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BEAUTIES
AND ANTIQUITIES
OF IRELAND
BEING
A TOURIST’S GUIDE TO ITS MOST
BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY & AN ARCHÆOLOGIST’S MANUAL
FOR ITS MOST INTERESTING RUINS
BY
T. O. RUSSELL
AUTHOR OF “DICK MASSEY,” “TRUE HEART’S TRIALS,” ETC.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO.,
Ltd.
B. HERDER
17 SOUTH BROADWAY
ST LOUIS, MO.
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PREFACE
To
describe all the beauties and antiquities of Ireland, an
encyclopedia, instead of a volume the size of this one
would be required. As one of the objects of this book is
to show that Irish history is as generally interesting
as Irish scenery is generally beautiful, few places are
noticed that are not historic; but in a volume of the
size of this, all the historic places could not be
mentioned. Many books have been published during the
last three-quarters of a century that treat on Irish
scenery and antiquities. Some of them are very
voluminous and copiously illustrated. They were, for the
most part, written by persons utterly unfitted for the
task they undertook. Their remarks on Irish scenery may
be of some value; they may have thought Killarney more
beautiful than the Bog of Allen; but wherever they touch
on matters connected with history and antiquities,
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