes known to ...
William Frederick Wakeman. ) Dublin . 61 crew , nobly perished off Kingstown Harbour , in the endeavour to save the struggling crew of a vessel which had been blown upon the Eastern Pier during one of the greatest hurricanes known to ...
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... harbour from which the mail - packets to Holyhead in the olden times used to sail . The passage , before steam , was at times rather perilous , and sometimes required a fortnight or more for its completion . It was from this place that ...
... harbour from which the mail - packets to Holyhead in the olden times used to sail . The passage , before steam , was at times rather perilous , and sometimes required a fortnight or more for its completion . It was from this place that ...
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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
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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!