Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . the Viceroys of Ireland; with Notices of the Castle-of Dublin, etc., by J. T. Gilbert, Esq., Member ofthe Council and Librarian of the Royal Irish Academy ; author of A History of the City of Dublin, etc. Dublin, xii. f The Struggle for Irish Natioimlity, hy John Savage. Boston, 1S6S. DUBLIN. 313 to commissioners ap-pointed by Parlia-ment ; on behalf ofwh
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . the Viceroys of Ireland; with Notices of the Castle-of Dublin, etc., by J. T. Gilbert, Esq., Member ofthe Council and Librarian of the Royal Irish Academy ; author of A History of the City of Dublin, etc. Dublin, xii. f The Struggle for Irish Natioimlity, hy John Savage. Boston, 1S6S. DUBLIN. 313 to commissioners ap-pointed by Parlia-ment ; on behalf ofwhich Colonel Mi-chael Jones was ap-pointed governor,and succeeded inholding Dublin forthat party. In Jan-uary, 1659, LordMontgomery, SirOliver St. George,and other persons ofconsequence, in theinterest of the resto-ration of Charles II.,seized Dublin Castleand Governor Jones,in the name of thegovernment commis-sioners, and declaredfor a free the petition ofthe mayor and alder-men they summoneda convention of es-tates, which, in theyear following, ac-cepted the declara-tions of Charles atBreda, and the res-toration was accom-plished so far asIreland was con-cerned. Shortly af-terward Charles the. 314 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. city of Dublin with a collar of SS., and in 1665 the chief magistrate was honoredwith the title of lord mayor, Sir Daniel Bellingham being the first who bore thatstyle, and the king granted five hundred pounds a year forever to support the dig-nity. A national synod of the Catholic clergy was held in Dublin in 1666 ; andin 1670 the noted Blue Coat Hospital—one of the greatest of the citys charitiesof that time—was erected. Among improvements of the same year may bementioned the planting of trees round St. Stephens Green, the construction ofthe watercourse of the city basin ; the laying of the water pipes through thecity ; and the placing of chimes in St. Patricks Cathedral (eight bells), in ChristChurch Cathedral (six bells), and
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