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 . A \ lUaoe on 4chill 400 PICTURESQUE Rod s on 4c/nil Leaving thesestupendous barriersto the Atlantic, andmaking our head-quarters at Castle-bar, where there isa Round Tower, orBallina, we mayvisit, according tothe suggestions al-ready made (), other pointsof attraction in thecounty. The scenery on Loughs Conn and Cullin, with bold headlands, and long r
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 . A \ lUaoe on 4chill 400 PICTURESQUE Rod s on 4c/nil Leaving thesestupendous barriersto the Atlantic, andmaking our head-quarters at Castle-bar, where there isa Round Tower, orBallina, we mayvisit, according tothe suggestions al-ready made (), other pointsof attraction in thecounty. The scenery on Loughs Conn and Cullin, with bold headlands, and long rocky ridges jutting outon all sides into the water, making beau-tiful lines, with the mountains all aroundfor backgrounds, surmounted on the westby the great Nephin, one of the finest ofIrish mountains (2,646 feet), gives theartistic eye continuously beautiful sur-prises. From Ballina many profitable excur-sions may be made : to the beautifully situ-ated ruins of Rosserk Abbey, on the Moy ;to the splendid ruins of Moyne Abbey, aFranciscan foundation of the fifteenth cen-tury ; to Killala, where there is a RoundTower, or by ready conveyance across thewild, but variously attractive moorlandand mountain districts of Tyrawley andErris. From Downpatrick Head to Muilrea,guar
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