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 . welldefined dale ; and excellentroads run around their base,giving great facility to enjoythe charming tract of country,which discloses new and strik-ing objects at every the mountains them-selves magnificent prospects are obtained of the Mourne Mountains, and thosearound Newry ; of the bays of CarHngford and Dundalk, the coast of Louth,and of the Dubli
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 . welldefined dale ; and excellentroads run around their base,giving great facility to enjoythe charming tract of country,which discloses new and strik-ing objects at every the mountains them-selves magnificent prospects are obtained of the Mourne Mountains, and thosearound Newry ; of the bays of CarHngford and Dundalk, the coast of Louth,and of the Dublin and Wicklow Mountains, and, in fair weather, all that the eye can embrace of the inter--- ,j^,;t!^9. mediate country. ^ The castle attributed to King John was one of theborder strongholds of theEnglish Pale. Another, andone of the most picturesquein Louth, is the frontier fort-ress called Roches Castle, sup-posed to be a corruption ofRose Castle, named afterRose Verdun, who is said tohave constructed it. It standson a rocky hill, and the areawithin the rampart walls issomewhat triangular, inclining to a semicircle in form, following the uneven-ness of the hill, and utilizing the rock on which it stands. The great chord is. King Williams Quarters before the Boyne. 492 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. the front line of eighty yards, and the reverse forty. Holding out for Charles^in 1649, it was demolished by Cromwell. Drogheda, formerly Tredagh, a very ancient town, is situated on both sidesof the historic Boyne. Although the famous battle, which exiled the Stuartsand firmly seated William of Orange on the English throne, was fought threemiles from the town, and on the Meath side of that ill-fated river, the event,its antecedents and results, are inseparably associated with Drogheda. BothJames and Wiliam sojourned before the battle, not far distant, the former in Carntowa; . Castle, situated ^ ^ ~ on a r i s i n g ground sometwo miles northof Drogheda,on the road toClogher ; andWilliam in
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