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 . ountain stream enters the town from the Marquis of Sligos demesne,and runs through it; and, as the two principal streets are parallel to it on eitherside, and are planted with trees, the effect is very pleasant. Before railroadcommunication, it was the port of the West, and the wharfs and warehouses,which are on a scale large enough for Dublin, now vacantly indicate
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 . ountain stream enters the town from the Marquis of Sligos demesne,and runs through it; and, as the two principal streets are parallel to it on eitherside, and are planted with trees, the effect is very pleasant. Before railroadcommunication, it was the port of the West, and the wharfs and warehouses,which are on a scale large enough for Dublin, now vacantly indicate the formerimportance of the place. From the upper part are grand views of the moun-tains and Clew Bay; and the ascent of Croagh Patrick, at the foot of which arethe ruins of Murrisk Abbey, four miles distant, must not be neglected. Seventeen miles from Westport—due west in the ocean, extending from themiddle of the entrance to Clew Bay, in a south-westerly line, to opposite the lowerpoint of the Killeries—are the islands of Clare, Innisturk, Innisboffin, and Innis-shark. The former, which contains 3,959 acres, is, perhaps, the most beautiful onthe Irish coast. From the summit of Knockmore, 1,520 feet above the sea, the. Ruins of St. Caimans. MAYO. 395 view embraces a mountainous sweep, with only one break, of 190 degrees of thehorizon. Clare Island was the favorite residence of Grace OMalley (GranaUaile), whose exploits fill song and story. On Innisturk the signal tower is 629feet above sea level. The shores of Innisboffin (3,151 acres) are more variedthan those of the others, but its greatest elevation is 292 feet. Here Cromwellerected a castle to protect the fishery; and here, also, are the remains of theancient church of St. Colman, a contemporary of Columbkille in the sixth Bay contains twenty-eight square miles, and with its hundreds of islets,varying in size from a few acres to a mile in length, forms an archipelago of daz-zling beauty. There _.^_^^is no
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