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 . rst, she was man-like, and tall of stature ; a? lady of such port that all theestates of the realm couched toher. So politic that nothingwas thought substantially de-bated without her advice. Two roads lead eastwardfrom Tipperary to the city ofKilkenny ; the one from Nine-Mile House to Callan ; and the other, from Car-rick-on-Suir, by Windgap and Kilmagany to Kells.
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 . rst, she was man-like, and tall of stature ; a? lady of such port that all theestates of the realm couched toher. So politic that nothingwas thought substantially de-bated without her advice. Two roads lead eastwardfrom Tipperary to the city ofKilkenny ; the one from Nine-Mile House to Callan ; and the other, from Car-rick-on-Suir, by Windgap and Kilmagany to Kells. Callan, on the Kings River,is a place of antiquity, formerly a walled town, having charters from six Englishsovereigns, and was the scene of many a feudal fray between the great rivalhouses of Fitzgerald and Butler. In 1659 it resisted Cromwell for a fewdays. Picturesquely situated on the left bank of the river are the remainsof St. Catherines Abbey, which retains marks of considerable extent andsplendor. Kells, also on the Kings River, is likewise a place of great antiquity,although reduced to insignificant houses and cabins. It was founded by oneof Strongbows followers to overcome the Tipperary clans ; and to check the. f^--^x :^^ St Cathoiius Ahb(.y. S40 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. forays of the latter, there once existed a chain of forts along the river from-Kells to beyond Callan. The founder, Geoffrey Fitz-Robert, also built an extensive religious house and filled it with,monks from Bodmin in Cornwall. It expandedby degrees, and the extent of the ruins provesthat the establishment must have been of mag-nificent proportions when dissolved by HenryVIII. At a short distance to the south is theRound Tower of Kilree, fifty feet and sixinches in circumference near the base; andlittle less than one hundred feet higrh, althoughdismantled at top. Close by is a stone crosseight feet high, of a single block of freestone,ornamented with orbicular figures or rings. Afew miles to the southea
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