MINERALS.
Trap; greenstone; hornblende; felspar; porphyry; and pyrites:—round Arklow.
Copper, with some recent discoveries of gold; pyrites:—at Cronbane.
Lead ore; large blocks of pure quartz; blocks of mica slate; foliated galena, and gneiss:—at Glenmolaur.
Gneiss; granite:—on Lugneguilla Mountain.
Lead ore; galena; carbonate of lead crystallized; sulphate of barytes:—at Shankhill.
Hornstone, and quartz:—in the Sugar-loaf mountains.
BOTANY.
Asplenium Trichomanes, English black Maiden-hair:—on rocks.
Hieracium paludosum, Succory-leaved Hawkweed:—on the Mountain of the Three Rocks.
Juniperus communis, Juniper:—on mountains.
Pulmonaria maritima, Sea Bugloss:—on the Meneagh of Wicklow.
Saxifraga umbrosa, London Pride, or None-so-pretty:—on mountains.
Silene amœna, Sea Campion:—among stones near the sea.
[The following Iters from Dublin, extracted from
Cumming's Traveller's Guide through Ireland,
may be found useful.]
| miles. | miles. | ||
| From Dublin to Howth. | Chapel Midway | 7 | |
| To Marino | 2 | Kilsaloghan | 8¼ |
| Clontarf | 2¼ | Clonmethan | 10 |
| Raheney | 4 | Garrelstown | 14 |
| Beldoyle | 6 | ||
| Howth | 7½ | From Dublin to Cloonee. | |
| To Castleknock | 3½ | ||
| From Dublin to Malahide. | Mullahedart | 6¼ | |
| To Coolock | 3 | Cloonee | 7 |
| St. Douloughs | 4½ | ||
| Malahide | 6½ | From Dublin to Lucan. | |
| To Chapelizod | 2¾ | ||
| From Dublin to Balbriggan. | Palmerstown | 4 | |
| To Drumcondra | 2 | Lucan | 6½ |
| Santry | 3 | ||
| Swords | 7 | From Dublin to Tallagh. | |
| Turvey | 9 | To Crumlin | 3 |
| Man of War | 12 | Tallagh | 5 |
| Balruddery | 14 | ||
| Balbriggan | 15½ | From Dublin to Waterford. | |
| To Rathcool | 8 | ||
| From Dublin to Naul. | Johnstown | 5½ 13½ | |
| To Glassnevin | 2 | Naas | 2½ 16 |
| Forest | 5¾ | Kilcullen Bridge | 5 21 |
| Brackenstown | 6¼ | Timolin | 8 29 |
| Bally-boghill | 10½ | Castle Dermot | 5 34 |
| Naul | 14 | Carlow | 5 39 |
| Leighlin Bridge | 6 45 | ||
| From Dublin to Garrelstown. | Royal Oak | 2 47 | |
| To Finglass | 3 | Gowran | 5½ 52½ |
| Pass if you Can | 5¼ | Thomastown | 7 59¼ |
| St. Margarets | 5¾ | Waterford | 15 74¼ |
| From Dublin to Limerick. | Fermoy | 2 107 | |
| To Rathcool | 8 | Rathcormick | 5 112 |
| Johnstown | 5½ 13½ | Cork | 12 124 |
| Naas | 2½ 16 | ||
| Kildare | 9 25 | From Dublin to Galway. | |
| Monasterevin | 5 30 | To Lucan | 7 |
| Maryborough | 10 40 | Maynooth | 5 12 |
| Montrath | 7 47 | Kilcock | 2 14 |
| Burros Ossory | 7 54 | Clonard Bridge | 12 26 |
| Roscrea | 5 59 | Terrilpass | 14 40 |
| Toomovara | 10 69 | Killbeggan | 5 45 |
| Newport | 17 86 | Athlone | 15 60 |
| Limerick | 8 94 | Ballinasloe | 12 72 |
| Aghrim | 4 76 | ||
| From Dublin to Cork. | Loughrea | 11 87 | |
| To Rathcool | 8 | Oranmore | 14 101 |
| Johnstown | 5½ 13½ | Galway | 4 105 |
| Naas | 2½ 16 | ||
| Kilcullen Bridge | 5 21 | From Dublin to Donaghadee. | |
| Timolin | 8 29 | To Swords | 7 |
| Castle Dermot | 5 34 | Balruddery | 7 14 |
| Carlow | 5 39 | Drogheda | 10 24 |
| Leighlin Bridge | 6 45 | Dunlear | 7 31 |
| Royal Oak | 2 47 | Dundalk | 10 41 |
| Kilkenny | 10 57 | Newry | 9 50 |
| Callen | 9 66 | Loughbrickland | 8 58 |
| Ballypatrick | 10 76 | Dromore | 8 66 |
| Clonmel | 6 82 | Hilsborough | 4 70 |
| Ardsennan | 7 89 | Lisburne | 3 73 |
| Clogheen | 4 93 | Belfast | 7 80 |
| Ballyporeen | 4 97 | Bangor | 10 90 |
| Kilworth | 8 105 | Donaghadee | 4 94 |