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 . but testimony not lesspositive is not wanting in our own day in regard to the visions to be seen atKillarney. Many living witnesses testified to the appearance of ODonoghue,and to actual interviews between children of earth and the spirit of thedisembodied prince, to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, while at Killarne3\ One ofthem they especially refer to as having no pre-es
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 . but testimony not lesspositive is not wanting in our own day in regard to the visions to be seen atKillarney. Many living witnesses testified to the appearance of ODonoghue,and to actual interviews between children of earth and the spirit of thedisembodied prince, to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, while at Killarne3\ One ofthem they especially refer to as having no pre-established superstition—anEnglishman, a Protestant, and moreover a soldier of the 30th Regiment. Hisstory was: He and a comrade, an Irishman, were engaged in ploughing up theold church-yard in Innisfallen, a work they both disliked. As they were moor-ing the boat in which they came to the island in the morning, after the com-mencement of the work, they saw a procession of about two hundred personspass from the old church-yard, and walk slowly and solemnly over the lake tothe mainland. Reynolds Avas himself terribly alarmed, but his companion faintedin the boat. He repeatedly afterward saw smaller groups of figures, but no. EAGLES-NEST MOUNTAIN, FROM KENMARE ROAD. 42 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. crowd so numerous. In answer to our questions, he expressed his perfectreadiness to depose to the fact on oath ; and asserted he would declare it if hewere on his death-bed. The writers add, that the plain-spoken native ofDevonshire, who had won the prize at the plowing-match the year previous,evidently had no imagination, was little likely to invent or give currency to afiction, had no object in coining a deceit, and was indisposed to talk on thematter.* In a scientific note, however, interesting enough to be poetical, thisand many other old-time legends and visions are disposed of as optical illusionsand illustrations of the mirage. Among the traditions of the lake is one of abeautiful young
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