COUNTY OF CARLOW. I. Carlow Castle. 2. 3. Clonmore Cafle in two Plates. COUNTY OF CLARF. 4. Oratory near Killaloe. COUNTY OF DOWN. 5. Dundrum Caftle. 6. Dundrum Old Manfion. 7. Gray Abbey. gan COUNTY OF DUBLIN. 8. Baggoftroth Caftic. 9. BaldunCaftle. 10. Church. 11. Brown's Caftle. 12. Bullock's Caftle. 13. Cafle Knoch. 14. Chrift Church. 15. Clondalkin Church Tower. 16. Dalkey Caftles. 17. Drumcondra Church. 18. Howth or Hoath Church. 19. Lufk or Lush Church. 20. Patric's (Saint) Cathedral. Plan. 22. Simon's Court Tower. 23. Sword's Church. 25. Simon Castle. 26. Tallagh 21. Caftle. 24. COUNTY OF KERRY. 38. Liflaghtin Abbey. COUNTY OF KILDARE. 39. Kildare Abbey. 40. Kilkea or Killea Caftle. COUNTY OF KILKENNY. bey. Plate I. 42. thedral Church. 44. 46. Gowran Abbey. 47. 41. Black or Dominican Ab Plate II. 43. Canice (Saint) Ca- Abbey, Plate I. 49. Plate II. 50. Jerpoint Abbey. 51. John's (Saint) Abbey. 52. Kilkenny, Battion in. 53. Thomaftown Abbey. 54. Plan. COUNTY OF LEITRIM. 55. Dromahaire Abbey. 56. Plan. 57. Jamestown Church or Friary. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. 58. Adare or..daire Caftle. COUNTY OF LONGFORD. 59. Lanesborough Abbey. COUNTY OF LOUTH. 60. Dundalk Church Tower. COUNTY OF MAYO. 61. Ballintubber Abbey. 62. Ballyhaunes Abbey. 63. Buryohool Abbey. 64. Borifk Abbey. 65. Rofferick or Roffork Monaftery. 66. Plan. 67. Turlough round Tower and Church. 68. 69. Urlare or Orlare Abbey. Two Plates. QUEEN'S COUNTY. 70. Granftown Caftle. Cafile. 72. Moret Caftle. 71. Lea COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON. 73. 74. 75. Boyle Abbey. Three Plates. 76. Plan. 77. Coote Caftle. 78 Ennifmacreeny or Ennifmacreey Church. 79. Mac Dermot's Caftle. 80. 81. Rofcommon Cafle. Two Plates. Plan. 83. Tulik Abbey. 82. COUNTY 89. fad Caftle. 91. COUNTY OF SLIGO. 84. Balvy Caftle. 85. 86. Ballindown Abbey. Two Plates. 87 88. Ballymote Caille. Two Plates. Plan on the fame Plate Ballynafad. 90. BallynaFlan. 92. Ballafadare Abbey. 93. Church. 94. Bennda Friary. 95. Bennada Friary, infide View of. 95. Court Abbey. Plate I. infide View, Plate H. 93. Church in Church land. 99. Caftle. 100. 101. Newton Caflle. Two Plates. ra's Caftle. 103. Roflee Callie. 104. Meem eck 102. O'GaPlan on the fame Plate as Sligo Abbey. 105. 106. 107 Sligo Abbey. Three Plates. Plan on the fame Plate as Rosice Caftle. 108. COUNTY OF TIPPERARY. 109. Ardhinnan Caftle. IIO. Cafhel Cathedral. 11. Plan of Cormarch's Chapel at ditto. 112. 113. Holy Cross Abbey. 114. Plan. 115. Kilcooley Abbey. 1.6. Knight Templars, Caftle of, in Thurle's. 117. Plan. 118. Rofcrea Caftle. 119. Thurle's Caftle. COUNTY OF WATERFORD. 120. Reginald's Tower. COUNTY OF WESTMEATH. 121. Multifernam Abbey. COUNTY OF WEXFORD. 122. Clonmines Abbey. 123. Duncannon Fort. 124. Dunbready Abbey. Plate I. 125. Infide View. Plate II. 126. Plan. 127. Enniscorthy 129. or Inniscorthy Caftle. 128. Fethard Caftle. Plan. 130. Hock Tower. 131. Plan. 132. Mary's (Saint) Church, Wexford. 133. Slade Caftle. 134. Fintern Abbey. 135. Plan. The drawings are by the late captain Grofe, by lieutenant Daniel Grofe, by Brien, Cocking, Bigari, Barralet, and other eminent artiits, the latter chiefly from the collection of Mr. Cunningham. With many of the views we are perfonally acquainted, and as far as our remembrance ferves us, they appear to be accurate and excellent in every respect. The engravings are in a fuperior ftyle. Seven pages of the deferiptions only are written by captain Grofe; but the others are ably executed by Mr. Ledwich. Though fhort, they are fatisfactory; and though accurate, they are entertaining. They are enlivened occafionally by anecdotes, and sketches of hiftory.-We fhall transcribe a few fpecimens. In the defcription of Chrift Church Dublin, we find the following curious catalogue of relicks: Before the Reformation, this church attrated the devotion of the fuperftitious, by having the following reliques: a crucifix, which fpoke twice; St. Patrick's high altar of marble, on which a leper was miraculously carried from Great Britain to Ireland; a thorn of of our Saviour's crown; part of the Virgin Mary's girdle; fome bones of St. Peter and St. Andrew; the reliques of St. Clement, St. Ofwald, St. Faith, abbot Brendan, St. Thomas Becket, St. Wolftan, St. Laurence O'Tool, and the fhrine of St. Cubeus, brought from Wales in 1405, and the staff of Jefus, with which he expelled all venomous animals from the ifle. Thefe precious reliques. were much damaged by the fall of the great eastern window, occafioned by a fudden tempeft, which happened the 19th of July, 1461; but feverer calamity attended them, for they were brought into High Street, and there publickly burned, A. D. 1538; this was more efficacious, in withdrawing the veneration of the vulgar from fuch grofs and deplorable idolatry, than a thousand fermons.' CASTLE KNOCK. This is a refpectable old ruin; refpectable as to age; for Strongbow, according to Regaw, beflowed it upon his intrinfic friend Hugh Tirrel. In 1288, a Hugh Tirrel was lord of Castle Knock, and fo was another Hugh Tirrel in 1486. It was the head of a large feignory, and the family branched out extensively, and were of importance in every period of our history. The 24th of February, 1316, Bruce marched to Dublin, and took Castle Knock and its lord Hugh Tirrel, and also his wife; but they were afterwards ranfomed. In June 1642, colonel Monk took Caftle Knock, killed eighty rebels, and hanged many more; and in 1649, the earl of Ormond appeared before it. The fituation of the castle is bold, and commands a beautiful and ample profpect: it fell to decay after the Restoration and the establishment of peace. Tradition fays, there was a window in Castle Knock, neither glazed nor latticed, yet a candle being fet there in the highest wind or ftorm, burns as quiet as in a perfect calm; and that there is a fpring of water, wholesome to human bodies, but poisonous to beafts. In ages of ignorance and fuperftition, inftances of piseog, or witchcraft, were every where to be found. • Richard Tirrel, in the 13th century, founded an abbey here, and dedicated it to St. Brigit. This view was drawn by T. Cocking, anno 1790.' This is usually written Tully, but Tallagh, Hibernized from St. Olave, is the right spelling. This church was founded by the Oftmen, and dedicated to their king and patron, St. Olave. He was king of Norway, and being inftructed in evangelical truths in England, he went from thence to Rouen, where he was baptized. On his return home, he carried with him fome ecclefiaftics to convert his fubjects; but they refusing to liften to his preachers, and offended at the fevere means he ufed in converting them, expelled him his kingdom, and at the inftigation of Canute, he was murdered the 29th of July, on which day the anniversary of his martyrdom is celebrated. He had a church in Dublin, the fcite of which is not known; and this of Tallagh, near Loughlinstown, seven miles from Dublin. Every circumstance relative to this edifice, be peaks its antiquity its fmallness, its femicircular arches and various croffes in its church-yard. One crofs, mounted on a pedeftal, has four perforations in its head, through which child-bed linen was drawn to fecure eafy delivery, and health to the infant. Thefe holes were also used on matrimonial contracts among the northerns fettled here: the parties joined hands through them, and no engagement was thought more folemn or binding. Such promifes in Scotland were called the promises of Odin. This fuperftitious appropriation of ftories, fully evinces its origin to be from the north, and derived from thence to us.' DRUMCONDRA CHURCH. This chapel was erected by the family of Coghill. The late carl of Charleville had the prefentation to it, and it continues in his reprefentatives. It is fituated about a mile and a half north of Dublin. Over the church-door is a fun-dial, with thefe very appofite words; Dum fpectas, fugio.-The cemetery is large, and on one of the ftones are thefe lines: Nor tender youth, nor hoary age, Can fhun the tyrant Death's dire rage; We live to die, and die to live.' But Coghill's monument is moft remarkable: he is represented fitting in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer; below, at his right hand, is Minerva, and at his left, Religion, in white marble, with the artist's name, P. Sheemakers. F. The following infcription gives us the particulars of his life and death: "Marmaduke Coghill, eldeft fon of fir John Coghill, of Coghill Hall, in the county of York, knight, was born in Dublin, on the 28th day of December, 1673. "In 1687, he was admitted a fellow commoner in Trinity College, Dublin; in 1691, he took his degree of doctor of the civil law. In 1692, he was elected reprefentative for the borough of Armagh, and in every fucceeding parliament was unanimoufly chofen to reprefent the univerfity of Dublin. In 1699, he fucceeded his father as judge of his majefty's court of prerogative. In 1729,. he was fworn one of his majefty's moft honourable privy council, and appointed one of the commiffioners of his majesty's revenue. la In 1735, he was advanced to the office of chancellor of the exchequer, and held that poft till his death. "In public life, his great abilities and unwearied diligence, the calmness of his temper and clearness of his judgment, his extensive knowledge in the canon and civil law, and his inflexible regard to justice, rendered him a moft difcerning and impartial judge. "His great experience of the true intereft of his prince and country, and his strict attention and inviolable regard to both, qualified him equally to discharge his truft, both as a counsellor and fervant of the crown, and as a reprefentative of the fubject. "In private life he was a most zealous active friend, the patron of merit, the arbitrator amidft jarring intereft and parties. "His univerfal benevolence endeared him by the moft engaging and affable behaviour, and animated with the greatest zeal and abilities, diftinguished him in every scene and period, as the friend of mankind, and caufed his death to be justly lamented as a national lofs. "He died of the gout in his ftomach, on the 9th of March 1738, after a long and painful illnefs, which he fupported with patience, fortitude, and refignation. "Mary Coghill hath built this houfe for the worship of God, and erected this monument to the memory of fo valuable a brother, whofe body is laid in the vault, belonging to his family in St. Andrew's church, Dublin." On the 18th of May, 1791, were depofited here the remains of the much lamented Francis Grofe, efq. whofe mental endowments and focial qualities, had long procured the admiration of the public, and endeared him to a numerous circle of friends. The idea of illuftrating the history and antiquities of the Britifh ifles, by exifting monuments, was noble and magnificent; while it fhowed the vast capacity of his mind, the execution of it demonftrated that talents," like his, were only adequate to fo arduous an undertaking. The lovers of the fine arts in Ireland, with a generofity becoming a brave and enlightened people, are about to erect a monument to his memory, and an account of his life and writings are preparing for the public. Semper honos, nomenque tuum laudefque manebunt. This view was drawn by lieutenant Daniel Grofe. Anno 1791.' ABBEY OF DROMAHAIRE. This monaftry is properly named Creevela, is in the barony of Dromahaire, and near the town of that name, fituated on the river Boonid, which falls into Lough Gille. It was founded in 1508, by Margaret ny Brien, for Francifcans of the ftrict obferv 9 ance. |