Ireland/Irish > Black's guide to Killarney and the south of Ireland

1’ROM DUBLIN TO CORK, hc.-Continuei.
should be visited by
the Midland and Great
Western Railway.
Castletown. The
fine seatof Mr.Conolly,
__ Celbbidge, 1 m.
distant.‘So named from
St. Bridgid’s Chapel.1
Yanessa, one of Swift’s
loves, resided for some
t Celbridge Ab¬
bey, the residence of
' H.’ Grattan, Esq.
perty of General Sars-
field by James II.
created Earl of Lucan.
Formerly a place of
note, owing to its spas.
Hazelhatch and
Celbridge.
About four m. dis¬
tant is the magnificent
seat of the " ’
of Leinster, Cai
It is well planted and
watered. The tym-
-anum on the portico
l front of the mansion
ornamented with the
family arms. A good
collection of painfings
in the interior. Gar¬
dens in Italian style.
Enter the county Ki
dare. Area 418,43
; pop. 96,627.
Straffan.
The mansion-house be¬
longs to H. Burton,
Lyons, the handsome
seat of Lord Cloncurry,
infrontof Lyons Hill,
wbichrises 657feet—is
well planted, and i
lated. The castle
ite of an ancient
ion. Wings
nected to centre