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| CROSSHAVEN, CORK HARBOR. -This fascinating, if diminutive, sea-bathing resort lies, snugly sheltered by hill and wood in the southwestern corner of the picturesque harbor of Cork, at the mouth of the Owenboy, or Yellow river, is called in Gaelic the Owen-buidhe. The stream is noticeably for the amber-like color of the waters in the season of floods - something quite unusual in Irish rivers which are generally very clear. At the mouth of this creek there is a small harbor, well sheltered, in which vessels of considerable tonnage find refuge. This haven once saved the famous English sailor, Sir Francis Drake, from destruction. He had encountered in the open sea with five ships, a much superior Spanish flotilla, and was compelled to run into Cork harbor to avoid it. He made for Crosshaven, and, the water being high, sailed up to a spot in the river called Tubberavoid, where, completely hidden by bluffs and trees, he escaped the vigilance of the Dons, who gave up the pursuit in disgust. Carrigaline, which the first Earl of Cork attempted to make a rival in commerce in Queenstown and the city, lies up the river four miles from its mouth. It contains the ruins of a very interesting old castle. |
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