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| CARRICK, CO. DONEGAL. -This small, but cleanly and prosperous hamlet, is much patronized by North of Ireland tourists because it possesses an excellent hotel, established by the Musgrave estate and is a central point from which some of the best fishing and boldest scenery in Donegal may be easily reached. The Catholic chapel, a handsome edifice for so limited a population, appears on the left of the picture. Carrick is situated nine miles form Killybegs. Slieve Leagne, whose tremendous sea-cliff is the wonder and delight of travellers, is in the neighborhood. It has a sheer height of 1964 feet above the waves of the tumultuous sea at its base, and presents a sublime spectacle from the ocean. Near it rises Teelin Head-a part of the same cliff system-which is nearly 1,500 feet in height. In this same region is Glencclumbkille, rich in many a weird and holy legend. Here are to be found the cromleachs of the Druids and the ruins of the abbeys and monasteries founded by the early Christian missionaries, including St. Columba himself, in Ireland. Some of the latter are said to date from the sixth century, but they have been allowed to fall into a condition of decay that makes it difficult for the savants to satisfactorily determine their antiquity. |
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