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tion of a round tower. The ancient church has disappeared, 

 but the cross and round tower point to the antiquity of the 

 place. Close by this village is the charming district of Lisadell, 

 and the seat of Sir Henry Gore Booth, Bart. This district is 

 noted for ancient forts, cashels, cromleachs, giants' graves, and 

 other interesting objects of ancient times. In one day the 

 traveller can visit Glencar, Drumchff, and Lisadell, returning 

 to Sligo same evening. Another interesting tour from Sligo 

 is to Carrowmore, to see the cromleachs and stone circles ; 

 thence to the Glen, and finally to Knocknarea. Driving as far 

 as Primrose Grange School, where a twenty minutes' climb 

 will bring us to the summit, 1,078 feet above sea-level. It lies 

 exactly between the bays of Sligo and Ballysodare, and com- 

 mands a most extensive view across Donegal Bay and south- 

 wards to the Curlews. The greatest cairn in Ireland crowns 

 its summit, called Mescaun Maeve, supposed to have been 

 erected about the period of the Christian era, in memory of 

 Maeve, Queen of Connaught. Close by the river side in Sligo 

 town are the ruins of the abbey founded about the year 12=52 

 by Maurice Fitzgerald, for the Order of Dominicans. This 

 Maurice, who was Lord Justice of Ireland at this time, was the 

 ancestor of the Leinster Fitzgeralds, now represented by the 

 Duke of Leinster. A drive around the lake should not be 

 missed. It passes around the southern side, reaching the httle 

 town of Dromahaire, and returning back by the Enniskillen 

 Road. The ruins of the Franciscan monastery of Creevelea can 

 be included on the way back, as well as the great prehistoric 

 sepulchral monument in the deerpark, known as the Irish 

 Stone Henge. We next proceed to County Mayo, on our way 

 to Connemara. We can go by two routes — take train via 

 Collooney and Claremorris for Westport, or by long car from 

 Sligo, via Ballysodare and Dromore West, for Ballina, from 

 which a short train journey reaches Westport. This drive 

 enables us to see the rapids and falls of Ballysodare and the in- 

 teresting scenery by Dromore West until we cross the river 

 Moy at Ballina, which divides Mayo from County Sligo. The 



