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cluainmealla, or the Plain of the

Cluainmealla, or the plain of the
Honey"
The castle and fortifcations were
afterwards erected there and the place
figured largely in the fights between
the Cromwellians and Confederates.
Cromwell sustained there the flercest
repulse he met with in ireland. It is
said that its defenders failing in am
munition were compelled to use the
buttons on their clothing for that pur-
pose, and that the Protector" having
decided to raise the siege, renewed the
attack on finding a silver bullet which
impressed him with the belief that the
garrison was 50 driven to straits that
it would soon be compelled to surren-
der,
The seene Of o'Brien's Conviction.
The town claims to be the birthplace
of Laurence Stern, the humorous
divine. It was in Clonmel that William
Smith O'Brien was tried on a charge
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hanged, drawn and quartered in 1s4s,
because Of his connection with the ris-
ing Of that year.
Six miles to the north of Clonn1el and
close to Slievenamon is the ancient
town of Fethard, an old walled town,
which defied the Cromwellians, and
surrendered finally with all the honors
of war.
Cahir Is eleven miles further on to
the northwest than Clonmel. It's ivy
clad castle was originally built in 1142
by Connor, King of Thomond. It was
taken by the Earl of Essex in 1899. by
o'Brien, Lord 1nchiquin, better known
in Irish history by the name of MUIR
rough, the Burner" because of his de-
stroying by fire everything he could
reach; it was captured again by Crom-
well in 1850. A few miles north is the
famous Rock Of Cashel. -
The majority Of the townspeople OF
Tipperary were driven from their
homes by the present Lord Barrymore
then Smith Barry, in the late sos
They practically built a new town in
the effort. to defeat-'him The railroad
after crossing the main line Of the
Great Southern and Western railway
at Limerick Junction runs directly
through a rich pastoral country fol
about thirty-five miles to the city o1
Limerick. "'. -
Travelling from Waterford by the
more southern route to Cork. the view
is equally enhancing. The railroad
line, which has become much more inn
portant than formerly within the past
three or four years, because Of the
opening Of the new cross cha mel line
of steamers between Rosslare in wex-
ford and Fishguard in Wales. leads
through Killnacthomas and Dungarvan
to Cappoquin. The entrance to Dun
garvan Harbor is guarded by Helvick
head, around which the Fenian bark
the "Erin's Hope" lodged for some
considerable time before making a
landing in the Fenian days. Several
men still living we're aboard the ves-
sci and made landing on the Irish
coast with the object of breaking the
chains of their native country in the
latest military uprising of the people.
49,. A Beautiful Landscape.
The run from Dungarvan to Cappo-
quin by railroad is little more than half
an hour through most interesting
country. At Cappoquin the course Of
the River Blackwater forms a. right
angle; after flowing some seventy five
from the boundary line of Cork and
Kerry, it turns sharply to the south
at Cappoquin, and emptying into the
Atlantic at Yougha1, drains a landscape
the superior Of which is not to be found
even In Ireland. The railroad con-
vtinued to the west along the valley of
the Blackwater to Mallow. 1t passes
through Lismore. one Of the most an
cient of the schools Of learning of an
cient ireland. Lismore Castle is owned
though seldom occupied, by the present
Duke Of Devonshire. He was better
known to the 1rishmen of a generation
ago under the name Of the Marquis
Of Harrington. His brother. Lord Fred
erick Cavendish, lost his life some
years ago in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Famous University Of Seventh Century
On the site on which Lismore Castle
now stands, in ancient times stood one
of the foremost Irish universities: II
will probably be news for students :ol
modern universities to learn that as
many as four. Thousand students once
thronged the cloistered halls of: Lis
more, among them the English mon
arch, known to modern history as AL