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See also:GLENDALOUGH, VALE OF , a See also:mountain glen of Co. See also:Wicklow, See also:Ireland, celebrated and frequently visited both on See also:account of its scenic beauty and, more especially, because of the collection of ecclesiastical remains situated in it. Fortunately for its See also:appearance, it is not approached by any railway, but services of cars are maintained to several points, of which Rathdrum, 82 m. S.E., is the nearest railway station, on the See also:Dublin & See also:South-Eastern. The glen is traversed by the stream of Glenealo, a tributary of the See also:Avonmore, expanding into small loughs, the Upper and the See also:Lower. The former of these is walled by the abrupt heights of Camaderry (2296 ft.) and Lugduff (2176 ft.), and here the extreme narrowness of the valley adds to its grandeur; while lower down, where it widens, the romantic See also:character of the scenery is enhanced by the scattered ruins of the former monastic See also:settlement. These ruins have the collective name of the " Seven Churches." The settlement owed its See also:foundation to the See also:hermit St Kevin, who is reputed to have died on the 3rd of See also:June 618; and it rapidly became a seat of learning of wide fame, but suffered much at the hands of the Danes and the Anglo-See also:Normans. In See also:close proximity to an hotel, and to one another, in an enclosure, are a See also:round See also:tower, one of the finest in Ireland, 11c ft. high and 52 in circumference; St Kevin's See also:kitchen or See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (closely resembling the See also:house of St See also:Columba at See also:Kells), which See also:measures 25 ft. by 15, with a high-pitched roof and round See also:belfry—supposed to be the earliest example of its type; and the See also:cathedral, about 73 ft. in See also:total length by 51 in width. This possesses a See also:good square-headed See also:doorway, and an See also:east window of ornate character (the See also:chancel being of later date than the See also:nave), and there are also some See also:early tombs, but the whole is in a decayed See also:condition. In the enclosure are also a See also:Lady See also:chapel, chiefly remarkable for its doorway of wrought See also:granite, in a See also:style of See also:architecture resembling See also:Greek; a See also:priest's house (restored), and slight remains of St Chiaran's church. Here is also St Kevin's See also:cross, a granite monolith never completed; and the enclosure is entered by a See also:fine though dilapidated gateway. Other neighbouring remains are Trinity or the See also:Ivy Church, towards Laragh, with beautiful detailed See also:work; St Saviour's monastery, carefully restored under the direction of the See also:Board of See also:Works, with a chancel See also:arch of three orders (re-erected); while on the shores of the upper lough are Reefert Church, the See also:burial-See also:place of the O'See also:Toole See also:family, and Teampull-na-skellig, the church of the See also:rock. St Kevin's See also:bed is a See also:cave approachable with difficulty, above the lough, probably a natural cavity artificially enlarged, to which attaches the See also:legend of St Kevin's hermitage. Along the valley there are a number of monuments and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone crosses of various sizes and styles. The whole collection forms, with the possible exception of See also:Clonmacnoise in See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:county, the most striking See also:monument of See also:monasticism in Ireland.
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