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 . io8 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. by the road from Dublin, through Tallaght, Brittas and Blessington, to see,four miles from the latter, the romantic falls at Poul-a-phuca. This celebratedcataract is formed by the Liffey, which, in its devious meanderings, enters adeep chasm amid perpendicular rocks, and throws its accumulated mass of water. over a series of rocky walls and
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 . io8 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. by the road from Dublin, through Tallaght, Brittas and Blessington, to see,four miles from the latter, the romantic falls at Poul-a-phuca. This celebratedcataract is formed by the Liffey, which, in its devious meanderings, enters adeep chasm amid perpendicular rocks, and throws its accumulated mass of water. over a series of rocky walls and ledges into a deep pool, called in Irish Poul-a-phuca, the pool of the Pooka, or Pucks hole; the Irish elf Phuca—an odd mix-ture of merriment and malignity, being a counterpart, if not prototype of Puck the merry wanderer of the night. A picturesque bridge of a single arch—sixty-five feet—has been thrown over the gorge, and adds to the scenic effect. Fineviews can be obtained from a banqueting-room below the falls, and from a cotabove the bridge. The breadth of the gorge between the rocks is forty feet, andthe height from which the waters successively fall from the upper stage beyondthe bridge, i8o feet. The chasm under and below the bridge widens to a ravine,and the river Liffey spreads over a rugged bed for some distance, and thentakes a graceful course to Ballymore Eustace ; through Kildare and Dublin,where we shall agrain meet it in some charmino- scenes. ANTRIM.
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