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is merely a fishinp^ village, in former ages exposed to the ravages of Algerian 

 man-stealers. Still proceeding eastward along the coast, we pass liosscarber//, 

 a small cathedral town, and Clonahilty, a small town with coasting trade and 

 fisheries, and roach Kin sale, the port of the Bandon valley, which, like Galway, 

 can still show a few Spanish mansions datiug back to a time when Ivinsale belonged 

 to Spain. For more than two centuries, from 1381 to 1601, Galicians and Cas- 

 tillans kept up frequent intercourse between this Irish town and their own ports. 



I'ig-. 214. — CoKK IlAliliOUR. 



From an Admiralty Chart. Scalo 1 : 178,000. 



Î Miles. 



Tandon, the principal town on the river of that name, has a little woollen trade. 

 Dunmanuaij, is a village on the Upper Bandon. 



Cork, the third city of Ireland in population and commerce, occupied until the 

 early Middle Ages a small village, which the Irish called Corroch, or " Swamp," 

 owing to the nature of the soil upon which it stood. Subsequently this village 

 became the capital of Munster. The old city occupies an island of the river Lee, 

 and several bridges place it in connection with the extensive suburbs on both 

 banks. Other islands are covered with gardens and public promenades. Cork 



