The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-09-16
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marble doorways, coats of arms look
haughtily down upon the changes that
have been wrought; and here and there
dates going back to the early mediae
val ages can be decphered. 1t was in
Galway that a certain stern judge,
Lynch by name, hanged his own son
that the ends OF justice might not be
defeated by popular clamor. Another
parsonage from whom we have derived
a well known term also lived on this
coast,-a Captain Boycott, ostracized
by his neighbors.
In any recapitulation of Ireland's
points of interest the hill of Tara must
not be left out. Here in Erins heroic
days, the Ard-righ or over-ruler held
high court. Here, (translations of the
ages-old chronicles say) "sat kings
with golden crowns upon their heads,
warriors with brazen swords in their
hands, bards and MINISTRIES with their
| harps, gray bearded ollams, Druids
with their oak leaf crowns, learned
historians, wise brehons, subtle law
yers. the physicians, the smiths, arti-
ticers, charioteers, huntsmen, archi-
| tects, the chess players and cupbearers
| together with crowds of esrvants and
| retainers." The foundations of the
hall of the thousand soldiers and
other buildings may yet be traced.
In the Valley of the Boyne, where
Tara is situated. is to be found the
most complete array of monuments
( Of the various races of men who have
held sway in Ireland" to be found in
| the entire island. 1.-The footprints of
1000 years are all before us here"
says Sir William Wilde. Ruined
castles and keeps interspersed with
"stone circles" and other primordial
relics, and these in turn with high
crosses" and ancient abbeys meet us
at every turn. 1t was of this spot that
Aldfrid, king of Northumbria, who was
educated in Erin. wrote Gin Irish)
II found in Meath's fair principali-
/ ity
| Virtue, vigor. and hospitality,
| Candor, joyfulness, bravery, purity,
| 1reland's bulwark and security"
Going to the northern coast we find
Londonderry, the famous walled city,
and to the southern coast Youghal,
the home of Sir Walter Raleigh, and
! incidentally the cradle of the potato
on these shores; Blarney with it's cele-
brated "Blarney Stone" the cove of
Cork, where Charles Wolfe, author Of
1.-THE Burial of Sir John Moore"
| sleeps; and, short distance from the
Atlantic, in County Kerry. wonderful
ans or stone "beehive huts," enclosed
within a protecting wall, the whole
of unknown antiquity. Not far off is
the objective point of most tourists;
Killarney. OF Killarney, Macauley
writes II. never in my life saw any
thing more beautiful might say so
DCd 1llld6lAS d Id11 Cl +" luucI :"
mere in that part of Devonshire
where the myrtle grows wild. The
ashberrles are redder, the heath rich
err, the fern more beautifully articu-
lated than elsewhere. The wood is
everywhere. The grass is greener
than anything I ever saw. There Is
positive sensuous pleasure in looking
at it."
Passing by other structures Of by
gone generations, including Trinity
College, founded by Elizabeth
which institution is to be seen the
marvellous Book of Kells," tran
scription in Latin of the gospels,
beautifully Illuminated by Irish scribes
twelve hundred years ago, let us enter
the National Museum and examine the
stupendous array of Irish antiquities.
Here are examples of "ogham stones"
already referred to as "lozenged
Stones" of a still earlier date. number
less early Christian relics, as croziers,
bells. atristically wrought chalices and
professional crosses, shrines, and
most alluring of all in some re-
spects, an aggregation Of prehistoric
and Celtic purest-gold ornaments,
some of them going back in time to
1900 and 1900 B. c., authorities say.
How much greater the amount of
gold in Ireland in early days was
than in Great Britain may be gath
cred from the fact that while the
weight of ancient gold jewelry found
in Scotland, England and Wales and
stored in the British Museum is fifty
ounces, the weight of such jewelry
found In Ireland and stored in the
Dublin Museum is $40 ounces.
The Municipal Gallery of Fine Arts
at Dublin includes fine examples of
such artists as Whistler. Corot, Mil