Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-02
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over there In Ireland what can be
-.,,s fascinating than silent ramble
IN, slumperous old Youghal and up
,,rowy Kilcolman way7 There
p.l,Ieh anu spcnser lived, loved aud
.,rousht. Tramping from Killarney
a. cabersivcen, one Fingers lovingly at
,,.,han Bridge; for beside II the great
o,Connoll was born. Who but a bigot
- climb the Rock Of Cashol
.,,hout a sutducd and reverential
telling from the historic and sacred sur
..,rdlngs; or who, but AN insensate
..,dders not at Boyne and Aughrim,
.hsre the life Of n nation broke In IT.
hi wild throb upon river aud morass7
Then, at slane, who can fall Of awe In
,be presence Of prehistoric monuments
,Iyallng the pyramids themselves7 To
stand upon Tara's Hin, In Meath, and
IN fancy see 81. Patrick, unmindful OF
,be ireachery planning his death, with
NJ. eight devoted followers, coming up
the royal hill, chanting his prayer,
aAfay the word OF God render mo
.looueut,D TO forever dim the fires OF
p.lltaine with the sacred flame OF
gbristlanIty through the conversion OF
King Iaeghairc, and the overthrow OF
ragani.m In Ireland, IL TO come with
.tartlIng tenderness close to an IN
.sirrd career OF one who lived hut TO
nsss. nearly 1900 years ago. Vague
md lar It was TO you before. But you
geI and know the story now.
81. loo, how illimitable seem human
,vclrs. vet how compact aud little,
sben YOU are stumbling among the re-
mains Of TINT tremendous pagan
,songhold, Dun Enyus, on the remOt-
- pr.clpicc Of Aranmotc, the most
d,-olate OF all Ireland's islands. The
rnrat archWologlst, DR.. Pelrie, termed
n othp most magnificent batharlc
monument IN Europe" The legend II
mai Dun .Engus aud the five other
great forts, or dins, Of the Amn Islands
verr built from 1000 10 1900 yoar- he.
fore the Christian era, 10y the flying
and latol FirbolgA No matter about
The legend. There they stand today,
more weird, suggestive and awe'inspir-
Ing In their dread secrets Of the people
That wer than ever could lie In the
,llcnr, OF the Lyblan Sphinx. And
then, away In the north, over beyond
I'D Derry, what q thrill flashes through
one when standing alone upon the
walls or the mighty Griannn OF All.
each, whose existence eau be definitely
Traced % the period 1858 before Christ
urlanan, the mighty Dun, Of which
we rad In the DiHnscnchaG
Ahsseh.rirp, pla, OF the king'ra,h royal Of
Dan, 20 whieh led horse roads. through a,o
mighty ramparts'
So they did. You can trace them 10
this day as clearly M the paths In your
own garden. ON the crests OF those
circling mountains burned the signal
fires In the dim days, tiara Of flame
10 wake the bel0ts and their herds.
Thilhcr 10 the Glinnan they streamcd.
those skln.clad hOrdes. Within those
very mmparts huddled the nfffighted
women anu the fiocks. Within those
very walls kings watched over battles.
There We're the frasts Of victory; the
vallings and lamentations; tue weirJ,
Wild rites; all "a thousand years before
laTbarous man looked beyond the god
OF day 10 the Uno Infinite God. But
you did not sense this until your own
lcet had pressed the same earth theirs
had trod, and your eyes had looked
upon lone Errigal, like n cone Of steel
In the west, and. through tic grim,
dark passes, to the purple mists above
Armagh aud Tyrone.
In all that eau bc read Of the Gland
O Cakes" how the true feeling IN lack.
Ing. until one weds presence aud actu-
hlity with the toneless tales Of words.
To know the weird strnths and gl,ns Of
the North, TO breathe their air, drink
In their Wild aud gorgeous colorings,
10 listen 10 tho roar OF their glorious
waterfalls, 10 sail over their silent
lochs, 10 trcmblo In their mighty
storms, Il 10 come very close In thought
aud sympathy 10 that grand aud noble
race which all the Roman legiOns
could not conquer. Its desperate. fate
ful loyalty 10 the House Of Stuart can
never he fully understood until you
have tramped from the Western Ocean
70 the German, and wandered on Gull
loden Moor. Macbeth, King Duncan
and Malcolm Canmore are mere
creatures u Shakc.peare's fancy,
until you find In the musiy rec.
'rds Of old Inverness that they once
walked It, streets with all Of your own
passion, hope, ambition; and until you
have stood on Tomnahaurich, by the
Ntss'side, you have never really known
hugh Miller, stonc.mason, great. hoa ri
lnd sage. Despite DIR. Johnsoni
naichless apostfophc 10 Iona. the story
~ Nolumb'a sanity isle. OF the Christ
an enlightenment emanatlng FROM II
70 the whole British Isles and tho
greater part Of Europe, when nearly
All the scenes lighted by the iirst fires
o. apostolic sacrifice Ind partially re-
hp.ed Into superstitlous barbarian, IN
~ dreamiul as the legends Of the Holy
ufail, until you have stood among the
majestic ruins OF Iona and wandered
along Its "Straid.na. Marbh,p where
lle countless chiefs, frlars, abbots and
hlhgs. After you have passed an hour
IN tho ancient churchyard "
uf,yfTlar, In Edinburgh, you
VIII begin 10 realize who were
NE Covenanters OF Scotland, and
what they endured for their conscl.
rnce' sake. When you have come 10
we ruins OF Lochmaben, Robert the
bruce, patriot king and warrior, lint
eaves the mists OF legend and tradition,
SUI welcomes you Us man OF flesh
w blood TO his old home by the sedgy
axe Meirose, Dryburgh md all the
LIahu monaatic structures of the sun.
ny, murmurous Tweed are poets phan.
Asms until you wander among their
ulhed clolslers aud touch with your
,wn hands the brave old stones sf their
majestic arches. Scott, the "IEttrlok
nhepheFd," Carlyle, even Burns
llmselI arc half Ideal, until
you have stood by the Ettrlck
anI farrow, sadly lea the princely
aoootsiord, shuddered at tue dolorous
S seai aud meanness OF Cnrlyle's boy
nVou home at Ecclefrchan, and heard
WIN your own hearing thu p,.lndInua