Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
4ISMORE, CASTLE
WATERFORD. COUNTY

its ornaments and images. Sunday. July
g. 1890. five days after the battle Of
Boyne, King william came to the church
James II.
The chief objects Of interest In Sack.
vile street. Dublin. are the O'Connell
monument. Nelson's pillar and the
selfish efforts Dublin owes its present
brought from the distant Wicklow hills.
The O'Connell monument Is one Of the
public memorials In Dublin. It stands
twelve-foot figure OF O'Connell. who APP
pears habited In the repeal cloak that
formed a rarely absent item Of his walk
ing attire. The foundation stone was
laid on the sih Of August, 1854. and the
work was designed and commenced by
Foley, the Irish sculptor. In 1874, when
the work was very far advanced, Foley
died and the completion was left to one
Of his pupils. Mr.. Brock.
The bronze drum encircling the central
portion Of the pedestal Is ornamented
with grouping Of fifty figures. each Sig
nificant of some ennobling theme, the
chief being the symbolic figure Of Erin
breaking her letters and grasping her
charter of liberty with one hand. while
with the other she points triumphantly
to the central figure above. The church.
arts, people and trade have also their
representatives In the grouping. while
at the base lin cunning allegory" are
placed patriotism fidelity. eloquence and
courage. The statue tells the story OF
this peerless patriot and defender Of the
Irish race. The Cascade Of st. Stephen
green park. is one OF the beauty spots in
this place Of recreation for the citizens
of Dublin.
Erriff valley. Connemara, TANKS both
sides of the river from Leenane for a
portion of the way to Westport. The road
and river combine to heighten the pic
turesque beauty of the scenery. Here one
sees the quaint matched cottages and
the huge rock piles and rock walls. which
bear mute testimony to the struggle tho
farmer must make In order TO get space
enough to raise his crops.
The Colony, Dugort, was founded In
1888 by the Rev. Edward Mangle. a cler.
gyman Of the established church. with a
nucleus of two or three cottages and
about seventy-five acres of land Through
strenuous efforts and in spite Of many
obstacles he succeeded in establishing
this Protestant colony in the midst Of q
strictly Catholic district.
The jaEnting car is the principal means
OF travel for the sightseer through the
country. It is peculiar to ireland alone.
- Ss~AN~~t
instead. the jolting car.
The dress of the peasantry, while not
differing so greatly from tnat or many
other lands, is yet distinctirely Irish. The
tall hat and the rough boots, IKE the ut
tie shawl worn about the shoulders OF its
women are never associated with any
other class than the Irish lads and col
leens.
Killarney holds more beauty spots per-
hans than any other section or Ireland
ItS lakes. abbeys, caves, falls and noun
,oins are unsurpassed for picturesque
ha.ntv and charm. In such wealth Of
beautiful scenery it is hard to select one
point above a INC. ,aes BUT Ut KiIsrney nf
Which there are three so closely connected
as almost to appear one
az TIC INNER lake is remarkable for its
wild magnificence and the mountains.
completely inclosing 1t. The lower lake
- rchly dotted with fairy islet5 clothed
20 the waters brink with evergreen, while
Nuckross, or the middle lake. combines
tho beautiful features OF the other two.
Tba lakes are formed and supplied by
.nmerous minor lakes that exist in the
ssmrrounding mountains and may be de-
sorihed az an immense reservoir for the
saveral rivers that also flow into them.
The upper lake is considered the most
DeauI11ul vi thS ~-'-~~' ~-'~
smallest Of them.
The old Wier bridge is quaint struc-
ture. consisting of two arches, OF which
only one is navigable by boats and
through which the waters of the upper
iane rush into Muckross lake. When
the current is running rapidly the shoot
ing of the rapids beneath the bridge Is
both exciting and exhilarating.
Al Dinfs pool, sthe principal sland In the
middle lake. the current divides; the
stream turning to the right enters Muck
ross lake. while that turning to the left
rms IFS course between Dinis Island and
elena mountain and joins the lower lake
It is recorded that Sir Walter Scott as
he surveyed this junction Of the waters
of the three lakes exclaimed, In a quota
ton from Coleridge. Beautiful exceed
ingly"
Mr. Joseph D. Sullivan. secretary and
trea surer of the Irish Home Going Asso-
citation, who has become an authority on
Irish antiquities, tells some interesting
storiec of the great man of Ireland.
whose fame never dimishes. In recent
interview Mr. Sullivan said:
One cannot travel in Ireland without
finding reminders of st. Pat
rick No man has ever impressed his
upon country to such an
extent as he. In this place a mountain.
in that lake, I'm another well or