Many of the rivers still rich with Salmon and the lakes with trout.
Cattle grow fat on rich pastures.
For centuries man has been tempted by Munsters call. Mitchelstown Castle, a great mansion of the Earls of Kingston, which no longer stands, was a mark of the power the Earls held. A surprising number of the gentry folk of the new ascendant class lived uncomfortably in tower houses until well into the 18th century. Then, as they reaped honours and titles they built new residences to reflect their social position. In the 18th century, a number of peerages were given titles to force through the Union of England and Ireland.