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... RUINS OF CLARE CASTLE 73. HARRYBROOK . James Harden , Esq . , J.P. 74. BALLYMORE HOUSE . Dean Carter 75. GLEN ANNE 76. ANNAVERNA 77. BALLYMACARRETT 78. HOLLYWOOD ORMEAU HOUSE , seat of Marquis Donegal 79. ORANGEFIELD . R. B. B. Houston ...
... RUINS OF CLARE CASTLE 73. HARRYBROOK . James Harden , Esq . , J.P. 74. BALLYMORE HOUSE . Dean Carter 75. GLEN ANNE 76. ANNAVERNA 77. BALLYMACARRETT 78. HOLLYWOOD ORMEAU HOUSE , seat of Marquis Donegal 79. ORANGEFIELD . R. B. B. Houston ...
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... ruins , seated on an elevated rock about three furlongs from the sea . It appears to have occupied a considerable space in former times , but now there remains only one apartment , about fifty feet by forty , and about sixty feet high ...
... ruins , seated on an elevated rock about three furlongs from the sea . It appears to have occupied a considerable space in former times , but now there remains only one apartment , about fifty feet by forty , and about sixty feet high ...
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... ruins on the Rhine , and quote " Childe Harold " by the canto , for no other earthly reason than because ten thousand other lackadaisical blockheads before you had done so . But if you cannot pluck up a little animation here , and look ...
... ruins on the Rhine , and quote " Childe Harold " by the canto , for no other earthly reason than because ten thousand other lackadaisical blockheads before you had done so . But if you cannot pluck up a little animation here , and look ...
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... ruin of an old church . The western gable , with its little belfry , remains almost perfect , while the rest is greatly dilapidated . It is about fifty feet long by fifteen wide , and the side walls nine feet high . It had only one ...
... ruin of an old church . The western gable , with its little belfry , remains almost perfect , while the rest is greatly dilapidated . It is about fifty feet long by fifteen wide , and the side walls nine feet high . It had only one ...
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... ruins of other days with the lighter architecture of modern times . " There is no trade and no bustle here . Many of the houses on the seaward side turn their backs upon the street , and front the delicious sea- breeze . It has ...
... ruins of other days with the lighter architecture of modern times . " There is no trade and no bustle here . Many of the houses on the seaward side turn their backs upon the street , and front the delicious sea- breeze . It has ...
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Page 33 - In the descent southward, near the bottom, one is forced to slide down a sort of thatch, composed of furze, long grass, and juniper. St. Donard, a disciple of St. Patrick, is said to have spent the life of a hermit on this mountain, and built a cell, or oratory, on the top of it, towards the close of the fifth century.
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