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| GLENARM CASTLE, COUNTY ANTRIM.-Within "the four seas of Ireland" there are many larger castles than that of Glenarm, the seat of the Earl of Antrim, but hardly one that excels it in the matter of surroundings, appointments and enchanting scenery. The massive gateway is approached from the main street of Glenarm village by a handsome bridge, that arches a rushing mountain stream, which dashes by the town, forming many a picturesque rapid, until it is lost in the sparking waters of the beautiful bay, dominated by the splendid promontory of Glenarm and by many a cape and "head" beside. Into almost every little inlet of the sea, there falls a mountain torrent, with stream as translucent as molten crystal. The gateway of the castle, which is shown "en profile" in the picture, is an imposing Babrican, beneath which a broad carriage way sweeps curvingly to the entrance hall of the stately edifice, that has housed the Earls of Antrim since the middle of the last century, when their ancient summer residence at Ballymagarry was accidentally burned to the ground. The grounds of the castle are magnificently kept; the trees are of gigantic growth and the verdure of the parks is not surpassed by anything of the kind in Ireland. |
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