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| The Harp of Erin | [Frontispiece] | |
| From the original painting by T. Buchanan Read, in the possession of the author | ||
| Statue of St. Patrick on the Hill of Tara | [4] | |
| Castle of King John at Trim | [8] | |
| Monument on the Battle-field of the Boyne | [12] | |
| Tanderagee Castle, Irish Seat of the Duke of Manchester | [16] | |
| Chapel, Tanderagee Castle | [20] | |
| Drawing-room, Tanderagee Castle | [24] | |
| Terrace, Tanderagee Castle | [28] | |
| Tomb of St. Patrick at Downpatrick | [32] | |
| A Cabin in the North | [36] | |
| A Woman of the North | [40] | |
| Mantua House, Roscommon | [44] | |
| Ballina, a Typical Irish Town | [48] | |
| A Glimpse of Achill | [52] | |
| Slievemore Mountain, and Dugort, Achill | [56] | |
| Fisherfolk of Achill | [60] | |
| A Lonely Road in Connemara | [64] | |
| Kylemore Castle, Connemara | [68] | |
| Crazy Biddy | [72] | |
| The Lynch House, Galway | [76] | |
| Abbey of St. Dominick, Lorrha, Ancient Burial-place of the Carrolls | [80] | |
| Leap Castle, Court Side | [84] | |
| Leap Castle, Park Side | [88] | |
| Moat of Ffranckfort Castle | [92] | |
| Ffranckfort Castle | [96] | |
| Clonmacnoise | [100] | |
| Abbey of the Holy Cross | [104] | |
| Rock of Cashel | [108] | |
| Cormac's Chapel, Cashel | [112] | |
| Cross of Cashel, and Throne of the Kings of Munster | [116] | |
| Ancient Gateway, Kilmalloch | [120] | |
| Dominican Abbey, Kilmalloch | [124] | |
| Buttevant Barracks | [128] | |
| Dinner, Buttevant Barracks | [132] | |
| Buttevant, County Cork | [136] | |
| Kilcoman Castle, Spenser's Home | [140] | |
| Doneraile Court, County Cork | [144] | |
| Room in Doneraile Court where Mrs. Aldworth Hid | [148] | |
| The Hon. Mrs. Aldworth, the only Woman Freemason | [152] | |
| The Lake, Doneraile Park | [156] | |
| Mallow Castle, County Cork | [160] | |
| Irish Cottage, County Kerry | [164] | |
| Chapel of St. Finian the Leper, Innisfallen | [168] | |
| Tree over the Abbot's Grave, Innisfallen | [172] | |
| Upper Lake, Killarney | [176] | |
| "Dinnis," Hotel Victoria | [180] | |
| The Route to Glengariff | [184] | |
| Carrig-a-pooka Castle | [188] | |
| Macroom Castle | [192] | |
| Reginald's Tower, Waterford | [196] | |
| Franciscan Friary, Waterford | [200] | |
| Dunbrody Abbey, County Wexford | [204] | |
| Bannow House, County Wexford | [208] | |
| Terrace, Bannow House, County Wexford | [212] | |
| Corner of the Rose Garden, Bannow House, County Wexford | [216] | |
| Bannow Church, County Wexford | [220] | |
| Tombs in Bannow Church | [224] | |
| Tintern Abbey, County Wexford | [228] | |
| Kilkenny Castle | [232] | |
| Deserted Killshening House, Fermoy | [236] | |
| Curraghmore House, Marquis of Waterford | [240] | |
| Hallway, Curraghmore House | [244] | |
| Dining-room, Curraghmore House | [248] | |
| Kilruddery House, Earl of Meath | [252] | |
| Glendalough | [256] | |
| Tom Moore's Tree, Vale of Ovoca | [260] | |
| One of the Seven Churches, Clonmines | [264] | |
| Funeral Crosses by the Wayside, County Wexford | [268] | |
| Powerscourt House | [272] | |
| Great Salon, Powerscourt House | [276] | |
| Ruins of Jigginstown House, Earl of Strafford | [280] | |
| Parnell's Grave, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin | [284] | |
| Daniel O'Connell's Monument, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin | [288] | |
[WANDERINGS IN IRELAND]
[CHAPTER I]
Welcome to Ireland—Quaint People of Dublin—Packing the Motor and Departure—Tara Hill; its History and Legends—Ruins at Trim—Tombs of the Druids—Battle-field of the Boyne.
"Glory be to God, but yer honour is welcome to Ireland."
An old traveller understands that it is the unexpected which makes the joy of his days. I had come to Europe with the intention of spending some conventional weeks in London, followed by an auto tour with the family through the fair land of France. Fate brings me, upon my first day in town, to Prince's Restaurant, when out of the chaos of faces before me rises one whose owner, a son of Erin whom I had last seen under the cherry blossoms of Japan, advances upon me. Then the conventional promptly drops off and away, and it is but a short while before a motor tour is arranged in the Emerald Isle, a month to be passed amidst its beauties and miseries, its mirth and its sadness, for all go in one grand company in the land of St. Patrick.