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illustrated by an enlarged map of the neighbourhood, and by 

 sketches of the scenery, including some views of the mountains 

 and ruined castles that abound about there, and a drawing of 

 Carlingford Abbey. Mr. Patterson described his ascent of the 

 mountain above Rostrevor, as far as Cloughmore Stone, a huge 

 boulder perched on a shoulder of the mountain, and from which 

 point the vie' :: in different directions around Carlingford Bay 

 are the most lovely that can be imagined. The tourist visiting 

 this neighbourhood for a few days should make Warrenpoint 

 his head quarters, as from this as a central point there are 

 facilities for visiting, either by land or water, the surrounding 

 places of interest in the Counties of Down and Louth. Mr. 

 Patterson then gave an account of his visit to Carlingford, by boat 

 from "Warrenpoint, and described the ruined castles and other 

 buildings, including the remains of the Abbey, &c, of that 

 interesting old town. Mr. Patterson after giving a brief account 

 of the history of this ancient borough, from the building of the 

 castle, either by De Lacy or De Courcy, by order of King John, 

 in A.D. 1210 ; the founding of the Dominican monastry by 

 Richard De Burgo, Earl of Ulster, in a.d. 1305 ; the establish- 

 ment of a mint by Act of Parliament in a.d. 1467 ; and the 

 repeated burnings the town suffered from down to the year 

 1689 ; concluded by urging on the members of the club to 

 arrange one of their excursions for the coming summer to this 

 beautiful and interesting locality. 



On the same evening, Mr. J . W. Forrester read a very in- 

 teresting paper on " Tintern Abbey." 



Without apparent connection with the former paper, there 

 was a certain interest in the fact that the founder of Tintern 

 Abbey was an ancestor of the famous Strongbow, who estab- 

 lished English supremacy in Ireland. Some allusion was made 

 to the family of Strongbow, the De Clares, and the founding 

 of Chepstow Castle — a fine specimen of the old Norman 

 strongholds. A description of the drive from thence to 

 Tintern Abbey, and the impression produced by the first glimpse 

 caught in the sudden bend of the road of the interesting and 



