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 . a,and constituted a member of the chap-ter of St. Patricks Cathedral, beingshortly afterward endowed by Almeri-cus, the ninth baron, with a grant ofthirty acres of ground. An altar-tombin the chancel, erected to Christopher,the twentieth baron, and his lady, Eliza-beth, is an interesting specimen. Theknight is represented in the armor, and the lady in the costume of
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 . a,and constituted a member of the chap-ter of St. Patricks Cathedral, beingshortly afterward endowed by Almeri-cus, the ninth baron, with a grant ofthirty acres of ground. An altar-tombin the chancel, erected to Christopher,the twentieth baron, and his lady, Eliza-beth, is an interesting specimen. Theknight is represented in the armor, and the lady in the costume of the western gable sustains a bell turret pierced for three bells. The latter arestill preserved in Howth Castle, together with a huge two-handed sword, withwhich, it is traditionally reported, an ancestor of the St. Lawrences carved thefortunes of the family. A strong embattled wall surrounds the church andgrave-yard, adding considerably to the picturesque effect of the scene, andpresenting a striking evidence of the half-monk, half-soldier character of itsfounders. Some curious-looking ancient houses upon the southeastern angleof the wall are said to have been used as a college by the monks, and areso Si. DouUup/is Church. ? DUBLIN. 299 In ascending the hill, over the village, our attention is attracted to thebays of Portmarnock, Malahide, and Portrane ; and as the Howth branch of theDublin and Drogheda Railroad invites to an excursion in this northern sectionbefore rounding the promontory and going to the city by Sutton and Clontarf,we start in the direction of Malahide. Some three miles from Malahide, and half that distance from PortmarnockStation, may be visited the ruins of St. Douloughs Church, which is quiteremarkable for its construction, and has long occupied the attention of writersupon Irish antiquities. It is a stone-roofed build-ing, of oblong plan, with a low, square tower inthe center, and has been generally classed withthe structures of th
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