The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County, Volume 1Sherwood, Jones, & Company, 1825 |
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... Feet . co . Kerry ...... 3695 co . Down ...... .... 2809 co . Kerry ...... 2693 co . Mayo .... co . Mayo ...... 2630 2660 As it is by comparison alone that clear and definite ideas are con- veyed , respecting extraordinary circumstances ...
... Feet . co . Kerry ...... 3695 co . Down ...... .... 2809 co . Kerry ...... 2693 co . Mayo .... co . Mayo ...... 2630 2660 As it is by comparison alone that clear and definite ideas are con- veyed , respecting extraordinary circumstances ...
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... feet of the bog some- times above them , and three , four , and five feet , but rarely more , below their roots . " Whilst we dissent from the opinion of those who ascribe the formation of bogs to the agency of decayed timber alone , we ...
... feet of the bog some- times above them , and three , four , and five feet , but rarely more , below their roots . " Whilst we dissent from the opinion of those who ascribe the formation of bogs to the agency of decayed timber alone , we ...
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... feet high . Many such urns have been found , of different magnitudes and forms , on opening the tumuli . Sometimes the body has been interred whole , and a tumulus raised over as before . Cnocan , or large earthern tumulus . Under these ...
... feet high . Many such urns have been found , of different magnitudes and forms , on opening the tumuli . Sometimes the body has been interred whole , and a tumulus raised over as before . Cnocan , or large earthern tumulus . Under these ...
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... feet . The usual circumference , at five feet from the ground , is from forty to fifty feet ; and in one instance fifty - six feet , decreasing pyramidally to the top . They frequently , but not uniformly , spring from a projecting ...
... feet . The usual circumference , at five feet from the ground , is from forty to fifty feet ; and in one instance fifty - six feet , decreasing pyramidally to the top . They frequently , but not uniformly , spring from a projecting ...
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... feet to four feet and a half . Where these towers are seen , we generally find also a church . The buildings are seldom united , and the distance between them varies from upwards of 100 feet to that of five or six feet . In regard to ...
... feet to four feet and a half . Where these towers are seen , we generally find also a church . The buildings are seldom united , and the distance between them varies from upwards of 100 feet to that of five or six feet . In regard to ...
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Page 320 - 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 373 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.
Page lv - And by the Irish custom of gavelkind the inferior tenancies were partable amongst all the males of the sept ; and after partition made, if any one of the sept had died his portion was not divided among his sons, but the chief of the sept made a new partition of all the lands belonging to that sept, and gave every one his part according to his antiquity.
Page 439 - I reduced these things to writing ; and lest the writing should perish with the writer, and the work fail together with the workman, I leave parchment for continuing the work, if haply any man survive, and any of the race of Adam escape this pestilence and continue the work which I have commenced.
Page clx - ... respectively and generally, in respect of trade and navigation in all ports and places in the United Kingdom and its dependencies ; and that in all treaties made by His Majesty, his heirs and successors, with any foreign power, His Majesty's subjects of Ireland shall have the same privileges and be on the same footing as His Majesty's subjects of. Great Britain.
Page clxxxii - Noster backwards, and look at the ball of yarn without, they will then also see his sith or apparition : they dip for apples in a tub of water, and endeavour to bring one up in the mouth : they suspend a cord with a cross stick, with apples at one point, and candles lighted at the other, and endeavour to catch the apple, while it is in a circular motion, in the mouth. These, and many other superstitious ceremonies, the remains of Druidism, are observed on this holiday, which will never be eradicated...
Page 185 - O'er the plenty of the plain. Low the dauntless Earl is laid, Gor'd with many a gaping wound : Fate demands a nobler head ; Soon a king shall bite the ground.
Page 24 - I am farther commanded to state, that the testimonies of dutiful and affectionate attachment which his Majesty has received from all classes and descriptions of his Irish subjects, have made the deepest impression on his mind, and that he looks forward to the period when he shall revisit them with the strongest feelings of satisfaction.
Page clxx - ... and ropes for harness. The horses were worthy of the harness; wretched little dog-tired creatures, that looked as if they had been driven to the last gasp, and as if they had never been rubbed down in their lives; their bones starting through their skin; one lame, the other blind; one with a raw back, the other with a galled breast; one with his neck poking down over his collar, and the other with his head dragged forward by a bit of a broken bridle, held at arms...
Page 320 - THERE is not in the wide world .a valley so sweet As the 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.