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28 Carm'gtolzilleM27dleton, (30.
ruins of a Franciscan abbey and a number of subterranean
chambers, discovered in 1835. The keep of Cloyzlzlalz Castle,
the ancient seat of the Barrymore family, is in the parish.
The castle was built early in the thirteenth century by Philip
de Barry, who received the contiguous lands from his uncle
F itz-Stephen. It was a formidable place in I 580, when
Captain, afterwards Sir VValter, Raleigh received instruc-
tions to seize it; but this Lord Barry prevented by setting
the castle on fire.
Midleton,
the next station, is nearly thirteen miles from Cork and
about the same distance from Youghal. The town,which con-
sists mainly of one long street, is a cheerful little place with
a population of 2,930. It is a military centre, but derives its
chief importance from its extensive distillery and flour mills;
and it stands on the Anclzorgz, a stream well stocked with
salmon and trout, and navigable up to Bzzllzmzcurra, a mile
below the town. There is some very pretty scenery in the
neighbourhood. Midleton was formerly an important cor-
porate town, its charter, granted by Charles II. in 1670,
giving it the privilege of dual representation in the Irish
Parliament. An interesting feature in its modern history is
the fact that Curran, the celebrated orator and statesman,
received his education at the College, endowed by Lady
Elizabeth Villiers (subsequently Countess of Orkney) in 1709;
and close to the distillery is the spot where Sir Walter Raleigh,
in the reign of Elizabeth, held the ford single-handed against
Fitzgerald and his army till his own troops came up. Pass-
I ing the station at jlfogeely, at which we “ caught our train”
on our return home from Queenstown, we reach that at-
I('z'lleaglz (“grey church”), which affords access to Aglmzloe,
a seat of the Brookes, not more remarkable for its beautiful
surroundings than from the fact that it has remained in the
same family since 1272. In that year, Philip de Capell, the
ancestor of the present baronet, received a grant of “the
maiden estate,” as the peasantry call it, in recognition of the
fact that it has never been forfeited during all the chances
and changes of six centuries of unsettled Irish life.
Youghal
’ [HOTELS: Dcwzzslzirc Arms, Green Park, Imgherial, Strand, &c.],
pronounced Yaw! (“yew wood”), is a parliamentary borough
with a population (1881) of 5,396, situated near the mouth
of the,Blackwater, which here attains an average bwadth
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