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 . Howth HOWTH HEAD L;J_ACil. PICTURESQUE IRELAND. .i\ On the northern side of the promontory is the harbor, which was formerlythe mail-packet station of the port of Dublin, and the little fishing village whichgives its name to the peninsula. The harbor is now all but deserted by vesselslarger than fishing boats ; but during the herring season it present
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 . Howth HOWTH HEAD L;J_ACil. PICTURESQUE IRELAND. .i\ On the northern side of the promontory is the harbor, which was formerlythe mail-packet station of the port of Dublin, and the little fishing village whichgives its name to the peninsula. The harbor is now all but deserted by vesselslarger than fishing boats ; but during the herring season it presents an interestingand animated scene, boats from all parts of Ireland, and from England, Scot-land, and Man, assembling here in hundreds ; steamers plying with the glitteringfreight across the channel, and the piers crowded with hands selling or barrel-ing for exportation. On an eminence immediately over the harbor are the venerable ruins of Howth Abbey. It is sometimes calledBalscadden Abbey, from the little bayof that name ; and is supposed to havebeen founded by the Ostmen in theeleventh century. In the early part ofthe thirteenth century (1235), when theoriginal prebendal church of Howthwas transferred from Irelands Eye tothe mainland,
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