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| ALONG THE QUAYS, DUBLIN. -No Dubliner will fail to recognize the above sketch of the noble Quays along the lower course of the river Liffey, with distant views of the "Metal" and O'Connell bridges, and the splendid dome of the Custom House towering proudly above the adjoining structures. Usually a line of white letters, follows the arch of the Metal bridge and is an advertisement, a la R. J. Gunning & Co., of "Halloway's Pills and Ointment," which have done duty for all Irish ailments beyond "the memory of the oldest inhabitant." The "ads" of the time-honored firm can, it is said, be found in the caves of the Antrim coast and on the peak of Mangerton, just as those of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" are to be found in the caverns of the Garden of the Gods and on the summit of Pike's Peak. But our artist has omitted the "ad." Down by O'Connell bridge, on Aston Quay, may be observed the western gable of the old Hibernian House, controlled by McBirney & Co.-formerly McBirney, Collins & Co.-a Marshall Field wholesale establishment of the Irish capital. The dear, familiar old Quays of Dublin! In looking upon them, the true Irishman feels himself borne back on the wings of love to the fair, but widowed, city, which of old possessed a national senate house-at once the cradle of genius and the tomb of liberty! Freedom, in Ireland, smiles at the name of Grattan and frowns at that of Castlereagh. Burgh Quay, on which stood O'Connell's "Conciliation Hall," lies on the right bank of the Liffey, just beyond O'Connell bridge. |
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