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Title: Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakes. Being the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Shrubsole, Edgar S
Subjects: Donegal (Ireland : County) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : W. Cate, Limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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mostenjoyable and intensely interesting. It is about nine miles dis-tant from the mainland and is about three miles long. The rockscenery associated with it is very fine, and the antiquary willrevel in the feast of attractions provided. Many are the truestories of the fierce fighting that occurred here in early days, andthere yet remain relics of those sanguinary family feuds andfamous battles with the inhabitants of the mainland. Even to thepresent day the Tory Islanders—who live almost entirely by fish-ing and kelp burning—hold themselves aloof from the main-landers —a people to themselves ; they pay neither rents norrates, they ask for no assistance from county councils or work-house authorities, for they make their own roads and provide fortheir own poor,—if poor there can be where all are poor alike !Modern methods have improved some few things in Tory, butthe seventy or so families that constitute the community remain Tory Island. fORT DO ON COPYRIGHT 1907.SCALEopMILES.
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FALCARRAGH AND TORY ISLAND. 73 an object lesson in loyalty to old customs and old traditions.From time immemorial Tory Island has been the home of religionand learning-, as well as the scene of bloody battles, and theinhabitants can boast of relics and records of unique interest,other than those of Balor of the mighty blows and basilisk eye,and similar sanguinary leaders. Here Saint Colum Cille foundeda monastery which flourished until the time of Queen Elizabeth ;the ruins of the round tower of Clog-teach yet remain, and thefoundations of the famous Skven Churches of Tory can stillbe traced. Some years ago the priest to whose parish Tory was

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