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| ADARE MANOR, CO. LIMERICK.- The Earl of Dunraven, whose splendid mansion is sketched above, is well known in America in connection with wild west hunting and international regattas. The place is called Adare Manor and is one of the finest residences in the Three Kingdoms. The architecture is in the Tudor style, and a perforated battlement, in keeping with the taste of that period, surmounts the main portion of the edifice. Castellated towers further add to the beauty of the structure. The Dunravens are of the ancient family of Quin, or O'Quin, and, accordingly, claim greater antiquity than the Desmonds, who formerly possessed Adare. Interiorly, the manor is princely in its appointments. The grand hall recalls the old heroic days of chivalry. It is hung around with weapons of the middle ages, huge battle axes, basket-hilted swords, suits of plate and chain armor, strange-looking fire arms, almost as cumbrous as a modern howitzer, and many other "curios" that give glimpses of the warlike past. On the upper walls are displayed the massive head and gigantic antlers of the extinct Irish elk, which must have been a superb creature. There are also many heads of the ancient Irish red deer, and a fine collection of antiquities-among the latter a bronze bell of quadrangular shape. The demesne is very beautiful and is watered by the lovely river Maigue, which flows under an ancient bridge. |
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