The famous cities of Ireland . 66 GALWAY FROM THE CLADDAGH 67 lynchs castle 80 IN THE CLADDAGH I03 GALWAY FISHWIVES . . • I05 A FISHERMAN . , I07 MAYNOOTH I25 MAYNOOTH I3I ST. CANICES CATHEDRAL 136 ST. CANICES STEPS 139 KILKENNY CASTLE I42 KILKENNY. THE HIGH STREET 157 AN OLD WOMAN 167 DERRY 169 BESIDE THE FOYLE 173 THE BOGSIDE 189 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A SHOPPER 193 KING JOHNS CASTLE 20I LIMERICK FROM THE SHANNON 205 THE BATTERED WALL \ . 209 COLLEGE GREEN 227 THE FOUR COURTS 259 NEW ROSS 268 WEXFORD FROM ABOVE 271 THE THOLSEL, NEW ROSS 277 MR. HUGHES 282 A FARMER 289 CORK 291 SHANDO
The famous cities of Ireland . 66 GALWAY FROM THE CLADDAGH 67 lynchs castle 80 IN THE CLADDAGH I03 GALWAY FISHWIVES . . • I05 A FISHERMAN . , I07 MAYNOOTH I25 MAYNOOTH I3I ST. CANICES CATHEDRAL 136 ST. CANICES STEPS 139 KILKENNY CASTLE I42 KILKENNY. THE HIGH STREET 157 AN OLD WOMAN 167 DERRY 169 BESIDE THE FOYLE 173 THE BOGSIDE 189 xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A SHOPPER 193 KING JOHNS CASTLE 20I LIMERICK FROM THE SHANNON 205 THE BATTERED WALL \ . 209 COLLEGE GREEN 227 THE FOUR COURTS 259 NEW ROSS 268 WEXFORD FROM ABOVE 271 THE THOLSEL, NEW ROSS 277 MR. HUGHES 282 A FARMER 289 CORK 291 SHANDON STEEPLE 303 QUEENSTOWN CATHEDRAL 307 QUEENSTOWN 3IO ON LOUGH NEAGHS BANKS. SHANES CASTLE . -315 THE PORT OF BELFAST 337 COLOURED PLATES THE CUSTOM HOUSE, DUBLIN Frontispiece THE GAP OF THE NORTH To face 48 LIMERICK FROM THE CLARE BANK .... „ I94 BELFAST HARBOUR „ 312 The Illustration on page 169 is reprinted from Highways andByways in Donegal and Antrim,^ by kind permission of <Sy Co., T/ie Quays, Waterfoj-d. THE FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND CHAPTER I WATERFORD Everywhere in any country that owns remem-bered records there can be found in mans work,whether on stone or wood, or upon the living earthand water, vestiges of past happenings which leadthe mind back along the trail of the past. It is soin Ireland; yet Ireland, always a country of contra-dictions, is here true to herself. Nowhere is thememory of bygone events more vivid and tenacious,nowhere does the deed of man for good or ill leavea more abiding impression; on the other hand, B 2 THE FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND ch. nowhere has written record less general acceptance,nowhere does history speak with a less certain this there are many causes, but one in eloquent than the tongue of all the Muses isthe visible, tangible handiwork of past days; and inIreland the greater part of our monuments can makeappeal only to the imagination. Little is left forthe mind to work on save crumb
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