Walker's Hand-book of Ireland1873 |
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Strana 9
... railway on either side . BAYS AND HARBOURS . The word Lough , Lake , cognate with the Latin Lacus , and , by the Scotch , still spelled Loch , is , after their example , applied in the north of Ireland to inlets of the sea . Thus ...
... railway on either side . BAYS AND HARBOURS . The word Lough , Lake , cognate with the Latin Lacus , and , by the Scotch , still spelled Loch , is , after their example , applied in the north of Ireland to inlets of the sea . Thus ...
Strana 64
... RAILWAYS . The There are thirty - seven railways in Ireland . The chief feature of the system is the guage not being so wide as the wide guage in England , nor so narrow as the narrow . Irish guage , which is compulsory , is five feet ...
... RAILWAYS . The There are thirty - seven railways in Ireland . The chief feature of the system is the guage not being so wide as the wide guage in England , nor so narrow as the narrow . Irish guage , which is compulsory , is five feet ...
Strana 68
... railway train rattling over the cliffs . But from a point about two miles out in the Channel , whence the best view of the Bay and its surrounding panoramic scenery is obtained , Howth appears to emerge gradually from the sea , Dalkey ...
... railway train rattling over the cliffs . But from a point about two miles out in the Channel , whence the best view of the Bay and its surrounding panoramic scenery is obtained , Howth appears to emerge gradually from the sea , Dalkey ...
Strana 69
... railway brings the mail train for the reception of the passengers , conveying them rapidly to Dublin . Kingstown is now an extensive township , containing 22,000 inhabitants , covering an area of 900 acres , including Monkstown and ...
... railway brings the mail train for the reception of the passengers , conveying them rapidly to Dublin . Kingstown is now an extensive township , containing 22,000 inhabitants , covering an area of 900 acres , including Monkstown and ...
Strana 70
... Railway Company's Hotel in Killarney , which , until it came under his direc- tion , had been a serious annual loss to the Company . Indeed the proper management of a large hotel , with its never - ceasing current of arrivals and ...
... Railway Company's Hotel in Killarney , which , until it came under his direc- tion , had been a serious annual loss to the Company . Indeed the proper management of a large hotel , with its never - ceasing current of arrivals and ...
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Abbey acres adorned ancient Antrim Arklow bank Baron beautiful Belfast Bishop borough Bray Bridge building built called Castle cathedral celebrated century chapel cliffs coast College Cork demesne Derry district Donegal Drogheda Dublin Earl east English Enniscorthy Enniskillen erected established extensive feet Galway Glen Glendalough ground handsome harbour hill House Howth Ireland Irish Island Kildare Kilkenny Killarney Kingstown lake land Limerick limestone linen Londonderry Lord Lough Lough Erne Lough Neagh magnificent mansion manufacture miles mountains Newry occupied ornamented Park Parliament Patrick picturesque plantations population present principal proprietor quays Queen Queen's County railway residence river road rocks Roman Catholic Round Tower Royal ruins scenery seat Shannon side situated Sligo square stands station steamers Stephen's Green stone Street surrounded Tipperary tourist town Ulster village walls Waterford Wexford Wicklow Wicklow mountains wood Youghal
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Strana 170 - It was in this parish, during our stay, that I had that wonderful escape in falling through a mill.race whilst the mill was going, and of being taken up unhurt : the story is incredible, but known for truth in all that part of Ireland, where hundreds of the common people flocked to see me.
Strana 187 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Strana 384 - N. latitude, and 53° 50' and 58° 20' E. longitude, and bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the...
Strana 398 - On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear, cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days, In the wave beneath him shining! Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover!
Strana 48 - Science supplies, as far as practicable, a complete course of instruction in science applicable to the industrial arts...
Strana 338 - OH ! haste and leave this sacred isle, " Unholy bark, ere morning smile ; " For on thy deck, though dark it be, " A female form I see ; " And I have sworn this sainted sod " Shall ne'er by woman's feet be trod.
Strana 418 - ... monument was well deserved ; yet it was scarcely needed ; for, in truth, the whole city is to this day a monument of the great deliverance. The wall is carefully preserved, nor would any plea of health or convenience be held by the inhabitants sufficient to justify the demolition of that sacred inclosure which, in the evil time, gave shelter to their race and their religion.
Strana 153 - I have the happiness of seeing you again. Whenever an opportunity offers wherein I can serve Ireland, I shall seize on it with eagerness. I am a man of few words. Short adieux are best. God bless you, my friends — God bless you all.
Strana 89 - In Christ's Church, the principal church in Ireland, whither the Lord Deputy and Council repair every Sunday, the vaults, from one end of the minster to the other, are made into tippling-rooms for beer, wine and tobacco, demised all to Popish recusants, and by them and others so much frequented in time of divine service...
Strana 3 - ... interior, of a mile or more in length, besides hundreds smaller : the sea coast and all these lakes abound with fish. The district, with its islands, possesses no less than Яте hundred miles of sea shore.