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Description: Identifier: picturesqueirela00sava (find matches) 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 Subjects: Publisher: New York, T. Kelly Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: hel. TiPPERARY, an inland county in the province of Munster, is distinguished asone of the most exuberantly productive counties in Ireland. The surface pre-sents a number of extensive fertile tracts of undulating and champaign country,diversified with woods, and separated by mountain ranges, variously graceful andrugged, and always picturesque. These ranges are the Galtees (3,000 feet) ;Knockmeledown (2,700), on the border of Waterford, and extending westwardinto Cork ; Slieve-na-man (2,364,) also on the south, looking across the Suir atthe Commeraghs ; on the northwest the Keeper Mountains (2,100); northeastthe Devils Bit Mountain.^., rising abruptly near Roscrea, and extending in asouthwesterly direction to Burrisoleigh, the highest summit being 1583 feet; onthe east the Slieve-ardagh hills. The narrow ridge of Slieve-na-muck, 1,215feet, extends from the Limerick border to the rear of Tipperary town, and between it and the Galtees is the beautiful glen, or rather valley of Aherlo602 Text Appearing After Image: Copjriglit,18S0,by Ttionias Kelly, New York. Ruasi.-ll & Struthers, Eugrs N.Y. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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 (14780216352)
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