The Irish standard., 1894-10-13
Rock Of Cashel, and Other Historic
Spots in Lovely Tipperary and
Verdant Limerick.

SpOLS III Lovely 1lpQ6TdEy auo
Verdant Limerick.
From Conmel, the Vale OF Honey, il
she southeast corner Of Nppersry, te
Banogue, the Young Field in the middle
OF limerick, and extending a doze1
miles north # the Knockmeeldown. Gal
tee and Kilfnane Mountains, lies the
justly celebrated Golden Vein, says "P
F, G." in Chicago Citizen. It covers 8
tract Of land in length about forty miles
and varying in bredth from ten to fit.
teen miles. For natural produotiveness
and fertility it can scarcely be equalled
by any piece OF land of equal size in the
world. The sub-soil is mostly Of yellow
clay and limestone. The roads in sum
mer time are white, the fields q rich
green; the country alternates with hills
and dales; bright streams sparkle here
and there; the cir is laden with the fra
GRANGE OF the primrose, the hawthorn
and the woodbine; the blackbird, the
]innet and the lark lend their music to
the vale, and all nature seems to com
bine to make the countryside second
Eden. 1t is the best butter producing
land in Ireland; the crops Of hay, oats
and potatoes cannot be surpassed. But
it is not in rich harvests alone that the
Golden Vein is prolific. From Sieve
namon to Balhngarry the men are re
markable for their bravery and manly
physique, and the women Tor their virtue
aud beauty.
Kings, princes, scholars, poets, soldiers
and athletes have called the Golden
Vein their mother. Here, in the south
Of Mpperary, stand the Rock Of Csshel,
surmounted by the ruins of 8 palace, q
round tour and church. This was the
sest of the Kings of Munster. The
Rock" as it is called, is the only emil
~. tor several miles around. About
.h;,+, ,o;,es north is range Of noun
tains, in one Of the Il 'eaks o wnlon Is an
abrupt and peculiar il.ae .aenta1'on oailea
the Devils Bit" The legend goes s. S.
his black majesty, getting mad with the
mountain for being in his way, tore q
bite out and threw it down into the
plains, near Csshel. Northeast Of Cashel
a few miles ie the town OF Fethard,
where was born his Grace Most Rev.
Patrick A. Feehsn, Archbishop of Chi
eeeo. Slievenamon, Msidens' Mountain,
close by was the home of Charles Kick
ham, the poet and patriot, who, almost
blind and in an English convict prison,
wrote the pathetic lines:
BY night and by day ever. ever pray.
While lonely my life flows on,
10 see my dag unrolled,"
And my truelove to enfold.
In the valley near Slievenamon, q Few
miles west of Cashel, is the town of Tip
rerary, which attracted much attention
recently by it's people leaving the old
town and building new one to escape
She rank- rents of landlord Smith Barry.
But Tipperary is q veteran fighter OF
landlords. AT Ballycohey, nears by, the
notorious evictor. Scul|y, was resisted,
and his bailiff and q policeman shot dead
In the town Of Tipperary land agent
BRAIDED held office and collected rents
about thirty years ago. Times were bad;
it was hard to pay high rents. A tenant
named Hays, from Cappawhite, begged
FOR reduction. Braddel refused Hayes
came back Swell, will you take this
rent?" Before Braddel could raise his
revolver. which lay on the table, Hayes
shot him. A bullet struck Hayes rs he
fled from the room. Both men died from
their wounds. Hayes lived for 9 few
months on his keeping Hesuoceeded
in eluding the authorities" It was in
reference to this hunt after Hayes that
the poet of the place, Darby Ryan, from
Bansha, composed the we'll known song
entitled ''The Fox Chase" He is also
author OF "The Peeler and the Goat, 9
II AS01f SesOAC OA d DdX6Ah lGl1C0AAe1A WAAO
arrested Darby for feeling little too
good. The arrest was thus described:
A Bansha peeler went out one night
On duty and patrolling, Oh!
He met d goat upon the road
And took him for stroller, OH!
With bayonets fixed he sailed forth, 533 I
And caught him by the wien, oh! sss
And then swore out mighty oath .
He'd march him off to prison, On
s The same ''poet" in the "Gallbally
farmer scorched the man who refused
TO give him refreshment:
s worked in Mpp' 'rary, / worked in Outheen,
N he,noate Of Kilfeacle, the bridge of Ath
NE leen. 39s N sss n
4 But such woeful starvation was never yet seen
sot from the llbally s
s |sssa y lezsn Iniiss mort ot Csshel tllle