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... CORK KILDARE COUNTY QUEEN'S COUNTY KING'S COUNTY TIPPERARY COUNTY CORK COUNTY EXCURSIONS FROM CORK KERRY AND KILLARNEY . PAGE I 66 113 158 181 • 194 220 220 230 236 255 266 280 • 311 LIMERICK AND CLARE 331 WATERFORD , KILKENNY , AND ...
... CORK KILDARE COUNTY QUEEN'S COUNTY KING'S COUNTY TIPPERARY COUNTY CORK COUNTY EXCURSIONS FROM CORK KERRY AND KILLARNEY . PAGE I 66 113 158 181 • 194 220 220 230 236 255 266 280 • 311 LIMERICK AND CLARE 331 WATERFORD , KILKENNY , AND ...
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... Cork is mountainous ; but it does not present such grand ranges as Down , Wicklow , Donegal , Mayo , Galway , or Kerry . The highest of its mountain summits are Hungry Hill , 2,249 feet , Cahir Barna , 2,234 feet , and Sheehy moun- tain ...
... Cork is mountainous ; but it does not present such grand ranges as Down , Wicklow , Donegal , Mayo , Galway , or Kerry . The highest of its mountain summits are Hungry Hill , 2,249 feet , Cahir Barna , 2,234 feet , and Sheehy moun- tain ...
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... Cork ; and then runs eastward about thirty - seven miles through Cork , and for about six it runs on the boundary between Cork and Waterford , and then for seven miles through Waterford to Cappoquin , whence it flows for eight miles ...
... Cork ; and then runs eastward about thirty - seven miles through Cork , and for about six it runs on the boundary between Cork and Waterford , and then for seven miles through Waterford to Cappoquin , whence it flows for eight miles ...
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... Cork with its divided flood . ' From Cork to Queenstown the river is exquisitely beauti- ful , its high banks on either side being covered with charming villas and plantations , reaching down to the edges of the broad expanse of water ...
... Cork with its divided flood . ' From Cork to Queenstown the river is exquisitely beauti- ful , its high banks on either side being covered with charming villas and plantations , reaching down to the edges of the broad expanse of water ...
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... Cork , and Kerry contain abundance of carboniferous limestone . Limestone forms the bottom of the valleys of all the principal rivers , and is found around the edges of the great sea loughs and bays . The vast central plain of Ireland ...
... Cork , and Kerry contain abundance of carboniferous limestone . Limestone forms the bottom of the valleys of all the principal rivers , and is found around the edges of the great sea loughs and bays . The vast central plain of Ireland ...
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Page 168 - It was in this parish, during our stay, that I had that wonderful escape in falling through a mill.race whilst the mill was going, and of being taken up unhurt : the story is incredible, but known for truth in all that part of Ireland, where hundreds of the common people flocked to see me.
Page 185 - 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 382 - N. latitude, and 53° 50' and 58° 20' E. longitude, and bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the...
Page 396 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Page 48 - Science supplies, as far as practicable, a complete course of instruction in science applicable to the industrial arts...
Page 336 - 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 416 - ... monument was well deserved ; yet it was scarcely needed ; for, in truth, the whole city is to this day a monument of the great deliverance. The wall is carefully preserved, nor would any plea of health or convenience be held by the inhabitants sufficient to justify the demolition of that sacred inclosure which, in the evil time, gave shelter to their race and their religion.
Page 153 - I have the happiness of seeing you again. Whenever an opportunity offers wherein I can serve Ireland, I shall seize on it with eagerness. I am a man of few words. Short adieux are best. God bless you, my friends — God bless you all.
Page 89 - In Christ's Church, the principal church in Ireland, whither the Lord Deputy and Council repair every Sunday, the vaults, from one end of the minster to the other, are made into tippling-rooms for beer, wine and tobacco, demised all to Popish recusants, and by them and others so much frequented in time of divine service...
Page 3 - ... interior, of a mile or more in length, besides hundreds smaller : the sea coast and all these lakes abound with fish. The district, with its islands, possesses no less than ßòå hundred miles of sea shore.