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derry ; at Gormanstown, near Balbriggan ; at 

 Longhern, Oldcastle, Co. Meath ; and at Dun- 

 ganstown Church, Co. Wicklow, there is ' a double 

 row with splendid clear stems and grand heads.' 



The yew-tree colonnade, at Dunganstown, Co. 

 Wicklow (then the seat of William Hoey, Esq.) 

 is thus mentioned by Hayes : ' I had the pleasure 

 of finding an admired line of yew-trees in full 

 vigour, as remarkable for their form as the chest- 

 nuts had been for their size. This consists of about 

 thirty trees, most of them 6 feet round, perfectly 

 straight and smooth in the stem as a young ash- 



UNDER YEW-TREES : GRAVETYE MANOR, SUSSEX. 

 From photograph by Sir Henry Thompson, kindly sent by Mr. W. Robinson. 



