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Cork and DuLlin in the export of agricultural produce to England. The local 

 industry supplies fish hoops, gloves, lace, snuff, and army cloth, and the trade in 

 provisions is of some importance. There are several objects of antiquarian 

 interest, most prominent amongst them being the walls and towers of the old 

 castle, which rises on the left bank of the Shannon, and beneath which nestle the 

 houses of " English ToAvn," joined by seven bridges to " Newtown Pery " and 

 " Irish Town." CastlecouneU, above Limerick, by the side of the Falls of Doonas, 

 has already been referred to. 



In the fertile valley of the Maigue are Adare, Croom, Kilmallocli (one of the 

 oldest towns of Ireland, with ruins of walls and curious buildings), and Kilfinane, 

 near which are the ruins of Ardpatrick Abbey. More considerable are the towns 

 in the basin of the Deel, to the west of the Maigue. Here stand Askeafcn, 

 formerly strongly fortified ; Hafl/Iccak, an ancient place, near which settlements 



Fiff. 211.— EoTTND Tower of Ckoom. 



of Palatines were formed in the seventeenth century ; Nciccastk, where coarse cloth 

 is made ; and BalUngarnj, with extensive ruins of ecclesiastical buildings. On 

 the Lower Shannon are Foynes and Gliu, small villages engaged in the coasting 

 trade. Hospital, a village on the eastern border of the county, is noted for its 

 horse and cattle fairs. 



The county of Keruy extends from the mouth of the Shannon to the Kenraare 

 Hiver, and is indented by deep bays, the peninsulas between which are filled 

 with wild mountains. The peninsula of Corkaquiny, between Tralee Bay and 

 Dingle Bay, rises to a height of 3,127 feet. At its western extremity lie the 

 Blasket Islands. A second peninsula, filled with spurs thrown out from the 

 Macgillicuddy Peeks (3,414 feet), beyond the Lakes of Killarney, stretches 

 towards the Atlantic between Dingle Bay and the Kenmare River. The north- 

 eastern portion of the county is hilly, and abounds in broad and fertile valleys. 



Tarbert, on the Lower Shannon, is a fishing village. Lidowel, in the fertile 



