New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10

,,,,iod Tho o,l,e pointed ont the place EHtIc
William plunged on horseback INTO lic D Ior, !.
Gained with his Dutch guard the opposite Slio,C
al.n where Schombcrg fell III leading thc III
n,ts across. We could STE on ire oPPoS,o
,ybcrc Young SchOmbcrg ana his army apP. =
taking King James and the irish Ill ,Ilc W. " ou,
surnodiuo CONSERVATION in their ranks w 80 -"
There King James had passed the hlGn' ucio,S
tLe battle. and could not but pity the Oiu NM 9
W. thought OF him fleeing tue nest daA ~ Vorsers
hon, broken and his throne lOsI. New vi ~,
oucht 10 remember King James klhull, ~ WIo If
Y"rk was named for him when he was Du nT .' 10
York. and he good Lord fToPrIcloi Va WV
Provinces Of Ncw-NOrk and the JcISeAS' rios
Cc,y niles hryond the battlefield lie sei'11
Of great burial mounds which have hol itio,s
The attention that they deserve. ne hr"mghI,
Of King Aureus, which Schllcinan mas Glp'Si ir
~ y, Iinbt NJ Wyccna. are not more interesting 10,
rraudcr than the interior chamDcrs Oh IileSI a
mounds The mound Of Newsranec i n about
diameter of from 2io to az o dee' an" the central
cbamher is Sc feet above the base Level. lhc
entrance is so low that was Obliged TO necoi,c
n Guadruped 10 enter. Stones Weighing '"i9
stood upon both sides and over me, hoei}X c o
with circles, and wh0rls and fern leaves. " IIen
half way in hand and knees are to0 murh w,
must lie on ones side at iuIl iu5'W I;to snake
candle before and edge ones woy III IKE s tnd
After proceeding for sXty-thIee feet, / louhG
myself i'm lofty dOmcd chamber also o 10 f, ~
with figures There are three rcceSs'S 40 stnnc
bodies but on the floor of each is large St0lic
basin for some Drudc use possibly lot s'cIlli.' /
Here the Pagan Kings Of lre and oil me SeVH9Inr
and third century were Durleu. lni0 '" III =
mounds were broken open and rllcd OF thcl
valuable contents by the invading Dlhes ia NV e.
vcar $50 a. y. Several articles OF Ornament
were fou.d in the earth near the entrance III
ls47. which had probably been dropped ny Dir
plundrrng soldiers as they were neelng. FROM
Newgrangc one the Hill OF lara, Whign
was the residence Of those early hlnes' ana tic
spot where they maintained rude ~, Rehe.ious jug
hosptaity like that which Sir WAFER Hco'1
describes rs existing among the Scottlsh ch'ls;
There the great assembly Of the NassalS was il'li
once in three years 10 confirm the laws, anG 10 near
the bards contend in song and rccltal OF 'hc 80"
deeds of the past Tara got IFS grcSt lehoWn ~
King Cormac McArt, who cigucd about 23U y. ~
Among the captivcs which he brought back from
his piratcal expeditions to the coast OF Brit"ih
Cormac found a beautiful Christian Srl, VINO
coarse black bread Of Ireland Cormac brought
over a miller from Albion 20 make the me BRITISH
-four. This led - the importation OF many o'l'r
belongings Of civilization. lie initiated We
Roman standing army, ana me icGlon"IN UI.i
lie was n bard and could read and wrltc-rrmarN-
able accomplishments I'm those days. Ne becam"
Christian two hundred years before Patrick ;
mission. and when diving through acolGci ttliN
swallowing q salmon bone he directed fl1t ms
body be- rot inferred in tie Pagan mounds, hnt
II, givcn Christian burial One can still ma -
ont al Tara where the great oak icaSilnE-h"!i
stood with It's sixteen doors: also the place ~
Cormac's House. the Hal Of inc Hostages "',i
the mill In ono spot the grass Is stained with
rcd fuurus. This. hy the common people, Is be-
lirycd 10 10 Tie blood Of those who We're sam
here IN n great faction fight centuries ago. Ii
ibrarv 70 SEQ the celebrated Books of Kclls and
Durrow The first j. the most hcoutliul and
elaborate manuscript known, and br1rS evidence
10 the hQh art site culture which had been reached
i'm the Irish n'n'sicrIcs - ne seventh ana cISutn
centuries The Book OF Durrow was by later
generations soaked in water H. order That the
liauid might be- sold for miraculous puruoscs-so
little did they then understand It's real value.