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

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FROM DUBLIN TO CORK, he—Continued.
very frequently seen
in passing through this
county.
conspicuous from
the line. This range of
hills derive their name
from a gap in their
outline, which, when
from a distance,
bitten out.
icir greatest altitude
is 1572 fe<
appears
Theirgrea
Holly Cross,
town, remarkable only
for the proximityof the
beautiful ruins of the
Abbey g#§f
Abbey, f
Thurles,
Atownof some import¬
ance on account of iM
markets. Many b_.
ties were fought in
and about it. “ It
gave the title of Earl
(since extinct) t- iV“
Ormond family.’
is situated on the
Suir, which divides the
town into two equal
parts. A monastery
was founded here by
the Butler family, in
lites c
for Carme-
White Friars;
is still stand-
he east side of
r, and a part
ross aisle lead-
...0 the north.
There was also a castle
here belonging to the
Knights Templars. 11
is the seat of the
Roman Catholic arch¬
diocese of Cashel; and
: 1850 a Synod, com¬
posed of all the Roman
Catholic bishops
Ireland, was held in
the college. It co
tains several edue
tional institutes
note. The most e
great antiquity, the
other portions having
been added about the
16th century. On the
jposite side are the
-aurch and chapel of
Loughmore.
Reittas Castle, on
the plan of the old
Norman castles, a fine, I
but as yet unfinished
mansion, the seat of;
Mr. Langley.
Cabba Castle. |
Holy Ceoss Abbey,'
founded in 1182 by!
Donald O’Brian, king!
of Limerick. It is said
that the Abbey owed,
its origin to the posses- ■
sion of a piece of the;
pretended real cross,
—hich Pope Pascal had
;sented about sixty!
seventy years before!
Donaugh O’Brien,
march of Ireland,
and grandson of the
illustrious Brian Bo-
imhe. The abbot
is a peer in Parlia-
:nt, bearing the title
... Earl of Holy Cross.
The abbey is one of the
finestremainsof Gothic
architecture in T~"