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 . , if the catacombs of Rome areexcepted, anywhere in Europe. On the east face, as it now stands, there is aninscription in the Roman letters, t]\Ms, Lia Licguaedoii Mace Linenuek, The stoneof Lugnaedon, son of Limenueh, who wasthe sister of St. Patrick. Many places of interest can be visited byrailroad from Galway if time and inclinationpermit. Athenry, the most anci
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 . , if the catacombs of Rome areexcepted, anywhere in Europe. On the east face, as it now stands, there is aninscription in the Roman letters, t]\Ms, Lia Licguaedoii Mace Linenuek, The stoneof Lugnaedon, son of Limenueh, who wasthe sister of St. Patrick. Many places of interest can be visited byrailroad from Galway if time and inclinationpermit. Athenry, the most ancient town inthe county, formerly inclosed, with a castleand religious establishment, and a place ofconsiderable importance, is now little morethan a mass of hotels and ruins : the latterof its baronial and ecclesiastical structures,the former for the accommodation of the rail-roads which centre there. From the mainroad to Dublin branches run north and the latter, and situated near the road lead-Mo7iu?ncntal Stone, West. jj^g. ^^ Corofin, the lonely Kilmacduagh, withits church ruins, cemetery and round tower, the latter remarkable for beingseveral—some say seventeen—feet out of perpendicular, can be reached ; and.
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