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 . ilbeggan. Mullingar has also railway communica-tion with Dublin, by which the lakes are of easy access to the angler. Lough Ennell (or Belvidere), which Is five miles long and one and a quarterbroad, is about two miles south of the town. A part of the western shore nearDysart is naturally beautiful ; on the northern and eastern sides improvementshave been made, but
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 . ilbeggan. Mullingar has also railway communica-tion with Dublin, by which the lakes are of easy access to the angler. Lough Ennell (or Belvidere), which Is five miles long and one and a quarterbroad, is about two miles south of the town. A part of the western shore nearDysart is naturally beautiful ; on the northern and eastern sides improvementshave been made, but the southern Is tame and unattractive to the artistic eye. WESTMEA TH. 287 Lough Owel is about the same extent and Hes three miles north of the town. Itis a deep clear sheet of water, fed by internal springs, and forms the chief supplyof the Royal Canal. Though not bold, the shores have considerable elevation,are fertile, finely diversified, and partially wooded. Fraser thinks that its deeppellucid waters, tiny islets, and sweetly varied shores entitle it to rank among the most beautiful of our inland lakes. It is seen to great advantage from theroad leading to Longford. Lough Iron, half the size of Ennel or Owel, is a mile. Old Gateway at Fore. and a half west of the latter; and Derivaragh, six miles north of MuUingar, is ofremarkable form, being at its lower end three miles in length by two in breadth,where it projects an arm four miles long by one third of a mile in width. At thehead of the lake is the hill of Knockeyan, 707 feet above the sea level and 500above that of the lake, a striking conical and commanding eminence. Multifernam is the first station on the branch line from MuUingar to Long-ford and Cavan. The abbey or monastery, charmingly situated on a low isolatedplot of ground convenient to Lough Derivaragh, was founded—according toArchdall and others—in 12-36, by William Delamer, in honor of God andSt. Francis. Its name signifies Fearnans Mill, from a fami
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