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 . region. Thecontinuous warfare necessarilyled to the erection of manyforts and castles ; among themost striking of which wasCastle Caulfield, built by SirToby Caulfield, who was re-warded by Elizabeth andJames I. with large grants, onone of which, in the barony of Dungannon, he built his fine house. It wasdismantled by Sir Phelim ONeill in 1641, and has remained a pi
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 . region. Thecontinuous warfare necessarilyled to the erection of manyforts and castles ; among themost striking of which wasCastle Caulfield, built by SirToby Caulfield, who was re-warded by Elizabeth andJames I. with large grants, onone of which, in the barony of Dungannon, he built his fine house. It wasdismantled by Sir Phelim ONeill in 1641, and has remained a picturesque three miles from Clogher is the romantic glen of Altadaven ; formerly,according to tradition, a seat of Druidism. It is a most charming retreat, lined oneither side by perpendicular walls of rock over 100 feet high, and surrounded byenchanting scenery. St. Patrick, it is understood, visited this spot, and removingall traces of Druidic rites, converted the retreat into a place of Christianworship. OHanlon, in his deeply interesting Lives of the Irish Saints, givesthe picture of his chair, which is reproduced on this page. William Carleton, the illustrious novelist, was born at Prillisk, in
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