The Tourists' Picturesque Guide to IrelandPrinted at the "Official Guide", 1889 - 416 pages |
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... interesting companion , and to those who are better acquainted with the scenic attractions of Ireland , it will probably be the means of informing them of numerous scenes of interest which may have been hitherto almost entirely un ...
... interesting companion , and to those who are better acquainted with the scenic attractions of Ireland , it will probably be the means of informing them of numerous scenes of interest which may have been hitherto almost entirely un ...
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... interesting lady was Kethlenn , not Cathleen , or Little Kate , which is Christian ; and from her , according to the Annals of the Four Masters , the town of Enniskillen , i.e. , Inis Kethlenn , or the Island of Kethlenn , has been ...
... interesting lady was Kethlenn , not Cathleen , or Little Kate , which is Christian ; and from her , according to the Annals of the Four Masters , the town of Enniskillen , i.e. , Inis Kethlenn , or the Island of Kethlenn , has been ...
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... interesting and matchless monuments which still , in many parts of the country , remain to attest the advancement made by the Irish in more of the arts than one upwards of a thousand years ago . In the meantime a word concerning our ...
... interesting and matchless monuments which still , in many parts of the country , remain to attest the advancement made by the Irish in more of the arts than one upwards of a thousand years ago . In the meantime a word concerning our ...
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... interesting to many ; and with these words the sketch is completed . THE TOURISTS ' IRELAND . The words of the poet Spencer , descriptive of Ireland as known to him nearly three hundred years ago , may , in all their fulness , be ...
... interesting to many ; and with these words the sketch is completed . THE TOURISTS ' IRELAND . The words of the poet Spencer , descriptive of Ireland as known to him nearly three hundred years ago , may , in all their fulness , be ...
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... interesting to strangers to know , that for the charge of one penny the postal authorities will furnish them , on application , with a printed a per giving all particulars relating to the rules and practices of the stablishment . This ...
... interesting to strangers to know , that for the charge of one penny the postal authorities will furnish them , on application , with a printed a per giving all particulars relating to the rules and practices of the stablishment . This ...
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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!