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 . oduced about the same time at Waringstown by Richard Holden ; atLisburn by William Coulston ; followed up by Michael Andrews at these every new invention for perfecting the workmanship was of the original designs for table linen produced in this neighborhood standunrivaled. Damasks from these looms at present adorn the tables of QueenVicto
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 . oduced about the same time at Waringstown by Richard Holden ; atLisburn by William Coulston ; followed up by Michael Andrews at these every new invention for perfecting the workmanship was of the original designs for table linen produced in this neighborhood standunrivaled. Damasks from these looms at present adorn the tables of QueenVictoria and some of the other crowned heads of Europe, as well as of many ofthe leading nobility. Lurgan has long held the first place in the manufactureof cambric, lawn, and cambric handkerchiefs, and in diapers, and Ballymenastands out pre-eminent for its fine yard-wide plain linens. Carrickfergus, ten miles from Belfast,- formerly the county town of xtrim,received its name from Carrig, a rock, and Feargus, an Irish hero who was lostin a storm some three centuries before the Christian era. It has an ancient andturbulent record of wars, and sieges, and sanguinary conflicts. It was surrounded Swiffs Church at Kilroot, ANTRIM,. by a wall, some traces of which are yet visible on the western side, and the North Gate, iri good preservation, still remains The streets within and without the ^ ^^^t-=;^S^ walls are narrow and ,,, Lrlenarm. antiquated. The chief object of interest now, as it was the commanding object of possession in the past,is the venerable castle. Standing on a low rock, it projects into the sea, and isordinarily surrounded on three sides by water. It occupies a military position ofgreat importance, and is the only one of the ancient Norman fortresses remainingin a state of preservation. It is garrisoned by troops, mounts twenty-five piecesof cannon, and is the most extensive depot for small arms in the North of Ireland. 122 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. This historical pile was
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