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 . istrict is groveless ; its long rowsof elms and poplars havelong since disappeared;its manufactures haveceased ; its looms are si-lent, and its once numer-ous and respectable in-habitants are replaced bya poor population. Yetthis forsaken suburb hasan abiding interest, for inWater Lane is the hum-ble house in which thegreat art-thinker andpainter, James Barry, wasbo
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 . istrict is groveless ; its long rowsof elms and poplars havelong since disappeared;its manufactures haveceased ; its looms are si-lent, and its once numer-ous and respectable in-habitants are replaced bya poor population. Yetthis forsaken suburb hasan abiding interest, for inWater Lane is the hum-ble house in which thegreat art-thinker andpainter, James Barry, wasborn. The sketch pre-sents a graphic idea ofthe locality, and theshould-be famous houseis indicated by two fe-male figures at the old cathedral ofSt. Finn - Barr sufferedsuch injury in the siegeof 1690, that it was re-placed in 1735 by a plain oblong pile, which had little of interest save the pointeddoorway, recessed and richly moulded, and a few remains of the earlier had no pretensions to cathedral grandeur, and was in time demolished to giveplace to the present more picturesque and dignified edifice. The new cathedral,in addition to its beauty, as a substantial ornament and honor to the architectural. Shandon Steeple. CORK. 433 i^ (fe
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