The Scientific Tourist through Ireland: in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesqueWalford, Thomas
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The Scientific Tourist through Ireland: in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesque
Walford, Thomas
Ireland -- Description and travel
_Lavatera arborea_, Sea Tree Mallow:--on Cable Island near Youghall
harbour in Cork.
_Lepidium latifolium_, Dittander or Pepperwort:--near Corkbeg.
_Mentha rubra_, Red Mint:--near the head of the river Lee near Lough
Alloa.
_Nymphæa alba_, White Water-lily:--on the rivers Lee and Blackwater.
_Pimpinella major_, Great Burnet Saxifrage:--in woods and hedges on a
chalky soil about Cork plentifully.
_Pinus Abies_, Common Fir:--in the mountains.
_Sambucus Ebulus_, Dwarf Elder or Danewort:--on the lands of Rathpecan
near Cork.
_Saxifraga umbrosa_, London Pride, or None-so-pretty:--on all the rocks
in the western districts.
_Sedum dasyphyllum_, Round-leaved Stonecrop:--on an old wall near
Blarney Castle.
_Sedum Telephium_, Orpine or Live-long:--on walls and in pastures and
hedges near Mallow and Doneraile.
_Taxus baccata_, the Yew-tree:--in several parts of Carbery.
_Vaccinium Oxycoccus_, Cran-berries, Moss-berries, or Moor-berries:--in
moorish boggy grounds.
DONNEGAL.
The N.W. extremity of Ireland, anciently inhabited by the _Rhobogdii_
and _Venicni_; but in more modern history known as Tyrconnel. The whole
of the western coast consists of a range of mountainous rocks, which in
some places throw out branches that extend to the sea, or run between
borders of sand. Between the mountains in the interior of the county
there are extensive tracts of bog, in which are the remains of immense
forests buried deep in the bosom of the vale, though at present the
tourist travels for miles without a single tree to solace his eye. One
part of the county, in the vicinity of Leichbeg and Glentes, presents a
view of most singular appearance, consisting of an almost uninhabited
waste of heath, with masses of granite protruding from the sides of the
mountains; whilst here and there, wherever a little soil can be found,
are small patches of cultivated land, with small cabins formed of dry
stone, cement being unthought of. It is bounded by the Atlantic on the
N. and W., by Tyrone and Londonderry on the E. and by Fermanagh and
Leitrim on the S.
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