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 . Rums a/ Alloc/litdi Chutth DOWN. 591. Atinaim of Mo-?, j^- running entirely round theirinterior. There are RoundTowers at Drumbo and Ma-ghera; and a third, at Down-patrick, was taken down in1790, to make room for apart of the cathedral. Mo-nastic remains are quite nu-merous, the principal beingat Downpatrick, Innis Cour-cey, Newry, Moville, Grey Abbey, Ballyhalbert,
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 . Rums a/ Alloc/litdi Chutth DOWN. 591. Atinaim of Mo-?, j^- running entirely round theirinterior. There are RoundTowers at Drumbo and Ma-ghera; and a third, at Down-patrick, was taken down in1790, to make room for apart of the cathedral. Mo-nastic remains are quite nu-merous, the principal beingat Downpatrick, Innis Cour-cey, Newry, Moville, Grey Abbey, Ballyhalbert, and other places. Castles alsoabound, especially in the eastern portion around Lough Strangford. Down, with a portion of Antrim, was anciently known as Ullagh, LatinizedUlidia, which was applied to the whole of Ulster. Ptolemy mentions theVohmtii, or Uluntii, as inhabiting this region ;
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