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| LAIDE GRAVEYARD, COUNTY ANTRIM. - This venerable graveyard lies in the midst of a picturesque section of the county Antrim, in the vicinity of the prettiest Village of Cushendall-one of the most delightful hamlets on the majestic coast of Ulster. The place is now a favorite resort of tourists, because of the splendor of the neighboring scenery and the increase of accommodation at the hotels and other public places. Basaltic ranges, glittering in the sun, tempt the scientific eye, while the health-giving ocean breeze and the roar of the restless breakers delight the senses. In the vicinity, the imaginative peasantry, who are filled, even yet, with Ossianic tradition, point out the grave of a gigantic Danish buccaneer, who perished whild prosecuting one of his ungodly raids on the Island of Saints. Laide churchyard, which is very ancient, is regarded with veneration by the simple people. The ruins which appear in the sketch are said to be those of a convent founded by some pious person unknown but generally believed to have been "a princess of some kind." Many of the grave stones bear olden dates, reaching back to the fifteenth century, but most of their epitaphs are now illegible. |
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