Chapter I: Front Matter

Romantic Ireland

Volume I.

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(_See page 271_).]

ROMANTIC
IRELAND

By
M. F. and B. McM. Mansfield

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.

_Illustrated by
BLANCHE McMANUS MANSFIELD_

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
_MDCCCCV_

_Copyright, 1904_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

Published October, 1904

_COLONIAL PRESS_
_Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A._

Contents

VOLUME I.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. A TRAVEL CHAPTER 16

III. THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE 37

IV. ROMANCE AND SENTIMENT 82

V. RELIGIOUS ART AND ARCHITECTURE 109

VI. THE SCOTCH-IRISH BLEND 136

VII. IRISH INDUSTRIES 155

VIII. DUBLIN AND ABOUT THERE 176

IX. KILKENNY TO CORK HARBOUR 242

List of Illustrations

VOLUME I.

PAGE

THE ROCK OF CASHEL (_See page 271_) _Frontispiece_

MUCKROSS ABBEY 11

THE CHIMNEY-TOPS, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY 17

MAP OF IRELAND (_facing_) 22

THE CLIFFS OF MOHER 25

MCCARTHY MORE'S CASTLE 29

ST. DOULOUGH 41

PEAT-CHOPPERS 47

A WEST OF IRELAND FARM 55

BOG LAND, KERRY 59

A JIG DANCER 69

THE GENUINE IRISH PEASANT 83

BOG LAND, KERRY 87

AN IRISH LASS 99

A BROOCH FROM THE HILL OF TARA 107

THE HILL OF TARA 113

ROUND TOWER, ARDMORE 117

DOWNPATRICK 129

THE BELL OF ST. PATRICK 133

DUNLUCE CASTLE 149

LIMERICK PIGS 157

TORC CASCADE 161

A COTTAGE SPINNER 165

A COTTAGE LOOM 169

EMBROIDERING 173

NEW GRANGE 177

DUBLIN CASTLE 199

ENNISKERRY 207

GLENDALOUGH 217

ST. KEVIN'S KITCHEN 221

THE VALE OF AVOCA 225

THE MEETING OF THE WATERS 229

REGINALD'S TOWER, WATERFORD 235

SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S COTTAGE, YOUGHAL 239

KILKENNY CASTLE 245

ST. CANICE'S STEPS AND
THE ROUND TOWER, KILKENNY 253

RHINCREW CASTLE 257

CAPPOQUIN 261

LISMORE CASTLE 265

THE CROSS OF CASHEL 273

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