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 . and the remains of its royalty and its ecclesiastical magnificence are, as SirWalter vScott said, such as Ireland may be proud of. The Rock, an elevated and detached mass of stratified limestone, is conspicu-ous for many miles around. Tra- dition has it, that Satan had bit-ten it out of Slieve-bloom, whichaccounts for the large gap in the ^j?outline of that mountain
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 . and the remains of its royalty and its ecclesiastical magnificence are, as SirWalter vScott said, such as Ireland may be proud of. The Rock, an elevated and detached mass of stratified limestone, is conspicu-ous for many miles around. Tra- dition has it, that Satan had bit-ten it out of Slieve-bloom, whichaccounts for the large gap in the ^j?outline of that mountain, which ^is called the Devils Bit. It ^was called Shee Drum, the fairy Jlhill, and its utility as a site for afortress was revealed to King ~Core by two swineherds, who, ?=while their hogs fed in the woods ^at its base, had a vision of comingf to consecrate the ifi. Horc Abbey. hill. Core, who ruled Munster when Niall of the nine hostages Avas chiefmonarch ( 379), built this fort, and the modern name is traced to Ctos,tribute, and Ail, rock; from Core receiving his subsidies thereon. Othersclaim that the Irish word Caisel is derived from the same Indo-European sourceas the Latin Castellum, and that it was named from the castle or fort on its sum-mit. The Round Tower was, of course, the first erected of the present struc-tures, and it is very perfect, retaining even its original stone roof. When St. Patrick visited Cashel, yEngus was king. Hebecame a convert, and, on his baptism, thesaint, planting his crozler, stuck the spike ofit through the foot of the king, who, in hiszeal, never complained. The king presidedsoon after at a synod, at which St. Ailbe Avas^|- consecrated by St. Patrick, first bishop ofCashel. Late in the tenth century, it wasfortified by Brian Boru, and early in thetwelfth, Cormac MacCarthy, king of Munster,and archbishop of
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