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| NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN.-This ideal watering place nestles by the sea at the base of the majestic Slieve Donard-named after a disciple of St. Patrick, who led the life of a hermit on its lofty crest and died in the odor of sanctity, somtime in the Fifth century. At Newcastle, the grand Mourne range of mountains is seen in all it sublimity-Slieve Donard, the monarch of all, towering above the sea to an altitude of nearly 3000 feet, and affording from its summit one of the grandest scenic views of the world. |
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