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 . What chiefly impresses the mind at Glengariff is the deep conviction, thatthere is no mere pleasing allusion of art in all you behold—that it is Nature,such as she is, in all her wildness and beauty. One of the most comprehensive prospects in the vicin-ity is to be had froma woody steep on theold Berehaven Road,north of CromwellsBridge. The eyeranges over it without
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 . What chiefly impresses the mind at Glengariff is the deep conviction, thatthere is no mere pleasing allusion of art in all you behold—that it is Nature,such as she is, in all her wildness and beauty. One of the most comprehensive prospects in the vicin-ity is to be had froma woody steep on theold Berehaven Road,north of CromwellsBridge. The eyeranges over it withoutcontrol, and it is im-possible to put it with-in the limits of a artist has to con-fine himself to the sur-roun dings of thebridge, with HungryHill looming up intowering grandeur, itspeak one huge massof naked rock. Tourists are com-pelled into comparisonof this glorious glenwith Killarney ; butin fact the scenes areseparate illustrationsof the same is not veryfar from the Corkborder; and in leav-ing the latter we passthrough a tunnel in. From Glengariff to Killarney. the mountains to reach Kerry, and .-ompare its splendors with those we haveleft behind.
Size: 1691px × 1477px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidpicturesquei, bookyear1885
