The daily gazette., 1880-09-29

south by way of Omagh, Dungannon,
Armah, Dregheda and Newry we came
to Dublin, the capital, pa t Of which
city Is surprisingly clean, with broad
streets and stately stores, fine residences
and very fine custom house. The
Castle is In the form of hollow square,
and is by no means imposing. The
river Siffey divides the the town, and
affords easy access for vessels of large
tonnage to every part Of the city. St.
Patrick's Cathedral is the most interest
Ing building, though loca'e on "the
other side of the Si6y" in the dirtier and
more crowded part of the town.
The Cathedral is fine old structure
built ever so many centuries since on
the foundali ms of a predecessor that
stood there before the present nation in
babited Ireland. The remains of Dean
Swift lie here by the side of "Stella" the
object of his platonic love and the in
spration CT his dreams and poetry.
Here are also the tombs of the noble
families Of Cummins and Ogle with in
sctiptions co onmemorative of their illus
trious lives and heroic deeds.
From Dublin we struck directly across
TO Galway-from the Channel to
the Atlantic. The first half of the
distance Is through rich Agricultural
country, abounding In fine grain crops,
now being harvested, and in rich pastu-
rage, on which are feeding somo of the
finest cattle we have seen in Great
Britain. 1--WE next get into the boggy
district, more sparsely Inhabited. and
where, mile after mile, we see only the
bog cutters thatched shanties, and the
OhtlArnn nd
ing and hauling the turf. Nothing is
more dreary than an Irish bog. They
extend in u broad plain beyond the
range OF vision-a blackened prospect
with nothing to relieve the monotony
but the purple bloom of the heather
which becomes almost as monotonous az
the 0lackness itself. All over the bogs
are the heaps Of the fresh and the drying
turf. 1t Is first cut in bricks about eight
inches long and four inches thick. and
set on end in lunches of about q dozen
to dry. 1t is next built in open piles OF
stacks Of about ten feet long and six feet
high to season. When we'll seasoned II
Is taken to the cottages, where 1t is
stacked in ricks as near the door as DOS
sible. 1t is to Ireland what coal and
wood arc to us, and 1t is cheap and
abundant in all parts.
All along the coast, and especially
Whoto 1uo htOu6o anu LOCKS 10 mOht
abound, are to be seen the Ivy covert d
round towers and square towers and
dilapidated feudal castles. These gen.
orally are on the highest ground, and
might tadily be seen, one from the
other for perhaps hundreds of miles.
The Abbeys. though lessI numerous
are scattered al. through the more fertile
valleys. What a wise and jolly lot the
Did Fathers" must have been, is attested
by the judiolous choice of location and
he convenient arrangements of the
buildings. In nearly all the ancient A b.
beys we find the broad fireplace where
sheep, or even an OK, might be roasted
and capacious cellars, where fruits and
wines were stored.
Occasionally we see high circular
towers covered 10 at the top with stone
and walls built up to great height ith.
3Ss Rand4sd q do|RsSsRn q Chs Assss HEs from
and might have been used as &aSSJP.
towers bad they been on high ground
They are always in the vail ,ys. The!
are supposed to be contemporary will
the mounds, that are also quite Dumer
Gus.