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50 Uptoln-Rockfort--I 1mz'slzamzon, ($0.
the “beautiful citie” and its environs, with the 1‘flO11l‘lt8:llXI11)S of
Dunmanway Kerry, and Kilworth in the distance. out
a mile farther on, we pass the ruin of Ballyzzzamdmze Away,
founded about the year 1450 for Augustine nuns. The
remains of a Danish fort adjoin it; and having reached the
highest point of the ‘line, we descend, through a tunnel half
a mile long, to Ballzizlmsszg. :7’mzcz‘zoIz, the next station, is,
as its name infers, the point of departure of the branci to
1('z'7zmlc (see Index), aline eleven miles long on which there
are two wayside stations-those at .Ba[[)l7lld7‘f(r? 8.l1(l.1'(l7‘-
7'iIz,gralway-and which passes through a beautiful and un-
dulating country, possessing no specially distinctive features. ‘
Leaving Junction, the line winds along the deep valley of
the Aunabuoy to the Upton station, near which we see a
remarkable and extensive hill fort or “ cashel,” on the top of
an emlinenfip a huilidreg feet high. S2‘. Pfzz‘;d'z"clc’,; [(:'Ljf?lI'l:i'(lf071:)’,
near tie vi age 5 iou not pass unnotice .‘ tis un er t ie
charge of the B,rothers of the Order of Charity, and consists
of a plain substantial building and a considerable farm.
iSoon after leaving the Upton station, we enter the deep
cutting at 1t’oc1y'ort, where it may be mentioned that a vein
of silvter ore was discovered during the progress of the works,
and emerging from it approach the ‘beautiful scenery of the
Brinny and Bandon valleys, close to the picturesque ruins of
Dowlzdazzzkl Castle, at the confluence of the two streams
which give the names to the valleys. This castle, also called
Dmzdazzce;-e, was built in 1812 by the East India Company,
who attempted to effect a settlement from which to export
iron‘; but )VGi‘C‘.11I1SllCCC$S.i"ul, owing to the hostility of the in-
habitants dftlic; nplgl1l)OL!l'hbgCl,' Emd-tlieir hatred of strangers.’
%?i1$Slng‘-‘tllfollgll a tunnel ‘antilccrossing the Bandon by a
i.a‘rrd‘so.me' iron bridge we reach flie‘stirtioii for-
-' -Jzgzzzlvlzazzzzozz, a village with a population of 3221, built on
..‘-tl1.(ZT1101‘tl1 bank of “the pleasant Z?(?Il(701l,,(.'l.'OlV'llC(l by many
- . a wood,” and .e<;lel3.rate,d, for its saliiion, and. trout fishing.
.The villagelis about a iiiijcz-Igigid a half froiar 'tl3f: station. It
was formerly fin'iinpb1:t'a.nEjijalleditown, coiiiniandiiig a ferry
over the river. It stands at the head of one;6,f the inlets of
Kiiisale harbour, has a good six-arched bridge; and con-
tains Protestant and Roman Catholic churches and other
‘buildings. V‘Ve find the ruins of several old castles in the
neighbourhood. Of one of these, S112)?-pool Castle, erected
by the lloches, we append an engraving.
Leaving Innisliannon, the line runs through the cliarniing
scenery of the Bandon valley, to-- s C