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KILLARNEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 795 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KILLARNEY , a See also:

market See also:town of See also:county See also:Kerry, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, on a See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway, 1854 m. S.W. from See also:Dublin. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 5656. On See also:account of the beautiful scenery in the neighbourhood the town is much frequented by tourists. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral and See also:bishop's See also:palace of the See also:diocese of Kerry, designed by A. W. See also:Pugin, a large See also:Protestant See also:church and several hotels. Adjoining the town is the See also:mansion of the See also:earl of Kenmare. There is a school of arts and crafts, where See also:carving and See also:inlaying are prosecuted. The only manufacture of importance now carried on at Killarney is that of See also:fancy articles from arbutus See also:wood; but it owed its origin to See also:iron-smelting See also:works, for which abundant See also:fuel was obtained from the neighbouring forests. The lakes of Killarney, about 1 a m. from the town, See also:lie in a See also:basin between several lofty See also:mountain See also:groups, some of which rise abruptly from the See also:water's edge, and all clothed with trees and shrubbery almost to their summits. The See also:lower See also:lake, or Lough Leane (See also:area 5001 acres), is studded with finely wooded islands, on the largest of which, See also:Ross See also:Island, are the ruins of Ross See also:Castle, an old fortress of the O'Donoghues; and on another island, the " sweet Innisfallen " of See also:Moore, are the picturesque ruins of an See also:abbey founded by St Finian the leper at the See also:close of the 6th See also:century.

Between the lower lake and the See also:

middle or Torc lake (68o acres in extent) stands Muckross Abbey, built by See also:Francis-cans about 1440. With the upper lake (430 acres), thickly studded with islands, and close shut in by mountains, the lower and middle lakes are connected by the See also:Long Range, a winding and finely wooded channel, 22 M. in length, and commanding magnificent views of the mountains. Midway in its course is a famous See also:echo caused by the See also:Eagle's See also:Nest, a lofty pyramidal See also:rock. Besides the lakes of Killarney themselves, the immediate neighbourhood includes many features of natural beauty and of historic See also:interest. Among the first are Macgillicuddy's Reeks and the Torc and See also:Purple Mountains, the famous pass known as the See also:Gap of Dunloe, See also:Mount Mangerton, with a curious depression (the See also:Devil's Punchbowl) near its See also:summit, the waterfalls of Torc and Derrycunihy, and Lough Guitane, above Lough Leane. Notable ruins and remains, besides Muckross and Innisfallen, include Aghadoe, with its ruined church of the 12th century (formerly a cathedral) and remains of a See also:round See also:tower; and the Ogham See also:Cave of Dunloe, a souterrain containing inscribed stones. The See also:waters of the neighbourhood provide See also:trout and See also:salmon, and the See also:flora is of high interest to the botanist. Innumerable legends centre round the traditional See also:hero O'Donoghue.

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