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 . row entrance into another series of chambers and passages. The floor of thesouthern gallery is formed by a single stone, ten feet six inches long, its centerbeing hollowed into a shallow oval, capable of holding about a gallon of the excavations, sling-stones, fragments of human heads, as well as burnedhuman bones within the chamber, bones of animals, and g
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 . row entrance into another series of chambers and passages. The floor of thesouthern gallery is formed by a single stone, ten feet six inches long, its centerbeing hollowed into a shallow oval, capable of holding about a gallon of the excavations, sling-stones, fragments of human heads, as well as burnedhuman bones within the chamber, bones of animals, and glass and amber beads,bone bodkins, copper pins, and iron knives and rings were found. In the neigh-borhood of these mounds are many curious remains. A few miles south of the pagan monuments, and in striking contrast fromits early Christian memories is Duleek, which derives its name from Daim-liag—stone house, or church. Though this church is the eighth in order of time, raisedby St. Patrick or his disciples, it was, in all probability, the very first built ofstone in Ireland. It was founded by St. Kienan—born about 442 ; and wasanciently called Daim-liag-Cianain—the stone church of Kienan. A daimliag ME A TH. 283.
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