The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-21
TALES AND BALLADS,
NATIONAL AND HISTORICAL.
Written for The Irish Republic,
Old Dublin.
BY T. IRWIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND.

BY IRWIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND.
Most Irish and other cities have had fort stronghold
for their nucleus and Dublin in its infancy grouped
around castle which stood the top of Cork HILL the
site of the present one Chronicles alude this warke
structure dating from the first invasion of the Danes but
tradition points its origin in much more and
pagan period In the Celtic language the original
the city, and that by which it is still known the Irish
speaking inhabitants of the island, Ah Cgiah Dublin
which the own) of the hurdles the black pool
just London the town of the ships Paris the
the river from its having been first confined the island
on the Seine, etc. ford crossing made with hurdles
branches of supposed have connected the north and
south banks of the L about the place where Bloody bridge
stands of the great roads from Tara has been
traced that point. Until the fifteenth century, there
houses the upands covered by the northern dis
rcts of the city, the earliest cluster of which, in the form of
cross arose about the site of Marys abbey. In poems
and versed annals extending back the first century, al
usons made the strongholds of various chieans
which stood on the heights of this district which then
pasturage dotted with patches of wood and thicles of
bramble there illusions also to farms built in
the old Celtic fashion, with high circular oval wall
with interior ranges of steps leading to the battemens
from which many fight took place during the days of
the cattle raids said wall incosing the circular straw
matched house and sheds for CATTLE which driven
there after nghtfall. Far into the sixteenth century,
the tide flowed up within quarter of mile of the College
park and the opposite side of the river laid all the low
grounds under water comingup tits said far the base
Summer hill Dublin is by the oldest city in Ire
land of the villages in its neighborhood
for instance the old northern roadare referred
ante-dating the origin of the capital.
Among the earliest existing ecclesiastical structures of
are of course Chriss church and ST. Patrcks cathedral
the first of which erected in A. d. 1885, and burnt
and rebuilt in 1870 by Stic of Amlave king of the
Ostmen Danes while the second dates from A. D. 1190
Even ST. Patricks time, the abbots of Dublin resided in
monastery which stood the site of the cathedral the
Holy Trinity which is believed derive its from Cele
Chrost bishop of the territory of Dunchadha Dublin
In 1893 this Christianzed Dane bestowed upon Donogh
bishop the Danes and Irish of Ath Cath the ground
which the present structure with numerous lands
slaves and CATTLE and this built the and
wings, hem and palace adjoining which has long
since disappeared One of it's most distinguished prior
Lorcan OTuaha archbishop of Dublin and Glindaoch in
the county Wicklow in the OF whose woods and
this gigantic saint passed the greater part OF his life
In prayer and penance aernaed with occasional banquet
in the palace above mentioned The holy of Chrs
church and the miracles effected through its influence hold
distinguished place in old ecclesiastical annals The chance
and beower constructed by the archbishop John Gle
parsonage buried in front OF the altar
Forx years afterwards Henry Castillo told old trols-
sr Richard IL knghted four Irish princes IN this church.
ms was the Castillo who had been taken prisoner IN
the county Kilkenny in raid with the lrsh his hav
ing away with him into the ranks of the enemy in the
times when Art MacMurroch king of Leinster, and