New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-06
sJy DAYS IN IRELAND.''.lV'

rct tbc otly once. From the M" :" ; .h;,d n
there is not century when ha' ~. era ancient
fomo diapidated remains ln''o - ..s,ven
round towers and che numerous soa. ,,ars ar,
churches monuments OF the 'ei1D Ia ~ .he A..t
- ,no middle ages, the castles o. O'' ns'
tno ao0. -, and those Of the irsh cteis; t'e'e
A"s u'" of the city walls laid level % 'ne seVeu'
"'' "0 and lastly the villages deserted hVe
i''i'" ~" 200 OF the Oldest RUNE we Know out
W 'eH - the English invasion the wora OF de-
N''.e hoosme sy.iemqtic, and tho eP9ca az
aa.h brildiug WA destroyed % pretty we'll
,t.,ned In travelling through lrean1 a. every
.,or SON behold some visible trace re nlndno you o.
,h., iore war Of conquest begun by Earl s.7ongoow
b,opch TO its crisis by Oliver Cromwell, and s!on'
ou,ly concluded by little John Rdsselis everlasting
IRISH Coercion bills.
On our Journey from Galway we had passed, BESIDE
he modern luins some Of the various cs',s OF older
ones round tower large castle or the s'Tsnd Lear
the head Of Galway Bay, and couple % o;hers
on the road to Enois. Thence to Limerick we
nsssed eran several abbeys and castles ant wherever
we wen. We always net with something q this SORT,
often enough side by side, with few OF tnose ruins OF
the nineteenth century, which offer the most recent
and most striking commentary or EngGsh rue u
IRELAND.
The road from Ennis to Limerick passes along The
dcclvity of the hills descending toward the Fe-gls
ard Shannon RIyers The land here Is naturally m)-e
fertile the greater facility OF communication and the
vicinity Of a CONN ercial town of Importance
have caused il to be moIc careful cu,vsted
different system of culture is Observable; the
sol is mostly in the hands Of hrge fIr srs may o!
them Scotch the farm-yaIds are extensive and com.
Portable well kept and well stocked; tu. evety:bng
Irsh s fast disappearing, the rich brOsue excepted
which viii remain for many century as tEe a5' legacy
OF the ruined emgrated Cet to BIS fo:mer 'o11tfy
Limerick is said to look very much ike New York,
but not having been in the latter place. and not having
seen anything of the former, l shall not So word
about ether We arrived at nghtfih, and lef; q: :
in the morning by the steamer down the ShaEnIG.
The Shannon is another grand piece o' Lish hum.
bug. A broad and very long estuary, with l'F his
ON either bank, Offering scarcely trece Of Vegetation
or culture, unbokep and onstrous IL coDfsD'a: IN
that is all you see of this " msgnlf ;ent I'O.d,
and " upeQused" river. II shares, with al The nles
Of the sea into the western coast Of Ireland the 3e
plorable circumstance that it possesses in kgh de-
gree every possible natural requisite for navigation,
deep wattr good channel AID capital ha:oof, while
the trade Of the world obstinately refuses 20 avail
Itself Of these advantages According to Irso losc, it
i sheer absurdy that thous nds o. 5b every year
expose themselves to the greatest dar3ers 20 iato
the Mersey VIII le the Shannon offers them e "a
eligible landng-place.
We landed al Tarbert, not withou; considerable df
fculty and Ices of time end after some more .os tine
at the aLdng place. Bt last succeeded 10 ge;oc he ar
started :or Traec. The road winds up tAe 5.Ol9 Of
lii, and from here, indeed, the basin OF the Seennon
looks far better than from the steamer; D forms
distinct feature in larger !ancs:ape, to which in
psrts life and breadth. The high ground cog reached
however, is as desOlate place as you meet with 10
Ireland; nothing but uninterrupted boz, tn yol de-
scend into the valley in which Lstowel 3 stus'ed
small town, half as large Its own market place. Be
yond Listowel the Bay begins again. ard goes Oh With
out tie sgbtest enua'ing circumstance anti rralee
Tialee is pleasant little tOwo, situated d: tie Essd
Of fine bay aid at the foot Of TIE last O.t00- d the
lofty hills bordering the Southwestern extremity
Irelend. The town is known the chief expo: place
for hsh butter, ard that it has been :)r usay
turies past If proyeo by the name o: creeh IN .hs
n.igbhoi oilood-Imer B4y-Shica pans, IN = a.
dinaviaD means But 'cr Creek Tts name .= n: TIE
only trace Of their presence the Njrthmen have ef
in the South of Icl4fd; ali alooc the CO.'S .ere are
rocks promontOries inlets and sn.L Sl4-!s. v113e
Morse denominations curiously contrls, WI the
Celtic names occurring side by side with .-en.
In IIaee they had, Of course, maIk-t daJ; -cTas-
people farmers, ard milaMcn filed the .,r-e'1 aod
trac in old clothes carried on il the
bye.larts. The spacious hotel where we dine1 wss
the headquarters of some commission c1DDel:sd with
the ncumbered Estates Court consisting of az elderly
lawyer-whcse Jolly way Of expressing himself u such
matttrs at OLce showed him 10 be an exgs9n ed de-
yourer Of esates-and his assistant. Thsy appeared
to execcte with gusto then mission Of cusrs' the
dcbt-ridde n squire who had happened Z, ~ L ILer
hands ard with them, evidently The r.o.:1 VS. 70;
Ireland for the Iish but Ireland i)r the la~ys-s.
Westsrted for Killarney, through ti4sk, t'5sy
country, without even Iace az tie h ley lis
until abe half way, when they al at once g. i-ed
on our rounding the corner Of Q hi. TLo-gh loiy
% 500 fet they DO not at tha. dst-n,e zpPs1r cry
striking Night besides, set in, aad whe.. ar.,ved
complete darkness prevailed.
The Eish transform Their Killarney M rts1.ar
paradise tnd if you will not believe he3 they quote
Tom Moore's vorse in support. And = deny, l-sh
soil that Tom Moore Is the frst poe. oi al a5es md
countric4-that Tom Moore - infaht.s-.--..y yJU
will not attempt that: Killarney, you a. :, j, = &
place of such exquisite beauty th4. every -1k, every
.let, every HILL every tree must be st. he'd; you can
never attempt TO " do Killarney il We Il Accord
Dg to this scale, the "dJirs' Of tie En:ls1 Lakes
would take you whole season, and tns. q 70 der
ate szed valley in Switzerland abou: cen iry.
We intended to " do Killarney N Gsy w'icd
We accomplished without much trouble IS tie help
Of two hardy little ponies. Mo- OF VIE, :tere y
worth seeing il encnced in the INN 1s.e ..,l - oi
tie lakes, ride Of about t@e1t,.e.sa: miles. We
drove towa.d the Gap OF DauIoe, q m)ur,aa 2iss OF
Iaher diminutiye proporlons II sumr. is -, 10
feet high. II separates the rocks situs,ed rn I'd ..ey
west of the lakes from the main avg. Tce qas''
psrrovv with Goc steeo lclxy Sida8 eod ~ small