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 (14592660780)

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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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LEENANE. 234 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. Corrib, and the chasm where the water of the former debouches from the sub-terranean channel is well worth a visit. It is called the Pigeon-Hole, and isabout eighty feet deep in the limestone waste that extends on all sides. Rockis piled on rock in solemn and grand desolation. Around the chasm are fringesof wild rose, honeysuckle, purple heath, and the palmated lady-fern, while frombelow arise the echoing murmurs of rushing waters. Descending, the bottomdiscloses a cave of considerable magnitude, through which the water—whichseems alive with trout—flows in a strong stream, now flashing in the sunbeamthat pierces down through the gloomy aperture, and then flowing darkly on,losing itself in the obscurity of the cavernous passages into which it falls withmany a weird moan. When Otway visited this chasm its effect was heightenedby an old crone who accompanied him as guide. He says: She set fire to a wispdrawn from the bundle of straw she carried, and