The Scientific Tourist through Ireland in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesque

BURROS, 12 m. S.W. of Maryboro; a neat village, forming a good station for the western district, having an excellent inn. Ruins of Ballaghmore Castle, 3 m. W.; from whence may b...

BALLYSHANNON, about 10 m. W. of Donnegal,--presents some pleasing scenery of beautiful landscapes, swelling hills cultivated, and with the bay flowing up between them. These hil...

That both in Ireland and in Scandinavia, their erection is vulgarly ascribed to giants; an unerring mark, says Ledwich, of their Gothic origin. Sir R. C. Hoare says that the con...

CARLINGFORD, 7 m. E. of Dundalk, of great antiquity, seated on a bay 3 m. in length, capable of receiving the largest vessels; but yet so full of rocks as to be extremely danger...

DUNMORE CAVE, 5 m. N.W. of Kilkenny, is one of the most remarkable in the island. Proceed to the Ch. of Mothe, a little to the southward of which, in a field on the slope of a g...

This county, sometimes only called Meath by preeminence, is an inland district, except in one spot where it borders for a few miles on the Irish Channel, between the shires of L...

Is a very extensive inland county; but connected with the sea by means of the Shannon, which runs for a few miles along its N.W. boundary. It presents all the varieties of rude,...

CARLOW, 39 m. from Dublin,--is a neat and flourishing town, well situated for inland commerce on the river Barrow. Wakefield describes it as abounding with "houses of entertainm...

LOUGH REA, 16 m. E. of Galway, is a well built village, and will receive the tourist in exploring the eastern district as a central station. See the fine lake; pleasing prospect...

FENAUGHT, 8 m. N.E. of Carrick, is a wild open district, presenting little worth notice except the venerable ruins of what was once a celebrated Divinity School of the Culdees....

Is the largest county in the kingdom, and is said to possess more good and more bad land than any other. The vales fertile; well watered with numerous rivulets: maritime also, a...

LISMORE, 30 m. from Waterford, and now a scene of desolation, formerly an university, bishop's see, and a city! Here is a handsome stone bridge of twelve arches, erected across...

This county offers to the tourist a complete epitome of the whole Island. In the northern district are many bogs, yet in various points the most beautiful scenery opens to the v...

FAIRHEAD or BENMORE, 4 m. N.E. of Ballycastle.--Is a most interesting object, towering magnificently with its massive columns of basaltes, forming a line of coast the most fanta...

This interesting country becoming every day more and more the subject of inquiry and personal investigation, an HIBERNIAN TOURIST'S GUIDE consequently forms a necessary adjunct...

TRALEE, 144 m. S.W. of Dublin, is a corporate and assize town, with a neat square in the centre surrounded by the Court-house and Gaol.--See the old Castle of the Desmonds, the...

GLENDALOCH is a spot which cannot fail to excite high interest in the minds of all persons of taste or enthusiasm; for from the very earliest ages, Ledwich observes, it has been...

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WEXFORD, 67 m. S. of Dublin, a very ancient town. Vestiges of walls. See elegant modern Ch.; Court-house; wooden Bridge 2100 feet long, where 97 protestants were butchered in th...

Before entering on this part of the investigation, the scientific tourist will do well to read Mr. Aiton's pamphlet on Moss Earth, where he will meet with many interesting hints...

Numerous errors have been corrected and inconsistencies in spelling have been resolved where possible. The author's original spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been left...