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town of Innoshannon, by Shippool, with its church 

 and old castle, the picturesque residence of Mr. Thomas 

 Herrick, and on by Kilgobbin and Ringfinnan (the 

 latter the property of the M. F. H.), down to the 

 harbour of Kinsale. The hunting-ground of the 

 Cashelmore Hounds commences at the western bank 

 of the river. The tide reaches to Innoshannon Bridge, 

 and ships of large burden come up as far as Kilmac- 

 simon and Collier's Quay. Thence to the south the 

 country extends till it meets " torn oceans' roar," 

 where it " breaks on its cold gray stones," at the 

 cliffs of Garretstown, Courtmasherry, the Seven 

 Heads, and on to Ring and the harbour of Clona- 

 kilty, where, treading to the north-west from the 

 receding coast- line, it embraces the properties of Mr. 

 Bence Jones of Lisselane, Mr. Hume Townsend of 

 Kilmeen, Mr. Gillman of Oakmount, and so on as far 

 as the town of Dunmanway, or to any limit, indeed, in 

 that direction, there being no pack to claim hunting- 

 ground either there or at Skibbereen, a town many 

 miles to the west of Dunmanway, which seems alto- 

 gether out of the sporting world, as we do not hear 

 of hounds, races, or anything of the kind connected 

 with Skibbereen, a name that in the famine time 

 became unfortunately notorious. In former days, 

 indeed, there was a pack of hounds there, and when 

 they were given up, the best of them were drafted 

 into the Cashelmore pack, and capital hounds they 

 were, as the writer, who often rode with them, can 

 testify. At Castle Freke, to the west of Clonakilty, 

 there is a pack of small hounds, harriers only, kept 

 by Lord Carbery, so that, as far as the west is con- 

 cerned, the district of the Cashelmore Hounds may 



