, 1866-10-21
FROM EUROPE.
Letter from Ireland.

! Letter from Ireland.
Tho Grover OF Blarney-KfssIur tn
Blarney Stone-Thc Lakes OF Kflfnr
ne1-JAuntiug CArs-ConnauEht-Tb
Home ofthc Wild Irish-EJcctmen,.-
Women and 0ut-Door yVork-Gn,
WaJ-The Marquis o. Sl1go-Eold
Amith's Der "rted VillAge-The slvh,
ofDublin-1hc Vale Of Avoca.
\ Correspondence Of tho Chicago TrIbuce,1
r'R7n''H' County 7nsa.s An's!R, Z, 1sa 1rsssa|.na'
! have now been two months In ireland
aud In my lndolent manner Of moving abou
have, one wsy with another, contr1yed to Sc,
q considerable portion Of this blessed lin nj
OF the eaints. From each place where
halted for few days I made excursions lutt
the country round about; visited castles anf
cabins talked with landlords add tenant.
and gathered, trust, some correct informa
1lon concerning the nation and the peop1e
And now. having travelled the length and
breadth OF the country, I will make serious
endcavor to give you an account of nv ex.
perlencc.
Disembarking at Queenstown, the Cove,
pronounced By nayigators to be one Of .he
hnest harbors In the world) nv first move
was for Cork, from whence, after walking
the Marnyke and the streets and bridges
looking into the markets and churche, .nd
listening to tha music Of the ''eEcet bti1s n
s1andon," made pilgrimage to Blarney,
me Groves Of Blarney,"' 30 famoua IN
sobg, aIe probably not as charming now as
when they hfst served to Inspire the poet !:
and yet they have been tolcfnbly Welt mr.,
served, and arc quite ~ Interesting to The
stranger as anything be viii tiuS In the
neighoorhood Of the Capital Of the South !"
"Ihere y = stooe there,
That whoever kilsea,
IN he never misses
To grow eloq1cnt,~
The magic stone, the regular thing, Is near
the Top Of bla1ney Castle, and In such q po-
ous undertaking. saw two young Catholic
priests risking their precious necks 10 Oh.
tain the tallsmanlc power impaired by the
blafney Stone" and much reIofced wcre
fney when they had accomplished the feat,
! had heard about the finding Of "sermons
Tss but Na hnsv aHv be5s nst hoy
everywhere In ireland, you viii aud
..'guides,"' and "gate.keepers," mud "door-
kcepers,h whose business 1t Is to take ices.
and most admirably do they divide up the
business. {To nee Trinity College, Dpablin,
rs2gires the disbursement Of from four to six
sAllings, there being as many as four or flsc
iee-taksrs.) It Is precious fittle attention
you Will receive under a shilling. If you Of.
hr sixpencc yon may. perhaps, be Informed
we receive nothing as small as
that" I hope the system Is not As
bad any where else Is It Is IN ireland.
road ria the Pass Of Kamanelsh, vas tWo
days journey. in full view Of the liver Lee to
its source In the holy lake Of Gourauc Barrn.
The ruins Of St. Ftnnbar's hermitage are on
the Island IN this lake, and the well where
The pions founder. Of Cork performed lis
and near-thc halt, the lame and he blind.
Many Is the one ! hare seen coming here
stark mad and blind, and going nwnr
cured Thus spake the guide; snd 20
bathed ny eyes In the waters, without, how
eser, any noticeable result. Forty.lve
the while, and It Is pos.ible I NAV have
omitted come. There is whole ocean Of
holy wells In Ireland, the waters Of Thich
have the credit Of curing every malaaT nm.
der the sun; and at certain seasons crowds
2. s:I ahe ESor people 50 to the wells, have
view Of all the testimony 10 The contrary @
dafe not say that no cures are performed. II
pie receive. NV
Al the outset, when all Is new, the trsv.
eltcr Will nearly wear himeclf ont In hfs en.
oeafors q. AZ to see everything that Is set down
Will take things easier, and, II he does not
convince himself that It Is alt an sold story !;
ne Will, at any rate, conclude that between
oid rntns there Is 4 remarkable Similarity
that one nobleman's demesnc Is very much
lhe same as another uoblcman's demesne'
and mat Ehen he has seen three or forr
shoW-Bautry Bay, Talenti.. Glenrar#
henmare-I omitted nothing.
Volumes have been written about the
Lakes Of Killarney, and had read aud heard
80 much about them that had
hat voulde dearprise me quite. And hers II !.
only fair should confess that was never
good Ut describing scenery. Some there are
who have always tho proper adjective at
command, and can tell you whether thts or
That y grand or ''splendid," or tsmagpid.
ncveF possessed that gin, aud 20 you Vii |
pardon NE Il make short work Of Ktllsrner
There arc three lakes, altogether contajninc
IN AREA OF about SIX Thousand acres tn he /
.1.ct, 6,11iGshe lower Lake five thousand. |
,nndsa ,nn ins aae ana upper each about dyo
going through the routine Of e.
,urt!ous to Auckross Abbey, Ross Castir tha |
;ap Of Dundee, MasUlicnddy's Rocks. A..
eeIhAps those Who hare seen the Hudson |
nd tho St !awrcnce and Lake Superior, are
in The Irish lakes, for found
THAT be called The ''humbus ofthc thing, and
n.istlng upon # that not one OF them would
unce for "decent frog pond in YorE
,tate." Comparisons are always odIous-
ND Why make them? Tho town Of KillAs-
ley. about two miles from the lower late.
las = population Of nv- thousand, mosiiT
,cEEAte, hotel runners and RuIdes, and Al
living upon tourists.
From Killarney went to Limerick. and 20
u. by biaDconiSs cAg to Galway, Cllfden and
: ss t,pert; @ Bear In mind that IN this country
say ea'1isge-" The 'jaanting carr -
:nIsoua concern, very common in Ireland.
ut unknown elsewhere. It h tTn
xheeled vehicle, the seats hui. IN oyer III.
1,heels-Fery much, / imagine, IKE an ON
eqs heS stt .afnsa na tns,ds 91s stanees untn
old On, and thus betIay t6emselves At once.
or trsble fare Is tho penalty. Il re-
uircs come time for an American to dis-
uiss himself The sharp bows IL
,e'''n e hail. k'o1 rom, the If rsfg 5,,n st.ts M
:mpire State, when bc.oucht to On purcb.sss .ae
ane, he vii most llkely ee informed :h,,
1t Is Just the cane for = New Yorksr n
As rale, 5ou can very safely aaT
HoF! to any one wearing felt lst ana
qra1c'f 'foed boots. But am Haultrin~
way from Mr. Bsanconi, who Is sonethin1
+ au institution" in 1relsud- Forty yrsE
20 Or merr, IN the days Of the Old starr
oach, he esta hltshed lines Of txo-horse can
y the carrying of passengers 1t a chear,
.te. He met with great success In his IN
cftaAfng. realizing large fortune; and.
Though In these latter days the railroads
ave driven him from many Of bis tavoriie
'utes, his cars arc still to be found IN differ
It parts Of the country, particularly In The .
CIT, and AFe eagerly sought aftcr by tour !
ts who desire to obtain I rood vicv l
Ireland. And IN this wsy
aselled al through Connaneht, The pror- 9
&C which, 1t IL supposed, sends forth the {
al wild lrish," and where the Irish Ian
,aEe Il spoken In al Its purity. It has fur
shed III due share Of euIg1ants 10 the
nited state4 the houses they once occupied !
Z DOW t1mbling down, aud the fields they
zee titled arc nov lying uncnltIvxted. II "a
dnfdi to think Of the pnvations these peo- !
= endured before they were driven from the
III say driven tozn the soil, because ind !
= parliamentary paper just Issued that the !
lmber Of "cjectments" Is conaldcrsblJ | I
eater In proportion, to the popula.
'n, In Connanzht, than In any Z
the other provinces. In si1 years, In |
Ireland, there h4ve been s.. 16s eiectutpks
the courts, enc fourth being la Counaucht, ]
aieh has less than ope-sixth Of the populs- /
N. In ouc-thid Of thesa cases 1
. ejeetment was not for non