| CONTENTS AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
| Book Cover |
| Map of Ireland |
| An Irish Interior, Showing a Hand-Loom Weaver and a Spinner (Frontispiece) |
| Ardmore, County Waterford (Title Page) |
| A Connaught Cabin (Contents Page) |
| Refractory (Contents Page) |
| The Giant's Causeway |
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Holy Cross Abbey, Tipperary |
| Edmund Burke |
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| A LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS BOOK |
| An Ancient Circular Window in the Church at Rathain, near Tullamore |
| An Ancient Irish Bell |
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| CHAPTER I. |
| IRELAND'S EYE |
| Trinity College and the Bank of Ireland, Dublin |
| Howth Harbour and Ireland's Eye |
| The Custom House, Dublin |
| Trinity College Library, interior |
| Initial, the letter L, from the Book of Kells |
| Part of an Illuminated Monogram, from the Book of Kells |
| An Illuminated Page from the Book of Durrow |
| Leather Outer Case of the Book of Armagh, showing the Early Irish Tracery Ornamentation |
| The Choir, St. Patrick's Cathedral |
| Jonathan Swift |
| Interior of Christ Church as restored |
| The Cumdach, or Case of St. Molaise's Gospels |
| The Shrine of St. Patrick's Bell |
| The Ardagh Chalice |
| The Tara Brooch (Obverse) |
| The Tara Brooch (Reverse) |
| The Cross of Cong |
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| CHAPTER II. |
| THE GARDEN OF IRELAND |
| The Esplanade and Bray Head |
| The Vale of Glendalough |
| Sugar-Loaf Mountain |
| The Dargle |
| Powerscourt Waterfall |
| Powerscourt House |
| The Scalp |
| The Vale of Avoca |
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| CHAPTER III. |
| THE VALLEY OF THE BOYNE |
| Drogheda from the Railway Bridge |
| The St. Lawrence Gate, Drogheda |
| The Bridge, Drogheda |
| The Boyne Obelisk |
| Ruins of the Baptistery, Mellifont |
| The Cross of Muiredach, Monasterboice |
| New Grange |
| Standing Stones at New Grange |
| Entrance to New Grange |
| Recess in the Sepulchral Chamber, New Grange |
| Round Tower of Donaghmore |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| FROM DUBLIN TO CORK |
| St. Brigid's Church and the Round Tower, Kildare |
| The Doorway in the Round Tower at Kildare |
| St. Canice's Steps, Kilkenny |
| The Rock of Cashel |
| The Interior of Cormac's Chapel, Cashel |
| North Doorway, Cormac's Chapel, Cashel |
| Crosier found on opening a Tomb in Cormac's Chapel, Cashel |
| The Cross of Cashel |
| General View of Cork |
| Sir Walter Raleigh's House at Youghal |
| Kilcolman Castle |
| Blarney Castle |
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| CHAPTER V. |
| GLENGARIFF, KILLARNEY, AND VALENTIA |
| The Upper Lake of Killarney |
| Glengariff |
| McGillicuddy Reeks |
| Ross Castle, Killarney |
| The Pike, Gap of Dunloe |
| The Eagle's Nest, Killarney |
| The Old Weir Bridge, Killarney |
| Innisfallen, Killarney |
| The Choir of Muckross Abbey |
| A Kerry Cabin and its Inhabitants |
| Torc Waterfall, Killarney |
| Valentia, two views |
| Map, showing the Skelligs |
| The Gannet |
| The Great Skellig |
| The Ancient Staircase on the Great Skellig |
| Plan of the Monastery on the Great Skellig |
| A Stone Oratory at Gallerus, County Kerry |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
| THE SHANNON |
| At Castle Connel |
| Athlone Castle |
| The House in which Maria Edgeworth lived |
| The Library in which Maria Edgeworth wrote |
| Oliver Goldsmith |
| Doorway of Temple Conor Church, Clonmacnois |
| The large Round Tower and the Crosses at Clonmacnois |
| Doorway of the Larger Round Tower at Clonmacnois |
| Crozier found at Clonmacnois |
| Thomond Bridge, Limerick |
| King John's Castle, Limerick |
| The Treaty Stone, Limerick |
| Kilkee from the Coastguard Station |
| Cliffs near Kilkee |
| Cliffs and Natural Arch near Ballybunnion |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
| CONNEMARA |
| Blessing the Claddagh Fleet at the Beginning of the Fishing Season |
| Clew Bay |
| A Galway Woman (Initial) |
| The Cliffs of Moher |
| Peat Cutting |
| Queen's College, Galway |
| Salmon Poaching on the Corrib |
| Hook for Poaching Salmon |
| An Arran Islander |
| The Curragh |
| Cong Abbey |
| The Outlet of Lough Mask |
| Glendalough |
| The Pins of Bunnabeola |
| Kylemore |
| Catching Salmon with a Seine |
| Killala |
| Going to Market |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| THE DONEGAL HIGHLANDS |
| Donegal Castle |
| Carrigan Head, Donegal |
| The East Window, Sligo Abbey |
| The Cloisters, Sligo Abbey |
| Donegal |
| Donegal Peasants |
| Mount Errigal |
| The Natural Arch, Horn Head |
| The Seven Arches, Lough Swilly |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| BELFAST, ARMAGH, AND LONDONDERRY |
| Queen's College, Belfast |
| Castle Place, Belfast |
| The Albert Memorial |
| The Linen Hall, Belfast |
| A Group of Belfast Operatives |
| Antrim Castle |
| Londonderry |
| The Bishop's Gate, Londonderry |
| Bombshell and Tablet in the Porch of Londonderry Cathedral |
| Roaring Meg, and Walker's Monument, Londonderry |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, AND THE MOURNE MOUNTAINS |
| Carrick a Rede |
| The Chimney Tops, Giant's Causeway |
| The Ladies' Chair, Giant's Causeway |
| The Horizontal Formation, Giant's Causeway |
| Pleaskin Head, Giant's Causeway |
| Grey Man's Path |
| 'Farewell, yer Honour!' |
