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| CHAPEL-IZON, COUNTY DUBLIN.- The above romatically situated suburb of Dublin stands on the river Liffey, westward of the Irish capital, in a small but picturesque vale, which combines many features of truly sylvan beauty. Chapel-Izod is reputed to take its name from the pious daughter of an Irish monarch, who, on account of her wondrous loveliness, was called by the Norman Knights, La Belle Isode. She built a chapel withing the prfecincts of the town, and the fame of her devotion and comeliness, coming down through ages, has preserved her name in the handsome town represented in the sketch. King Brian Boru is said to have encamped a powerful army where the burgh now stands in A. D. 939-just a quarter of a century before the battle of Clontarf. William III. also bivouacked by his army here after the Boyne, and caused an intrenched camp to be constructed, for fear of sudden attack. In its immediate neighborhood are Palmerstown, or Palmerston, which gave title to one of England's ablest prime ministers; and the village of Lucan, from which General Patrick Sarsfield, who is said to have been born there, took the title of Earl, conferred on him by King James II. The earldom has now passed to the Bingham family. |
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