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 . penser recommended Queen Elizabeth to spare neithermeans nor men to extirpate this dashing chief. In 1580 an English expeditionfor this purpose under Lord Arthur Grey, then Lord Deput3^ Sir Peter Carew,and others, was almost annihilated by the Irish under Feagh Mac Hugh, and FitzEustace Viscount Baltinglass, at this locality, which some writers erroneouslystate as h
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 . penser recommended Queen Elizabeth to spare neithermeans nor men to extirpate this dashing chief. In 1580 an English expeditionfor this purpose under Lord Arthur Grey, then Lord Deput3^ Sir Peter Carew,and others, was almost annihilated by the Irish under Feagh Mac Hugh, and FitzEustace Viscount Baltinglass, at this locality, which some writers erroneouslystate as having occurred at Glendalough. Returning to the central hamlet of Laragh we are within a mile and ahalf of the famous Glendalough or Valley of the two Lakes, or the sevenChurches, as it is variously called. Glendalough, which embraces a hamlet,many ruins and a round tower, is situated in the heart of the OByrnes Coun-try, in the territorial subdivision now known as the barony of Ballinacor, sometwenty-two miles from Dublin. The valley is about two miles and a half long,and varies from half a mile to a mile in width. It is bounded on the north bythe mountains of Brocagh, Glendassan, and Comaderry, and on the south by I I I I. PICTURESQUE IRELAND. those of Derrybawn and Lugduff : and except at the entrance between Brocaghand Derrybawn it is completely hemmed in by these lofty, wild, bare and precip-itous elevations. The most unimpressionable visitor cannot fail to be affectedby the solemn and melancholy aspect of the scene as he approaches. Here theChristian religion and literature flourished at a very remote period—and evencivilizations before that era have left their mark here. St. Kevin, to whosefaith and energy the Christian glory of the valley is due, and whose name issynonymous with both the extent and asceticism of the monastic life, flourishedin the sixth century. He was born of Christian parents in 498 ; trained for the Christian ministry, amongdevoted teachers, priest
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