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was obtained of these noble cliffs, rising 2,000 feet in perpen- 

 dicular height, and extending for miles in length. The course was 

 now for the Island of Innishmurray, in Sligo Bay, a veritable store- 

 house of ancient Irish structures, and which we visited in 1895. 

 It contains a cashel, in which are bee hive huts, ancient churches, 

 standing stones, and altars, dating back to Pagan times, all of 

 which have been minutely described in our transactions. 



The kindness and hospitality of the people is well known, and 

 many old customs still continue, including the use of stone querns 

 or hand mills, which are still in use. 



We left the Island about 6-0 o'clock p.m., and steered for 

 Blacksod Bay, which was reached at 10-0 p.m. Here we 

 anchored for the night in perfectly smooth water, being protected 

 by a long strip of land called the Mullet, about eighteen miles in 

 length, running north and south, and giving perfect shelter from 

 the Western Atlantic. The Island of Achill lay south of us, and 

 the huge mountains of Slieve More and Crohaun rose high in the 

 moonlit sky, and added greatly to the charm of the scenery. 



Next morning, mid-summer day, we called at a little village 

 called Falmore, and examined the ruins of an ancient church and 

 a holy well close by the church. The latter possesses many 

 points of special interest. We continued our course around the 

 great cliffs of Achill, and entered Clew Bay, making for Clare 

 Island, which we reached in the afternoon, and landed. We 

 visited a little village where are the ruins of Grace O'Malley's 

 castle, and walked across the Island for a couple of miles to the 

 ruins of a small Monastery of the Cistercian Order, which is 

 probably early 15th century date. 



The Congested District Board have bought the Island, and 

 divided it into separate farms, and have in many ways greatly 

 benefitted the inhabitants, who are now fairly prosperous. We 

 procured a pilot at Clare Island, and sailed to the opposite coast 

 of Mayo, and entered the well-known estuary of Killery Harbour, 

 which runs up amongst the mountains for fully seven miles from 

 the sea. The great mountain of Mweelreagh, 3,000 feet in 



