A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . of theChichester monument, which of its kind is very fine, andrecords about the founder of the house of Donegall notwhat he was, but what he should have been. One groupof churches on Loughinisland, near Crossgar, is particularlyinteresting. Numerous other smaller churches, their ruins or theirsites, are to be found in every parish. The one, however,which will excite most admiration is the IJishop JeremyTaylor church at Ballinderry, now completely was built at the Restoration by the learned Bishop ofDown, who did not, however, l
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . of theChichester monument, which of its kind is very fine, andrecords about the founder of the house of Donegall notwhat he was, but what he should have been. One groupof churches on Loughinisland, near Crossgar, is particularlyinteresting. Numerous other smaller churches, their ruins or theirsites, are to be found in every parish. The one, however,which will excite most admiration is the IJishop JeremyTaylor church at Ballinderry, now completely was built at the Restoration by the learned Bishop ofDown, who did not, however, live to see it was here he took refuge from the Puritans, and here manyof his works were penned. The church itself is quaint andsimple, with its heavy oak from the now denuded forests ofBallinderry, and its square windows. The interior still pre-serves all the original oak fittings, as constructed in the time 2/0 Guide to Belfast. of the second Charles, the old arrangements being strictlyadhered to. It is well worthy of a visit. , -p. W. 7. Feiiiieil. Photo. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE BISHOP JEREMY TAYLOR CHURCH, LOOKING EAST. AND SHOWING THE OAK PULPIT AND PRAYER DESK, ETC. northern counties are by no means rich in the greatmediaeval structures which are found so frequently in thesouthern counties. What did exist have been largely sweptaway, or only the smallest fragments left—pften the sitesalone are known. Antiquities. 271 Of Celtic foundations, that possessing one of the longesthistories is, perhaps, in Nendrum, or Mahee island in Strang-ford Lough, fully recorded by the late Bishop Reeves. Onlya few foundations and the base of a round tower now , near Newtownards, was also a celebrated schoolof learning in the earliest ages. Several cross slabs stillremain here, and a more recent church; but the great abbey
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