Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-08-23

plored every part of the city. mostly on
foot, through the labyrinth Of lanes and
slums, in the northern quarter, where we
saw paddy at his worst also through the
eastern or aristocratic quarter where we
saw him at his best; visited many OF the
churches, i'll one of which-St. Vincents
there was marble statue of Christ on
the cross, of remarkable life and pathos;
ascended to the top of the tower of the old
church of Shandon, where a magnificent
view is had of the city and its surround
ings, also heard the famous bells as sung
by Father Prout, who lies buried in the
chHrchyard.-
''Sweet bells of Shandon,
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters of the river Lee"
We were very graciously invited to Wis
it one of the schools of THE Christian
Brothers," and were conducted by the
principal, very polite and genial man,
through the building, grounds and house,
We're shown Il room filled with framed
drawings in water color and oil paint
ings of architectural designs, landscapes,
! &c, executed by the most advanced pu-
/ pills, all of much merit. Here We're CON
gregated twelve hundred boys, of differ
ent grades, from five to sixteen years old
and here lahored, died and is buried, the
brilliant and talented Gerald Griffin, au-
thor of Colleen Bawn, etc The order OF
Christian Brothers is of French origin
they live iii community, have now seventy
establishments in Ireland, and 80 900 chill
dren under their care. At Cork we took
the tamons 'Jauntng Car and drove out
ten miles through Il country of wonderful
beauty and richness of yerdure to the
Water Cure establishment of DR.. Barter.
at St Annie's Hill, and were astonshed
and delighted at the immense extent, in
finite variety, fine taste and lavish cXpen-
/ diture of the whole establishment, Il visit
would almost repay voyage across the
Atlantic. Then to Blarney Castle and
Groves, s,-eXploring every nook and COR
ncr of castle, grounds and lake. | stood
on the highest part OF the don-ion keep of
the grand old ruin, "a hundred and twen-
ty feet or more in air,-and actually did
what not one in ten, perhaps in IA hundred
do, and what my guide-book says "none
but fools risk their necks in attempting"
kiss the "Blarney Stone
From Cork to the famous Lakes of Kill
/ larncy, where we took a ear and drove to
the Gap OF Dunloe discharged our car
and proceeded on foot through the gap,
about four miles, to our boat at the head
of the upper lake The gap is grand and
impressive, though not overpowering in
sublimity. The Black Valley, as we en-
erged from the fastness of the glen itself,
had a stern grandeur and wldness. | was
accompanied for considerable distance
by bevy Of the mountain nymphs eager
to bestow, "tor A consideration" their
''potheen' and goats milk. | gave them
some pennies and a taste of brandy which
l had taken, (not as n bcverage,) when
they became protuse in their compliments
and would surely have made me too drunk
to leave the valley if had drank all the
mountain dew they urged upon me. At
the entrance of the gap we saw and en-
tered the cottage of kate Kearney,"
now occupied by her grand daughter !;
entered our boat and were rowed through
! the Upper Lake,-the Long Range, Lake
Mucross or Middle Lake, and Long Leane
or Lower Lake. The echoes at various
points We're inconceivably wonderful.
Our bugler sounded single note, which,
rehoundcd from hill 10 hiii from Gin to
crag, now soft, now loud. now in rapid
succession, now pausing aud dying away
in low faint whispers of heavenly sweet
ness. He then played The Last Rose OF
/ anu illStstitiN iHc
were alive with harmony far and near,
and on every side note followed note in
sweet, wild confusion, some reverberlting
| loudly, others mellowed by distance, but
the whole producing an effect wholly in
describable.
The next day we drove to Muckross Alb
hey, founded for the FRANCISCAN Frairs one
of the very finest Medieval ruins in Ire
/ In, Il xxv,th
ivy of wonderful beauty. In the centre of
the court yard, surrounded by the clols-
ters, stands magnificent yew tree twelve
feet in circumference, perhaps as old as
the Abbey itself From the inscriptions in
the burying ground copied, lin memory
of Owen Shine, died April 9th, 1917. aged
III wears; pray for him; suppose be-
cause he was so prematuraly snatched
away. This venerable ruin is a place of
GREAT attraction and resort, and | found
on the visitors book, names from all parts
of the United States, several of whom
knew. Then fine drive through the
/ beautiful and verv extensive estate of III +.
! A. Herbert, NJ. p. for the country; past
his mansion, a fine example of the Eliza
! bethan style. | suppose there is not an
estate in the United States that can at all
approach this for extent, cost and beauty.
/ Then to Tore Mountain and waterfall, the
cascade tumbling in Il sheet of white foam
ever precipice seventy or eighty feet in
height, and breaking on the rocks beneath
in the mist and spray, then pushing its
brawling way over rocks through mar
row ravine to the lake, far below.
From Killarney by rail, via Mallow
Junction, Charleville, &C.. to Limerick, -
known as the CITY of the Violated Treaty.