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Title: Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Savage, John, 1828-1888, ed
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Publisher: New York, T. Kelly
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rsafter Drakes disappearance, a lady of foreign tongue, with two servants whocould not speak English, came and remained at Killarney for many weeks. Hav-ing inquired about the pilgrim, she used to weep floods of tears over his couchevery day, prayed where he had prayed, and distributed abundant alms to all whohad been kind to him. She would answer no questions, and after much prayerand evident penance departed unknown. As may be supposed, adds Mrs. Hall, Drakes singular choice of residence hasgiven rise to abundant stories, and the mention of his name to any of the guidesor boatmen will at once • produce a volume of the marvelous. When the manmade his dwelling in this lonely and awful place—the companion of the dead, livingamong the frightful and half-decayed relics of mortality—it is said his hands weresmall and delicate, his air and manner tranquil and dignified, and his tongue wasnot of the south. He appeared to be under forty years of age, and made no * The Monks of Kilkrca.
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SCENES AT INNISFAL-LEN AND MUCKROSS. 14 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. effort to gain a reputation for sanctity. The belief among the peasantr) is that hehad committed some crime which demanded desperate atonement, and that hispenance was to be made within the holy yet haunted walls of Muckross Abbey. The abbey presents a singularly picturesque appearance from almost every pointof view, but it is generally conceded that it is seen to most advantage from thesouth and west, within the precincts of the grove of trees by which it is sur-rounded. Here are ■—deep empty tombs And dells and mouldering shrines, with old decayRustic and green, and wide embowering shadesShot from the crooked clefts of nodding towers. The cloister constitutes the finest part of the Muckross ruins. It is the bestexecuted portion of the fabric, and remains in a state of comparative perfection.It consists of a quadrangle of forty-six feet, encompassed by a vaulted walk si.xfeet wide. The arcade thus formed embraces twenty

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