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 . ssion of pleasing, of beau-tiful scenes ; while the greyruins of Grenane and Dy-sart Castles, rising in thecentre of the narrow but verdant valley, impart to the whole a peculiar and verypicturesque effect. Near Instiogue is the well-known demesne, Woodstock,where the river is crossedby an elegant bridge of tenarches. The woods extendfor two miles up the. rightbank
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 . ssion of pleasing, of beau-tiful scenes ; while the greyruins of Grenane and Dy-sart Castles, rising in thecentre of the narrow but verdant valley, impart to the whole a peculiar and verypicturesque effect. Near Instiogue is the well-known demesne, Woodstock,where the river is crossedby an elegant bridge of tenarches. The woods extendfor two miles up the. rightbank of the river; and thecultivated taste of its pro-prietor has made it famousmany years ago. Here dwelt many years—wrote some of her sweetestpoems—and died in 1810. The climate of Kilkenny isconsidered one of the most healthful in Ireland, the freest from damps and fogs,because of the prevalence of limestone bottom, the absence of bogs and marshes,and the elevation of the great central plain. Although well adapted for manu-factures, the peojile are almost entirely thrown upon agriculture for John ODonovan, the great Gaelic scholar, archaeologist, and savant, was anative of Atateemore, in this LodiTc School at Woodstock. LIMERICK.
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