Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-09-18
1Ls4isr Tom Ireland.
DusIIN, IEELAsn. AUG. l6thi S7

OOnLANJ AkEAAnbs avg 4ShAs 10
DEAkC HRoNTcLE.AIhaVe now been
in this Island 8 week, and a 9 matter
Of course have observed some things
new to aspersonswho has never beeu on
this side Of the Atlantic. We landedat
Queenstown on the 9Th, after q very
pleasant sail of about eight days from
Boston. As we steamed alongDathe
Southern coast Twas not at loss to,
discover why this is called the Screen,
Isle.na As far as the eye could reach
the fields were clothed in albright
green, and under cultivation to thewa-
ter's edge. The general featureso fthe
country show great age, and the result
of cheap labor, all improvements being
Of the most substantial eharacter@
Most Of the railroads, very manyaof the
common roads, and not few entire
farms being fenced withsolid masonry,
calculated to stand for all Time
Throughout the country ars the ruins Of
Towers, Castles, Abbeys, &C., some Of
them nearly crumbled to the earth,
others standing nearly as firm as when
built hundreds of years ago. The first
of these visited was the celebrated
killarney Castle" six miles from Cork,
and where / am informed the word
"BIarney" originated. l got not avery
small dose oft from "Pst," our knowlt
edgeoust driver, on the way out
Suspended from n of the buttresses
one hundred and twenty feet from the
ground, in an almost inaccessible posi-:
ton, Is the celebrated Barney StoA5 to
kiss which, every tourist is informed,
will give him or her such persua-
sive powers as to be irresistible, partic-
ularfy in love matters. l noticedothat
of a large party nearly every one was
very DESTROYS Of accomplishing the diff
fcult and somewhat dangerous feat
The ladies merit for Il with q will. sh4
The city Of Cork Is about the.size OF
Cleveland, bat is slowly decreasing in.
population, the emigration from here
to America being quite large. A differ:
ence between the cities here and with
Us is noticeable in the absence of any
Improvements going on. Everything
seems to haYebeen finished years ago.
The Queens soldiers are met at all
points in abundance. No little railroad
Station is without its QUOTA They
watch an American quite closely, seem
ingiy s~uspecting every one of being q
Bloody Fenian.O When We landed,
every man who. had as much as 9 six
shilling brass pistol or half q dozen car
tridges, was obliged to give them up.
From Cork we went to the Lake of
Killarney, shout eighty miles east, a
great watering place, and where many
Of the uabobs Of Great Britain are.
spending the summer. - 1-rG' hof
The beauty, variety and extent of
the scenery here Ido not expect to.
find excelled IN Europe or elsewhere.
There are three lakes connected with
each other, interspersed with Islands,
Caves, Waterfalls, DC, extending ads
lance Of twelve 10 eighteen miles, the.
shore presenting q great variety Of
mountain scenery. oets isihitAo
The tourist first sends from his hotel
on the lower lake, q boat to the head
of the upper lake, provided with .
lunch and such other nourishment as
he thinks his system requires. We
then 90 some ten miles to the entrance
of the gar IN what the Irish call q
sjauntinbar," accompanied bya guide,
q bugler, and 8 p0ney for each person
10 ride through the gap and over the
mountains to the head Of the upper
lake, where we meet our boat. On our
way we are shown the lake into which
st. Patrick bAnished the last snake in
Ireland; the house in which Riley
OConner, the Colleen Bawn lived, and
the rock from which Danney Mann
thSeF Der into the lake; Vide Boufci;
coElt plsy-thes abode of the Fairy, &c,l
On olr Yay We EeFe pestered almost TO
death With beggsFs ct FL descriptions,
blind hddlers, pipeFs, organ grinders,
natives with specimens 9fBogQ Oak and
other ornaments to sell. Others with
q pitcher of goats milk or 8 : wac drap''
of the mountsin dew, all for. q small
J consideration.