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| ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH, SUNDAY'S WELL, CORK. -The sketch shows, seated picturesquely on an eminence above the river Lee, the Catholic Church of St. Vincent, which is the principal ecclesiastical edifice in the suburb of the city of Cork, kown as Sunday's Well. It is so called from an ancient spring, said to have been made sacred to Druid rites before the era of Christianity in Ireland, and afterward utilized by the Catholic Fathers for baptismal purposes. The spring contains water peculiarly clear and cold, absolutely devoid of mineral flavor, and is much prized by the inhabitants of the district. Owing to its fine situation, Sunday's Well was formerly much visited by the citizens of Cork, and many handsome home existed there. The changed wrought by time, however, have not been favorable to the district as a fashinable residence locality, and the well-to-do people now build their dewllings elsewhere. Yet Sunday's Well is by no means abandoned, and the view to be obtained from the hill above the Lee, is regarded as one of the finest in the beauteous South of Ireland. There is a tradition to the effect that the gallant and ill-fated Lord Edward Fitzgerald resided, "on his keeping" in the vicinity, durin the month of April, 1798. On his return to Dublin, he was captured, severly wounded and died in prison. |
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