Author: Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Publisher: BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Leinster : Beautiful Ireland Series Leinster is the richest of Irish provinces, the heart of Ireland, and for beauty it can challenge any of its sisters, save in one respect only: it lacks the beauty of wildness. What it has to show of most beautiful lies within twenty miles of the capital. There is no city north of the Alps which has so lovely surroundings as Dublin—or so varied in their loveliness. Sea and mountain, plain and river, all come into that range of exquisite choice. But everywhere in it the beautiful frame of nature has been modified and beautified by man. Since it is not possible, in the small space available, to describe exhaustively the features of this great province, which stretches from the sea to the Shannon and from the Mourne Mountains to Waterford Haven,[Pg 6] a selection must be made and indicated at once. First, then, the county of Dublin itself, infringing a little on Kildare. Secondly, the Wicklow Mountains and their glens. Thirdly, that rich valley of the Boyne, which was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Meath. But, before details are dealt with, some general idea of the topography must be given. Suppose you are on deck when the mail boat from Holyhead has been two hours out, or a little more (I write here for strangers), you will see Dublin Bay open before you. To your right, making the northernmost horn of the curve, is the rocky, almost mountainous, peninsula of Howth, and ten miles north of it you see its shape repeated in the Island of Lambay. Except for that, to the north and to the west, coast and land are all one wide level, far as your eye can reach—unless by some chance the air be so rarefied that you discern, fifty miles northward, the purple range of Carlingford Hills (still in Leinster), and beyond them, delicate and aerial blue, the long profile of the Mourne Mountains, where Ulster begins. But to the south of the city (where it lies in the bight of the bay, spilling itself northward along the shore to Clontarf of famous memory, and southward to Kingstown and beyond) mountains rise, a dense huddle of rounded, shouldering heights, stretching away far as you can see. Near Dublin they almost touch the[Pg 7] shore: one rocky spur comes down to Dalkey Island, which was the deep-water landing place before Kingstown harbour was built: it rises into the peaked fantastic summit of Killiney Hill. Beyond it the coast curves in a little, giving a bay and valley in which lies Bray, our Irish equivalent for Brighton. The Bray river marks the limits of County Dublin; and beyond Bray again is the high, serrated ridge of Bray Head, fronting the water in a cliff. Landward from it rises, peak by peak, that exquisite chain of heights which from Little Sugarloaf to Great Sugarloaf runs back to connect here once more the main body of mountains with the sea.
Leinster : Beautiful Ireland Series
Author: Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Publisher: BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Leinster : Beautiful Ireland Series Leinster is the richest of Irish provinces, the heart of Ireland, and for beauty it can challenge any of its sisters, save in one respect only: it lacks the beauty of wildness. What it has to show of most beautiful lies within twenty miles of the capital. There is no city north of the Alps which has so lovely surroundings as Dublin—or so varied in their loveliness. Sea and mountain, plain and river, all come into that range of exquisite choice. But everywhere in it the beautiful frame of nature has been modified and beautified by man. Since it is not possible, in the small space available, to describe exhaustively the features of this great province, which stretches from the sea to the Shannon and from the Mourne Mountains to Waterford Haven,[Pg 6] a selection must be made and indicated at once. First, then, the county of Dublin itself, infringing a little on Kildare. Secondly, the Wicklow Mountains and their glens. Thirdly, that rich valley of the Boyne, which was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Meath. But, before details are dealt with, some general idea of the topography must be given. Suppose you are on deck when the mail boat from Holyhead has been two hours out, or a little more (I write here for strangers), you will see Dublin Bay open before you. To your right, making the northernmost horn of the curve, is the rocky, almost mountainous, peninsula of Howth, and ten miles north of it you see its shape repeated in the Island of Lambay. Except for that, to the north and to the west, coast and land are all one wide level, far as your eye can reach—unless by some chance the air be so rarefied that you discern, fifty miles northward, the purple range of Carlingford Hills (still in Leinster), and beyond them, delicate and aerial blue, the long profile of the Mourne Mountains, where Ulster begins. But to the south of the city (where it lies in the bight of the bay, spilling itself northward along the shore to Clontarf of famous memory, and southward to Kingstown and beyond) mountains rise, a dense huddle of rounded, shouldering heights, stretching away far as you can see. Near Dublin they almost touch the[Pg 7] shore: one rocky spur comes down to Dalkey Island, which was the deep-water landing place before Kingstown harbour was built: it rises into the peaked fantastic summit of Killiney Hill. Beyond it the coast curves in a little, giving a bay and valley in which lies Bray, our Irish equivalent for Brighton. The Bray river marks the limits of County Dublin; and beyond Bray again is the high, serrated ridge of Bray Head, fronting the water in a cliff. Landward from it rises, peak by peak, that exquisite chain of heights which from Little Sugarloaf to Great Sugarloaf runs back to connect here once more the main body of mountains with the sea.
Publisher: BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Leinster : Beautiful Ireland Series Leinster is the richest of Irish provinces, the heart of Ireland, and for beauty it can challenge any of its sisters, save in one respect only: it lacks the beauty of wildness. What it has to show of most beautiful lies within twenty miles of the capital. There is no city north of the Alps which has so lovely surroundings as Dublin—or so varied in their loveliness. Sea and mountain, plain and river, all come into that range of exquisite choice. But everywhere in it the beautiful frame of nature has been modified and beautified by man. Since it is not possible, in the small space available, to describe exhaustively the features of this great province, which stretches from the sea to the Shannon and from the Mourne Mountains to Waterford Haven,[Pg 6] a selection must be made and indicated at once. First, then, the county of Dublin itself, infringing a little on Kildare. Secondly, the Wicklow Mountains and their glens. Thirdly, that rich valley of the Boyne, which was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Meath. But, before details are dealt with, some general idea of the topography must be given. Suppose you are on deck when the mail boat from Holyhead has been two hours out, or a little more (I write here for strangers), you will see Dublin Bay open before you. To your right, making the northernmost horn of the curve, is the rocky, almost mountainous, peninsula of Howth, and ten miles north of it you see its shape repeated in the Island of Lambay. Except for that, to the north and to the west, coast and land are all one wide level, far as your eye can reach—unless by some chance the air be so rarefied that you discern, fifty miles northward, the purple range of Carlingford Hills (still in Leinster), and beyond them, delicate and aerial blue, the long profile of the Mourne Mountains, where Ulster begins. But to the south of the city (where it lies in the bight of the bay, spilling itself northward along the shore to Clontarf of famous memory, and southward to Kingstown and beyond) mountains rise, a dense huddle of rounded, shouldering heights, stretching away far as you can see. Near Dublin they almost touch the[Pg 7] shore: one rocky spur comes down to Dalkey Island, which was the deep-water landing place before Kingstown harbour was built: it rises into the peaked fantastic summit of Killiney Hill. Beyond it the coast curves in a little, giving a bay and valley in which lies Bray, our Irish equivalent for Brighton. The Bray river marks the limits of County Dublin; and beyond Bray again is the high, serrated ridge of Bray Head, fronting the water in a cliff. Landward from it rises, peak by peak, that exquisite chain of heights which from Little Sugarloaf to Great Sugarloaf runs back to connect here once more the main body of mountains with the sea.
Leinster Beautiful Ireland Series
Author: Stephen Gwynn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533101099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533101099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Leinster Beautiful Ireland Series
Author: Gwynn Stephen Lucius
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318064489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318064489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Beautiful Ireland: Leinster
Author: Stephen Gwynn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781490983646
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Journey to the beautiful Irish province of Leinster. This informational tour covers some of the rich history of Ireland's eastern shore. With twelve gorgeous full color illustrations, this charming little book is a delight to read. First published in 1911, this little book briefly discusses Dublin's Danish origins, the Norman conquest, Saint Patrick, and unfortunate aspects of Irish history such as the Irish Slave trade (white slavery) wherein Irish men and women were shipped to the Caribbean to work as slaves on plantations. Granny's Attic Press has rescued this treasure from the dust bin and brought it back to life in print so it can be enjoyed by readers today.Illustrations included: Bay of Dublin from Howth Cliffs - Killiney Bay and Bray HeadNear Abbeyleix, Queen's County - The Port of Dublin - A Hawthorn Glade, Phoenix Park - The River Liffey at Palmerston - Portmarnock Golf Links- The Meeting of the Waters, Woodenbridge - St. Kevin's Bed and the Church of the Rock, Upper Lake, Glendalough - On the River Boyne at Trim- The Bridge of Slane, River Boyne- On the River Slaney at Ballintemple
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781490983646
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Journey to the beautiful Irish province of Leinster. This informational tour covers some of the rich history of Ireland's eastern shore. With twelve gorgeous full color illustrations, this charming little book is a delight to read. First published in 1911, this little book briefly discusses Dublin's Danish origins, the Norman conquest, Saint Patrick, and unfortunate aspects of Irish history such as the Irish Slave trade (white slavery) wherein Irish men and women were shipped to the Caribbean to work as slaves on plantations. Granny's Attic Press has rescued this treasure from the dust bin and brought it back to life in print so it can be enjoyed by readers today.Illustrations included: Bay of Dublin from Howth Cliffs - Killiney Bay and Bray HeadNear Abbeyleix, Queen's County - The Port of Dublin - A Hawthorn Glade, Phoenix Park - The River Liffey at Palmerston - Portmarnock Golf Links- The Meeting of the Waters, Woodenbridge - St. Kevin's Bed and the Church of the Rock, Upper Lake, Glendalough - On the River Boyne at Trim- The Bridge of Slane, River Boyne- On the River Slaney at Ballintemple
Leinster
Author: Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Leinster
Author: Stephen Lucius Gwynn
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497508309
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Leinster is the richest of Irish provinces, the heart of Ireland, and for beauty it can challenge any of its sisters, save in one respect only: it lacks the beauty of wildness. What it has to show of most beautiful lies within twenty miles of the capital. There is no city north of the Alps which has so lovely surroundings as Dublin—or so varied in their loveliness. Sea and mountain, plain and river, all come into that range of exquisite choice. But everywhere in it the beautiful frame of nature has been modified and beautified by man.Since it is not possible, in the small space available, to describe exhaustively the features of this great province, which stretches from the sea to the Shannon and from the Mourne Mountains to Waterford Haven, a selection must be made and indicated at once. First, then, the county of Dublin itself, infringing a little on Kildare. Secondly, the Wicklow Mountains and their glens. Thirdly, that rich valley of the Boyne, which was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Meath. But, before details are dealt with, some general idea of the topography must be given.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781497508309
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Leinster is the richest of Irish provinces, the heart of Ireland, and for beauty it can challenge any of its sisters, save in one respect only: it lacks the beauty of wildness. What it has to show of most beautiful lies within twenty miles of the capital. There is no city north of the Alps which has so lovely surroundings as Dublin—or so varied in their loveliness. Sea and mountain, plain and river, all come into that range of exquisite choice. But everywhere in it the beautiful frame of nature has been modified and beautified by man.Since it is not possible, in the small space available, to describe exhaustively the features of this great province, which stretches from the sea to the Shannon and from the Mourne Mountains to Waterford Haven, a selection must be made and indicated at once. First, then, the county of Dublin itself, infringing a little on Kildare. Secondly, the Wicklow Mountains and their glens. Thirdly, that rich valley of the Boyne, which was the heart of the ancient kingdom of Meath. But, before details are dealt with, some general idea of the topography must be given.
Excursions Through Ireland: Province of Leinster
Author: Thomas Cromwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster, 1872-1948
Author: Terence A. M. Dooley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846825330
Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a 70-year period, the dukes of Leinster fell from being Ireland's premier aristocratic family, close friends of the British monarchy, secure within the world's most powerful empire, to relative obscurity in an independent Irish Free State that did not recognize titles. The narrative of decline and fall unfolds against such historical watersheds as the Land War of the 1880s and the simultaneous rise of the home rule movement; the breakup of Irish landed estates after 1903; the Great War of 1914-18; the revolutionary turmoil of 1916-23; and the 1920s global economic depression.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781846825330
Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a 70-year period, the dukes of Leinster fell from being Ireland's premier aristocratic family, close friends of the British monarchy, secure within the world's most powerful empire, to relative obscurity in an independent Irish Free State that did not recognize titles. The narrative of decline and fall unfolds against such historical watersheds as the Land War of the 1880s and the simultaneous rise of the home rule movement; the breakup of Irish landed estates after 1903; the Great War of 1914-18; the revolutionary turmoil of 1916-23; and the 1920s global economic depression.
History of Leinster: Embracing the Beauties of Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny, &c. &c
Author: James Norris Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Leinster; East and West
Author: George Fletcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leinster (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description