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 . So6 PICTURESQUE St. Edens Monuinoit. in length, and from sixty to eighty feet wide, have been constructed, and manyother improvements made in town and suburbs. Portions of the old wall andfive of the towers are still to be seen, and show that the former was twenty-twofeet high, supported on the inside by an earth-rampart twenty-one feet thick. The most rem
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 . So6 PICTURESQUE St. Edens Monuinoit. in length, and from sixty to eighty feet wide, have been constructed, and manyother improvements made in town and suburbs. Portions of the old wall andfive of the towers are still to be seen, and show that the former was twenty-twofeet high, supported on the inside by an earth-rampart twenty-one feet thick. The most remarkable of the church~-~~^ ^ ruins is that of St. Selsker—a cor- ruption of St. Sepulchre—near thewest gate, within the wall. It occu-pies the site of a Danish edifice, andwas founded in 1190, under com-bined circumstances of faith andromance. Young Roche, of Artra-mont, being in love with the daugh-ter of a poor burgess, was sent to join the crusade. Returning from Palestinehe found his parents dead, and himself at liberty to crown his early love. Alas,his beloved, hearing he was slain in battle, consecrated her life to prayer andentered a convent. Inspired by her truth, the hero also made a vow of celibacy,founded this monaster)^, which he ded
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