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 . such a manner as toconvey the idea that their founders intended they should last forever. AtGlendalough, as at other kindred establishments of about the same era, we findonly the remains of strictly ecclesiastical edifices. We meet the first of the ruins on the Laragh road, at about a mile eastof the Cathedral in the glen cemetery. It is called the Monastery, by the
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 . such a manner as toconvey the idea that their founders intended they should last forever. AtGlendalough, as at other kindred establishments of about the same era, we findonly the remains of strictly ecclesiastical edifices. We meet the first of the ruins on the Laragh road, at about a mile eastof the Cathedral in the glen cemetery. It is called the Monastery, by thepeople, and is variously known as the Abbey, and the Priory of St. Saviour. Itis the most interesting of the detached buildings outside of the group near thelake; and is perhaps architecturally the finest, as it was evidently the most exten-sive of all the edifices in this region. It consisted originally of two parallelbuildings, of rare and beautiful workmanship, adorned with curious sculptures, ofwhich only detached fragments are now attainable. Two of its columns remain,their capitals exhibiting the ornamental style of the ninth and tenth , says Wakeman, in England would be pronounced Norman, more particu-. Si. Kevins Kitchen. PICTURESQUE IRELAND.
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