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CLARE. 435
The coast ' - - . .
and fashionablefrlognllgfglripjge pgiurtliletmzliirillland opposite the island-a.1>rctt3x
vie for sublime gmm1e<:IrPwm,l th“ fo vi tee,'nlncli faces the AilZlI1t‘lC, may
towns are distant about eight mil obati)’ gillt of the kingdom. '.11ic two
other by sea, ,1 voyaue of awe 81] est yf pn. , out to reach the one from the
the long and namiv mm t .101‘ 0 Eli)’ miles would be necessary; for
between them and f p on oiy--the arony of Moyarta-stretches out
ornis the northern boundary of the mouth of the Shannon.
Sonl‘ .1 7- . .
. <- mi cs north of Ixilltee are the famous cliffs of Molicr-the highest of which
i . - .
the space to which we are 1? “.:‘1(i er u scenery in this vicinity would exceed
Small but fun and Valutlbl ;.ni11e ,1We must. tlle11‘3‘f01;0 refer the reader to a
written b M, K i e itte -vo ume, entitled 'lwo Months at Klll(C3)'y
for We huge t0lsS1.l pott, and.pfuhlisli.cd by Messrs. Curry and C0,, of . Dublin;
ceming a Simulml-’Ps:b.S0ipe lI1((;1;‘I1iltlO1IlI.-not to be procured so easilyfcon-
our friend M: Vvindcilcc , an or tv ich we are indebted to the inquiries of
- e, to whose kind and zealous assistance we have had
such fre u ' .
(1 CM occasion to refer; and to whom, for his notes concerning this
cou$il': We are especially indebted.
mm 16 tnonth of the Shannon is grand almost beyond conception. Its inhabi-
P0“.1tt0 11 part of the river, within the headlands, over which the tides rush
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crowcg’ "‘i:1:)'ilE;ii:i]sl;Ied":vnts itrihtcrpcld at Scattery. liis festival is observed on the 8th of that month, when
that non R (‘ghristmafxlgniti " e is and. The pl:ipe is, of course, full of curious legends. One of them rclatvii
‘boat for Knmsh to he“. 1,,‘ resident on the island, long after its fame had departed, iiitciidiirg; to take
mm‘ in pontMcvamus<c ‘"11-)lSS,.ln passing by‘ the mined cathedral, beheld no less in personage than its patron
Knmsh’ ‘he man rem,‘ cdc ftliillllg lllf?'ll mass‘; pleased at the prospect of escaping a disagreeable passage to
R posse of nemlboms to is fannly and informed them of what he had seen 3-accompanied. by them and
the lights 3“; me 5 , I0); pgoceedcil to the church; but on their arrival they found the place in darkness-
“er, ‘hey were mo glfires ia vanished, and their choral swclllhad ceased. At the Christmas following, how-
Undaumed at the re ortunateg‘ they watclied for the exact time of the .BEH'l(‘t.', and were not disappointed.
service’ they fiumlgpeartlily vision, and ravislied by the pomp,’ the soleinnity, and the harmony of the imposing
took place on H: ;'IYlSfl"es on their knees and partook. of its religious advantages. Tliesame appearance
ishnders’ “hose ry nistm-as for several years.after;'in ‘short, during the life of the wife of one of the
considerme me pious attention to the holy ‘well, in keeping it clean and free from weeds, earned fonhcr this
ceased ‘D be-CI n ion on'the part of the Saint. On her death, the well was neglected, and the high mass
It is fur“! lrallnlicd within the walls of the CIIil]EdI'fll ererinore.
of the mini“ 8 re aterl amongst the traditions of the Saint’s mir
proceed to miygn one of his friars, who did not stand over well in his good graces, ‘
mam he fun d ounty of Clare to say mass. . The t'riar's temper not being overmuch im I
ma‘ Lin ‘fl "0 great want. of inclination to quarrel with his fiock, praying that every succeeding day foreyer
‘Va; nnufa; rcsh corpse to their church door. When Sinon heard of this horrid mzilediction, his indignation
'0 tnmfer ! 1]; excessive, and, in order to avert the calamity which the other had invoked, he liesought il.cZH'8.n
‘he Sdirnt‘ f e curse from mankind to the stat-ling, which hapless bird somehow or other did not stand high in
,0! E‘ 3 37.0%. His prayer had the desired ctfcct-the people were cared from a daily moitahty; and,
‘en t” “"5 Present writing may be seen, at that church door, the inanimate lady of a sterling, on every
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weeding morning-the some to be continued to the general doom.
acles, that having thrown the lnhonring our
the poor man had daily to
proved by this treat-