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 . ifices in the country. Robert Boyle, the philosopher, wasborn in It (,1626-7), and William Congreve, the dramatist, it is said, was born inthe town. Mr. Hall thinks the prospect from the castle sublime to a degree ;the mighty mountains on either side of the winding river ; and Immediatelybeneath, the thick foliage of gigantic trees overhanging It; while here andther
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 . ifices in the country. Robert Boyle, the philosopher, wasborn in It (,1626-7), and William Congreve, the dramatist, it is said, was born inthe town. Mr. Hall thinks the prospect from the castle sublime to a degree ;the mighty mountains on either side of the winding river ; and Immediatelybeneath, the thick foliage of gigantic trees overhanging It; while here andthere, both above and below it, the eye falls upon a salmon weir, forming a kind of artificial cataract, theA distant murmur of which adds Jm a lulling softness to the beauty ^ of the scene. Before proceeding up theBlackwater from Youghal, thetourist may cross the longbridge and visit some pointsof peculiar interest on theWaterford side of the fishing village of Ard-more, anciently an episcopalsee, is six miles distant. The Round Tower and several ecclesiastical remainsattest Its antiquity. St. Declan founded a religious establishment here In thevery Infancy of the Christian era, and his well is still highly venerated. Roitnd Tower at Ardniore. 530 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. The Round Tower, a very fine specimen, is in some particulars unique. It isbuilt of elaborately cut stone ; the circumference at the base is forty-five feet,the entrance thirteen feet above the ground, and the storeys are exteriorly indi-cated by beltings. The villages of Aglish and Clashmore, situated low down ina valley running parallel to the Blackwater, pleasantly diversify this romantic tractof hilly country. From Ardmore a road leads to Dungarvan, the second townof the county, situated on the bay of the same name, and on a point of landbetween the estuaries of the Bricky and the Calligan. It was a place of strength,and vestiges of its old walls and of an abbey and fortifications remain. Thetown is a p
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