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 . 0 u. Abbey. churches founded by the OBriens. It is cruciform, with a huge square tower atthe intersection; and tower and side walls are embattled, for the Rock, as a royalresidence and fortress, was often exposed to warfare. In the endless variety andbeauty of the capitals in the interior, may be found work as good and artistic asany in Westminster or Notre Dame. Th
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 . 0 u. Abbey. churches founded by the OBriens. It is cruciform, with a huge square tower atthe intersection; and tower and side walls are embattled, for the Rock, as a royalresidence and fortress, was often exposed to warfare. In the endless variety andbeauty of the capitals in the interior, may be found work as good and artistic asany in Westminster or Notre Dame. The well which supplied the communityin peace, and garrison in war, is sunk through the solid rock more than one hun-dred and fifty feet. Its vicissitudes have been many. In 1498, Gerald, Earl of 6i4 PICTURESQUE Holy Cross, Interior. Kildare, angered at the part taken by Archbishop Creagh in his feud with theButlers, stormed Cashel, and burned the cathedral. Brought before the king toatone for the sacrilege, hesolemnly swore he would gnot have done it, only hethoughtthe archbishop wasinside. It was urged that Wall Ireland could not gov-ern this man ; then said thekincr, he is the man to Sgovern all Ireland, and ap- ^ — —^-pointed him viceroy. In ^z ~j^~~1647 it was stormed and ^^^-E^gtaken by the earl of Inch-iquin, when 3,000 people were massacred in cold blood, including twenty priests, many at the altar, whitherthey had taken sanctuary. In 1570, Elizabeth appointed an apostate, MilerMagrath, archbishop, who having enjoyed the churchesplunder for sixty years,includingf two wives, died at the aee of one hundred, and was buried in the cathe-dral, where his monument is still to be seen. Under the Rock is Hore Abbey, or Grey Friars, a fine and interesting ruin,in a comparative state of good
Size: 2109px × 1185px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidpicturesquei, bookyear1885
