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 . re the Christian era. They were the firstUlster kings of Ireland ; and the portion north of a line from Drogheda to Lim-erick was governed by Sovarkie, who built a fortress-palace named Dun Sovar-kie. The neighborhood naturally took the name of the fort, as Fort Washing-ton and Fort Hamilton give names to places in the neighborhood of New York ;but it is doubtful if
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 . re the Christian era. They were the firstUlster kings of Ireland ; and the portion north of a line from Drogheda to Lim-erick was governed by Sovarkie, who built a fortress-palace named Dun Sovar-kie. The neighborhood naturally took the name of the fort, as Fort Washing-ton and Fort Hamilton give names to places in the neighborhood of New York ;but it is doubtful if the area of the rock, as seen at present, would have accom-modated the dimensions of Dun Sovarkie. A portion of the fortress—a look-out—may have been on the rock, as it seems to be agreed by antiquarians that afortress existed here long before the introduction of Christianity. It was achosen place for a stronghold, and the ruin, represented in the illustration, the 144 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. walls of which were eleven feet thick, is the remnant of one of the McQuillans castles—subsequently occupied by the OCahans—and dates to the twelfth century. The tourist now has his choice of two routes to the Causeway—one by a. Bengore Head—The PleasLm, from i/u IVcst Avalk along the headlands, the other by the road to Bushmills, and thence to theCauseway, The author of Totirs in Ulster is justified in his selection of theformer, as being one of the most varied, most singular, and interesting walks tobe found in any country. Every step is replete with novelty. The thousandlittle objects, that can scarcely be named—grotesque fragments of rocks, littletiny amphitheaters scooped out of the cliffs—these, combined with the striking andmajestic features of the more celebrated points of view, keep the mind in a stateof pleasing excitement, and produce impressions, such, perhaps, as no other classof scenery would impart. The same writer recommends the tourist to suitablyprepare hims
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