. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . HOT^^TH AND ITS OWNERS. CHAPTER I. INTKODUCTION. The peninsula of Howth, which is about three miles long, formsthe extremity of the north-eastern boundary of Dublin Bay. Itrises abruptly from the sea, and attains to an elevation of overfive hundred and fifty feet. As its isthmus is flat and narrow, itappears from a distance to be completely surrounded by is the most striking feature of the coast-line of the countyof Dublin, and gains additional attrac
. A history of the County Dublin; the people, parishes and antiquities from the earliest times to the close of the eighteenth century . HOT^^TH AND ITS OWNERS. CHAPTER I. INTKODUCTION. The peninsula of Howth, which is about three miles long, formsthe extremity of the north-eastern boundary of Dublin Bay. Itrises abruptly from the sea, and attains to an elevation of overfive hundred and fifty feet. As its isthmus is flat and narrow, itappears from a distance to be completely surrounded by is the most striking feature of the coast-line of the countyof Dublin, and gains additional attraction from an island, ofpyramidal shape, known as Irelands Eye, which lies close to itsnorthern shore, and is visible across the isthmus from the south. In the blue waters of the Irish Sea the peninsula and theisland are singularly picturesque objects as the light and shadethrow into relief the grey of their rocks, the brown of theirwithered bracken, and the green of their grassy slopes. In allages the peninsula has been celebrated for its cliff and moorlandscenery. The poets of the Fianna period proclaimed it the loveliesthill in
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