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Page 147
... Sligo , the most Irish of the western towns . Driving into Sligo , Carlyle , who had grunted and grumbled his way up the west coast , noted : " Sligo at last ; beautiful descent into ; beautiful town and region altogether . " At a point ...
... Sligo , the most Irish of the western towns . Driving into Sligo , Carlyle , who had grunted and grumbled his way up the west coast , noted : " Sligo at last ; beautiful descent into ; beautiful town and region altogether . " At a point ...
Page 153
... Sligo Castle . It was repaired and held in 1310 by Richard de Burke , the " Red Earl " . When he quarrelled with the Geraldines , the O'Donnells and O'Connors combining for once , demolished the castle . It was rebuilt in 1269 ...
... Sligo Castle . It was repaired and held in 1310 by Richard de Burke , the " Red Earl " . When he quarrelled with the Geraldines , the O'Donnells and O'Connors combining for once , demolished the castle . It was rebuilt in 1269 ...
Page 157
... Sligo is that of Sligo Abbey . It was built in 1253 by Maurice Fitzgerald for the Dominican Order which he brought to Sligo . The whole of the western gable of the ruin was demolished in the late eighteenth century by a vandal named ...
... Sligo is that of Sligo Abbey . It was built in 1253 by Maurice Fitzgerald for the Dominican Order which he brought to Sligo . The whole of the western gable of the ruin was demolished in the late eighteenth century by a vandal named ...
Contents
Chap page | 11 |
ON TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY | 26 |
THE RING LOST IN MIST | 42 |
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