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 . From its banks therestretches, in a southeasterly direction, avast tract of land, which is justly con-sidered to be the richest in Ireland, thesoil being in general a deep mellow loam,for the most part based on limestone, andfit for every kind of culture. The mostproductive tract, comprising about 100,000acres, is in the neighborhood of Bruff,Killmallock, Athlacca,
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 . From its banks therestretches, in a southeasterly direction, avast tract of land, which is justly con-sidered to be the richest in Ireland, thesoil being in general a deep mellow loam,for the most part based on limestone, andfit for every kind of culture. The mostproductive tract, comprising about 100,000acres, is in the neighborhood of Bruff,Killmallock, Athlacca, and Hospital, form-ing part of the district called The Golden Vale, which extends from Pallas-kenry to Kilfinnan and Kilfrush, on the Tipperary border, a distance of thirty-two miles ; and in breadth, from Drehid-tarsna, by the city of Limerick, to Abing-don, a distance of eighteen miles. Thecorcasses or low meadow lands whichextend from the Mague along the Shan-non to Limerick city, have a substratumof yellow and blue clay, occasionallymixed with sand and gravel ; and thesoil of other parts, not occupied by mountains, particularly west of the riverDeel, which runs from south to north across the western part of the Druidical Temple. LIMERICK. 553 consists of a light loam, resting on limestone or stiff clay, and well suited bothfor pasture and tillage. Yet with such a considerable proportion of the soilfavorable to the production of abundant crops, the complaint made by ArthurYoung a century ago, that by far the least portion is under tillage, is not with-out application to-day. The remains of antiquity are various, as well as numer-ous, embracing round towers at Carrigeen, Croom, and Kilmallock, and thestump of one at Ardpatrick; druidical remains, circles at Grange, and circular
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