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 . Tintern Abbey. 500 PICTURESQUE Clonmines. towers of the former, and walls of the latter. According to various statements,a town, surrounded by vallum and fosse, existed here • and Mr. Fraser, in his Statistical Sur vey ofthe county, says theDanes established amint at this place. The Bannow coastis rocky, and affordsgood views of the op-posite shores of Fet
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 . Tintern Abbey. 500 PICTURESQUE Clonmines. towers of the former, and walls of the latter. According to various statements,a town, surrounded by vallum and fosse, existed here • and Mr. Fraser, in his Statistical Sur vey ofthe county, says theDanes established amint at this place. The Bannow coastis rocky, and affordsgood views of the op-posite shores of Feth-ard Bay, the rocky head-land of Bag-an-bun,and the peninsula ofHook. The town ofFethard, an ancient lo-cality of prominence,sending two membersto the Irish Parliament, is now but a village. A few miles north of it is thebeautiful ruin of Tintern Abbey, which also can be reached by Nelson-bridge,over the Owenduff, from Clonmines. This interesting abbey was founded in1200 by William, earl marshal of England, and earl of Pembroke, who mar^ried the daughter of Strongbow and the princess Eva. When in extreme peri]at sea, the earl made a vow that if he escaped he would build an abbey wherehe safely landed. Hisvessel found shelterin Bannow Bay, andhe erected this ab-
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