The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 36, March 6, 1841 — John Shaqi
The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 36, March 6, 1841Various
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The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 36, March 6, 1841
Various
Ireland -- Periodicals
could conduct our readers to the well of Ossian, and the tomb of Fin’s
celebrated dog Bran, in which, perhaps, the naturalist might find and
determine his species by his remains. The monument of Fin himself is on
a mountain in the neighbourhood, and that of his wife Finane, according
to the legends of the place, gives name to a mountain over the glen,
called See-Finane. But there are objects of even greater interest to the
antiquary and naturalist than those to be seen in Glanasmole, namely,
the three things for which, according to some of these old bardic poems,
the glen was anciently remarkable, and which were peculiar to it: these
were the large breed of thrushes from which the valley derived its name,
the great size of the ivy leaves found on its rocks, and the large
berries of the rowan or mountain ash, which formerly adorned its sides.
The ash woods indeed no longer exist, having been destroyed to make
charcoal above eighty years since, but shoots bearing the large berries
are still to be seen, while the thrush continues in his original haunt
in the little dell at the source of the river on the side of Kippure,
undisturbed and undiminished in size, and the giant ivy clings to the
rocks as large as ever; we have seen leaves of it from seven to ten
inches diameter. We should also state, that to the geologist Glanasmole
is as interesting as to the painter, antiquary, or naturalist, as our
friend Dr Schouler will show our readers in some future number of our
Journal.
But we must bring our walk and our gossip to a conclusion, or our friends
will tire of both, if they are not so already. Let us, then, rest at the
little primitive Irish Christian church of Killmosantan, now ignorantly
called St Anne’s, seated on the bank of the river amongst the mountains;
and having refreshed ourselves with a drink from the pure fountain of the
saint, we shall return in silence to the place from which we started, and
bid our kind companions a warm farewell.
P.
NOTICE OF A SINGULAR BOOK ON FOSSIL REMAINS.
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