Picturesque Ireland - a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and (14778485392)

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Title: Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Savage, John, 1828-1888, ed
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Publisher: New York, T. Kelly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Derrycunnihy variety of landscape that can delight the eye or gratify the imagination.* On thesouth are the Derrycunnihy hills, which give the name to one of the grand cascadesof the region which is to be seen a little way up the Gal way River on the south-eastern line of the lake. Here the torrent leaps forth from between somerocks high up the mountain, and having fallen a distance of over thirty feet, breaksinto innumerable falls, as though every rock and tree had its own jet aeau, and * N. P. Willis or J. Sterling Coyne, who wrote the descriptions to Bartletts illustrations.
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DERRICUNIHY CASCADE. 26 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. emitted a separate cascade. These gorgeous natural works, split into a thousandrills, again unite, and, after concentrating their forces in a deep basin excavated inthe rocks, once more leap forth in a mass of foam down the narrow channel,and are lost in the woods below. In the vicinity of Derrycunnihy Cascade aninlet from the lake is entered between two lofty crags. Within lies a beautifulsheet of water hemmed in by precipitous rocks, and overhanging trees. Behindthis a rapid stream rushes through a ravine, being impelled by the force of a cata-ract concealed in a glen a short distance from the shore. Derrycunnihy is a favor-ite and chosen place of meet for the stag-hunts, and its neighborhood frequentlythe scene of the closing triumphs of the chase. After showing how an experienced person stealthily selects a deer, on the dayprevious to the hunt, Mr. Weld continues : Before the break of day the dogs areconducted up the mountain, as silent