The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-08-15

400 Inhabitants in the parish, mostly
farmers. scattered within the glen and
upon tho surrounding rocks. They
arc mostly lIarringtons. Sullivans. ca
seys and OShcas. and are nearly all
related All the population are Rom.
ar Catholics, except twelve families.
who belong to the Church of ireland.
and arc ministcrcd to by the Rev. Mr..
Harvey, who Is paid a salary OF 6 200
4 year and Is given a picturesque old
manse in the midst of one of the low.
lest gardens and groves you can i'm.
agine.
Eccles Hotel has heen famous for
more than a century. You will filti
4 fattering account of il in Halls Book
ch ireland. published in the SOS. And
by the way--tlat work contains -
charming description Of the country.
although so much in detail that It f1,ls
three ponderous volumes that weigh
1our or fve pounds each. There havs
heen many changes since the book
was written. but they concern only
he people and their customs. It's his.
t"rfcaI references, its legends and dos
scrptions Of scenery hold good today.
Tho hotel. not the book, is a rambling
irregular structure with many gables
and many chimneys. and is almos.
completely covered with q lustrous
robe of Englisl, Ivy. IT sits at the foot
of the glen where the rocks and th.a
ocean meet and the prospect from tho
front windows is unsurpassed. Tha
bay Is enclosed like a wall with mighty
mountains. Titanic rocks have rolled
down into the water. In some great
cstaclysm. and now lie In picturesque
shapes. here and there. as a. tasteful
artist would have arranged them, clad
IN vivid green. The outlines Of thu
Ray are very Irregular. Little arms
of water reach up among the rocks
that enclose it. and, when the tide
E"es out, IT. discloses deep beds Of wons
d, GUS seaweed. curious vegetable ana
tastic moods has designed in her stu. |
do under tho waters of the sea. III
the foreground at the right is a lands
ing place for the little steamer thai
comes over from Bantry twice a. day,
ard beyond 1t, rising from, rocky en-.
i'ence, are the ruins of an ancient ca Sc
tie will, a tower intact that was one
d stronghold Of the O'sullivans, when
they were kings in these parts. Now
IT. belongs to the estate of the late Earl
OF Bantry.
On the other side Of the bay a, Iona
point of land protrudes across the I1or-
lion, and there it was that the French
troops intended to land under VOLTS
Tone and General Hoche on Dec. rs,
1896. There were seventeen ships Of
the line, thirteen frigates, five corvct-
ties, two gunboats and six transports,
with about $4,000 men and $4,000
stands Of arms. and it was expected
that the news of their landing would
he the signal for an uprising of the
Irish people. Simon White, who lived
near the point where the landing was
to be made, was man Of quick moves
ments and energy. and as soon as thes,
fleet was sighted he saddled his horse
and rode direct to Cork-sixty-hve
miles-in half dozen hours to noti-
fy the military commander and other
authorities Of the invasion.
For that the king made him the Earl
of Bantry and gave him q strip Of
land around the bay twenty two miles
on one side and twenty-five miles on
tie other, stretching back into ths
mountains an average Of six miles.
The title has lasted through three gen
erations, but has expired because. tho,
third Earl Of Bantry ~ NO sen 70.
wear it when he died a FEW years. aga
Providence intervene however. oay.
the side of tn. Bnslisn' and avertel