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are ruins of a once celebrated Abbey here, 

 founded in an early date of St. Finian. 



The annals of Ennisfallen comprise a history 

 of the world up to a.d. 430, and a history of 

 Ireland up to 1320. They are presented in 

 Trinity College, Dublin. There is an enor- 

 mous ash tree growing out of the floor of the 

 abbey. It is unquestionably a healthy spot, 

 and soon excites an appetite by inhaling its 

 salubrious air. 



The remains of the once beautiful edifice 

 "Mucruss Abbey" is well worth seeing, as the 

 ravages of death, which were once too promi- 

 nent, have been cleared away by the humane 

 Mr. Herbert, so that there may be a close in- 

 spection made of the ruins ; the architecture of 

 the eastern window is admirable ; and the ex- 

 traordinary *'yew tree" growing in the centre of 

 the ancient cloisters and over-spreading its walls 

 is curious in the extreme, in the fork of the 

 yew, above the great trunk, there is a kind of 

 unctuous gum constantly flowing down, which 

 is said by the peasantry that "the yew is 

 shedding tears for the fate of the abbey." 



The Salmon flies to suit the Lakes, are 

 Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6, 8 and 9 the two at the 



