The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-08

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We name among the public buildings
the Custom House., Queen College, 81.
AVN Church, and the Churches Of Saints
Peter and Paul. r,.igr, ii, j. ,9s.
The Journey from Cork,to the Lakes Of
Killarney for the first 20 miles, as far as
Mallow, Is through a beautiful country.
From there we take another Railway
and travel in a southwesterly direction
abput forty miles, through an interesting
country. Ihad forgotten to mention the
Castle Of Blarpey, which lies on the road
from Cork to Mallow. This is a
very old castle built in the 18th
century, 100 feet high, principally
renowned for "the Blarney Stone which
is supposed TO have q marvellous power,
30 that it was only needful to kiss the
stone and you would at once be empow.
cred with sweet, persuasive eloquence.
The stone itself Is fully 20 feet below the
level Of the wall, and thus the feat Of kiss.
ing the real Blarney Stone Is no small
performance. y "rN 4
The traveller cannot but be struck with
two things in travelling through the south
part OF Ireland, viz: the almost uniform
character Of the houses or rather huts,
for they are little less than huts. They
are uniformly very small, or il there are
severalof them together. whichis notun.
common, they present the appearance OF
row Of low sheds scarcely over 8 or 10
feet high to the cave, and invariably GOV.
cred with matched straw and made OF
mud and stone when the latter can be had.
Whenever the ground will admit OF it
they are half buriedin the hill. Ishould
Judge they rarely had, more than one or
Two small rooms, and seldom any out
houses or stables. Next, the size Of the
fields and their enclosures strike you as
strange. The whole country is divided
up into lots OF an acre or two, rarely larg-
or md often smaller, and fenced by a
ditch and dyke about 8 feet high on which
is planted a hedge. This hedge is not
thrifty, however, as a general thing in the
south OF Ireland. Next you notice
little Jenny or Jack (which are about
the size OF yearling cali In
America) and his little cart and driver
which almost invariablyis an old woman.
The small size Of the lots, the little dom
key and his cart, prevail throughout Ire
land. ~
As we approach Killarney we pass
along what has the appearance OF val
ley, with range Of high land on the left
for several miles. These form several
peaks or mountains, as we approach and
travel through the lakes, the principal
OF which are the Paps. The lakes OF
Killarney are the Niagara Of ireland. |
must say that aside from Rosscastle,
which is situated at the lower end OF
Tough Leane and Muck Ross Abbey,
there are here little or nothing to attract
an American. The Aghadoc Abbey and
tower, which is styled in the Guide Book
as an object Of peculiar interest, is a
miserable affair. The tower itself Is
rightly styled In the guide books, "Not
the cleanest in the world and filed with
beggars, loiterers, guides and other an
noyances." You must bargain for every
thing and every attention You require,
and then you are beset with beggar in
the driver Of the jaunting car, in the
footman or the man or boy who
tells you where you may find
the keeper Of the key TO the fortress or
abbey, or who gives you information
about any object you may wish to see.
The keeper Of the key also must be salts
fed. h
. ! must not forget to mention the old
woman Of the glen, or gap land there are
many Of them in the circuit Of Killar-
ney), who follows you up with her little
bottle OF vile whisky and jug Of goats
milk, and asks as she trots along by your
side II you will not please take q "little
drop Of mountaia des," for which abe in
variably expects a sixpence; and she has
hardly left you before another old bag
begins her solicitations. l should judge
that these old women have their regular
beats, so regularly and systematically do
they approach and trot along by you for
q mile or 80. .... r.U. .
Killarney has 5000 inhabitants of
which not more than 60 are Protestants.
II has large Catholic College, a Cathe-
dral, one or two Nunneries, and one
house Of franciscan Friars, termed the
Friary. There Is a beautiful Episcopal
Church here, occupying q prominent
place in the village. We passed through
the grounds Of the Earl OF Kinnari, which
are very beautiful and extensive. The ride
from the village to Ross Castle is through
u park shaded with large trees Of Irish
oak and ash, and is so thickly shaded as
10 exclude the rays Of the sun for two
and half miles. Leaving Killarney we
retrace our steps to NARROW, where we
take the Great Southern R. R. to Dublin.
The route Is through section OF country
deeply interesting, for several reasons
lat. II is, as a general thing, very beauti.
full, and much Of 1t in high state Of cul.
tivation.t
%. We pass through extensive peat
regions; which Is The staple for fuel for a
great portion Of Ireland.
These fields are often Of great extent
and hundreds Of hands, male and female,
are employed in gathering the staple.
Sd. The country Is all well styled the
0aId Couathy. Almost every village has
connected with ii a history Of race long
since gone. 4th. ! must not forget the
roads. No where have l seen their supe.
rior. Our National road in its better
days may be taken as fair sample, but
certainly, II Is far below par now, and the
bridges even oyerlthe smaller streams are
like those on our National road; with
high wing walls "a, approaches. But
the roads here have a singular look: lat.
Because they are narrow, say 80 to 40
feet and ID. They have on each side the
ditch and high dyke that give them much
The appearance Of the bed Of q canal with
the water drawn of.
: We pass through The counties Of Lin.
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