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| CLONEGAIN CHURCH, CO. WATERFORD. -The tomb sketched int he picture is that of John De la Poer, an ancestor of the Waterford family, who now bear the hyphenized patronymic of De la Poer-Beresford. Clonegain church, or chapel, is situated in the splendid demesne of Curraghmore, which comprises 2,600 acres of mountains, plain, lake, river and forest, gloriously diversified. The churchyard is the family burial place of the Marquises of Waterford. The chapel stands on the south side of a finely wooded elevation, and is a classic structure. It was renovated by the grandfather of the late Marquis in 1794. The windows are all of stained glass, of exquisite design and the woodwork is entrely of carved Irish oak, a wood that is practically indestructible, as shown by the roof of Westminster Hall, London, which was placed in position during the reign of William Rufus-the latter part of the 11th century-and still remains intact! Above the church, on the crest of the hill, stands a round tower, built by the late Marquis, who dedicated it to the memory of his unhappy heir, who at the age of thirteen, was killed while attempting, with the characteristic daring of the Beresfords, to leap his horse over a high paling at the gate of Curraghmore. |
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