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| REAR VIEW OF CLONMACNOIS, KING'S COUNTY. -The interesting ruins of Clonmacnois, or "the Seven Churches," founded by St. Kierna, A. D. 548, are situated in the King's county, on the left bank of the Shannon, a few miles above its confluence with the Suck. Irish antiquaries differ as to the Gaelic origninal of the name - some holding that it was written Cluain-mac-nois, meaning the "Secluded Recess of the Sons of Nobles;" while Professor Joyce scouts both orthography and interpretation, holding that it was written Cluain-maccu-Nois - meaning the "Meadow of the Sons of Nos." |
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