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| NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN.-This ideal watering place nestles by the sea at the base of the majestic Slieve Donard-named after a disciple of St. Patrick, who led the life of a hermit on its lofty crest and died in the odor of sanctity, somtime in the Fifth century. At Newcastle, the grand Mourne range of mountains is seen in all it sublimity-Slieve Donard, the monarch of all, towering above the sea to an altitude of nearly 3000 feet, and affording from its summit one of the grandest scenic views of the world. One mountain of the Mourne range is so steep that people who attempt its ascent are compelled to creep up its precipitous sides, which are, however, richly clothed in the picturesque and ever hue-changing wheather. This eminence is called Slieve Snavan, and is one of the great attractions for tourists in that lovely region. In periods of storm, the coast around Newcastle is lashed by cyclopean waves, which break madly on the beach, or else rush through tremendous caverns, formed by the action of the sea during many centuries, with a titanic roar. In the neighborhood of this delightful town, once stood the castle of the McGinnesses, lords of Iveagh, but it has long since disappeared. |
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