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 . p, Dr. Donnelly, com- ^^^ 3=^ menced the building of an hos- i -= ~ pice on Station Island, for the • ^^ better accommodation of the / pilgrims. His title to do sowas contested by Sir JohnLeslie, who claimed the pro-prietary over the island, aswell as the bed of the loughover which the hospice pro-jected. An unhappy sourceof permanent excitement andill-feeling seeme
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 . p, Dr. Donnelly, com- ^^^ 3=^ menced the building of an hos- i -= ~ pice on Station Island, for the • ^^ better accommodation of the / pilgrims. His title to do sowas contested by Sir JohnLeslie, who claimed the pro-prietary over the island, aswell as the bed of the loughover which the hospice pro-jected. An unhappy sourceof permanent excitement andill-feeling seemed impending,but was happily averted in1881 by Sir John Leslie givinga lease forever of the partcovered by the projection, and withdrawing all claim to Station Island itself. Letterkenny, the gate toJ^- ? the Donegal Highlands, the second town of the county, isbuilt on a hillside overlook-ing a large expanse of coun-try. It was here that Theo-bald Wolfe Tone was arrestedafter the defeat of the Frenchfleet in October, 1798, havingbeen recognized by a formerfellow student at a breakfastgiven to the French officersby Lord Cavan. To the northis Killmacrenan, the foster-place of St. Columbkill, wherehe founded an abbey, which. Grianan—Birds-eye View. endured for a^es. At a short distance is the Rock of Doon, the inauguration 518 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. place of the chiefs of Tirconnell. When the investiture took place the ODon-nell was attended to this rock by the successor of St. Columbkill, and his marshal,and surrounded by the estates of the countr)-. Putting a pure white, unknottedrod into his hand, the abbot said : Receive, sire, the auspicious ensign of yourdignity, and remember to imitate in your government the whiteness, straightnessand unknottiness of this rod, to the end that no evil tongue may find cause toasperse the candor of your actions with blackness, nor any kind of corruption ortie of friendship be able to pervert your justice; therefore, in a lucky hour, takethe g
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