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
the mountains, with impressions of human feet; Killagh Abbey, a few
miles E., in good preservation, a ruin with noble Gothic window; and
ruins of Kilcolman Ch.
[Illustration:
_T. Fielding fc._
_Lake & Mountains at Killarney_]
TARBERT, 20 m. N.E. of Tralee, is a thriving village, and contains a
Sessions House, and a good inn with convenient accommodation. Upon
a gentle eminence in the outskirts, stands the Ch. with a handsome
steeple. Near to it is the Public School. To the left of it is Tarbert
House, the seat of Sir Edward Leslie, in a situation which bears a
striking resemblance to Mount Edgcumbe. Tarbert is a good station for
those who wish to examine the romantic scenery at the entrance of the
river Shannon; especially as extending westward towards the ocean.
A ride along that coast first presents Rusheen, a pleasing seat and
plantations, and Lislaghtin Abbey, with a good view of Scattery Island;
then the island and Castle of Carrigfoile, anciently a fortified
mansion of the O'Connors, almost impregnable in situation. Beyond this
see the ruins of Beal Castle, the seat of a horrid murder detailed
in the _Pacata Hibernia_. Its vicinity is romantic, commanding fine
prospects, and abounding in game. To the west of it is a high cliff,
called the Devil's Castle, inaccessible to all but the winged creation,
whilst the shore at its base presents a great variety of romantic
caverns formed by the dashing of the waves of a turbulent ocean,
overshadowed by cliffs of most impressive grandeur.
LISTOWELL, between Tarbert and Tralee, is a neat little town on the
banks of the Feal, with a decent inn. See the remains of an old Castle
with a very high circular headed arch. On the banks of the river, see
Woodford, with some remains of an ancient Castle, the seat of the
Knight of Kerry.
TRALEE, 144 m. S.W. of Dublin, is a corporate and assize town, with a
neat square in the centre surrounded by the Court-house and Gaol.--See
the old Castle of the Desmonds, the Parish Ch., and some remains of
an ancient Dominican Convent. The town is finely situated at the
bottom of an extensive bay, surrounded by lofty mountains. Near it is
a chalybeate spring. 2-1/2 m. see Ballybegan, with ruins of ancient
Castle, and some curious caves, with a subterranean river, and various
specimens of stalactite; also a quarry of dark grey marble interspersed
with spar. Mineralogists may trace a vein of potter's lead ore
running amongst the limestone rocks. Castlemain, about 4 m. S., is an
inconsiderable place, but presents some pretty scenery on the river
Mang which falls into the bay. Between Tralee Bay and Castlemain, are
the lofty mountains of Sliebhmish. On the top of Cahir Conregh is a
circle of massy stones, by some supposed Druidical, by others Danish.
MINERALS.
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