The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-12

people about the lakes can catch q fellow
at every step; there are fees for boatmen,
guides, cannon.6rers TO let "your Lord.
ship" hear the echoes, tolls at all sorts Of
places; women and girls have nice warm
socks for "your Honor" trlnkets and Gu.
riosities Of every description for "the
fine gintlemAn," and you have TO buy
something TO gel rid Of them, but then
person gets the worth Of their money In
exquisitO killarney" even II they don't
want the thingU.
The Upper Lake Ia considered the
finest Of The three, on account Of its 70.
mantle and Alpine surrounding; II lies
at the base Of dark mountains covered
with fine trees, green turf or purple
heather, with occasional spots Of cold.
gray rocks that seem 10 refuse the yer.
dAnt covering which Is superintendent
everywhere else. On the left Is The Gap
Of Dunloe, wild deep pass running north
and south between the MacgilllCuddy
Reeks and the Tonnes Mountains; II Is a
singular gorge about four miles In extent
and more like gigantic split In the
mountains than an ordinary glen. In the
widest part Of the Gap is Serpent Lake,
which lies deep and dark In fts gloomy
bed, without ripple to disturb the death.
like ltillnesS, Tor the water passes through
subterranean channel where II can be
heard but not seen. Tradition Gays that
here ST. Patrick destroyed the last Of the
serpents; hence the name Of the lake.
Near the southern extremity Of the Glen
Is the place tohear the magnificent echoes;
q small cannon Ia kept here for the pur.
pose, and, although the shot itself 10 In.
significant, the effect Is absolutely sub.
lime; the shot appears like signal to
let loose the angry spirits Of the noun.
tainS, who seem to pour forth . torrent
Of roaring rage, until gradually the
sounds decrease and terminate in low
mutterinHs.
OF course we had to stop at Kate
KearneYs cottage 10 taste her mountain
dew or some goats milk. When the poet
wrote: "0h, did ye meier hear Of Kate
Kearney She lives by the Lake OF Xii.
larney," she made her descendants IA.
nous, for now, no tourist would think Of
visiting the Lakes without stopping at
her cottage.
On the middle Lake we came across an
extremely lovely scene called 1.-THE Meet.
ing ofthe Waters" here the Long Range,
rapid stream which conveys the waters
Of the upper Lake into MuCkross LakSTis
divided into two channels BY Dimes Isl.
and; the one 10 the west descends TO the
lower Lake by the Bay Of elena, and the
one to the east COWS into MnckroBs Lake
under the old Weir bridge which connects
the island with tho mainland. We crossed
over the Brickeen bridge, an angle.arched
structure, connecting the peninsula with
Brickeen Island. Near this are the IA.
nous ruins Of MuCkross Abbey, founded
by the McCarthy's, Princes OF Desmond
for the Franciscans in the fourteenth cen.
fury and chosen by the ancient chiefs for
their burial place. The tombstones Of
OSullivan, Nor, O'Donoghue and other
chieitains are still TO be seen in the ruins.
Then there are the grand ruins Of Innis.
fallen Abbey on the island Of the same
name whose praises Tom Moore sang in
in his "SweeL lunisfallen, fare .thee-well."
In the Abbey were written the "Annals"
which are the earliest record Of Irish his.
tory; the original manuscript containing
tiity'seven quarto leaves Of parchment
written by two monks, is history Of the
world down TO the arrival Of ST. Patrick
in Ireland, and from that period it ia
history OF Ireland down 10 1920. There
are several copies in existence, one at
the Trinity College, Dublin, but the orig.
inal ia in the Bodleian Library.
Can't take time 10 tell you more about
the lakes Of Killarney, for rain or no
rain can't stay in doors any longer when
there are so many beautiful places to be
seen in the immediate neighborhood.
Will probable remain here for the
races on the 2sth, when all the people
for miles around from the greatest Lords
down to the poorest beggar will come to
enjoy the sport and the fun. TIM. R.