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Dubli.: has a considerable trade by sea, and the canals, which extend from this point to dif- 

 ferent parts of the island. The banks of the river are lined with elegant quays, and shipping 

 of 200 tons may come up to the lower part of the city. Here are large manufaclures of linen, 



cotioi), woolen, and silk. The 

 monument to Nelson, 130 feet 

 high, and the obelisk, erected 

 in honor of the Duke of Wel- 

 lington, 210 feet in height ; the 

 old parliament house, now 

 the national bank ; the castle or 

 residence of (he viceroy ; the 

 vast pile of Trinity college ; 

 the docks, capable of contain- 

 ing several hundied vessels ; 

 the enormous piers, which de- 

 fend the harbor from the en- 

 croachments of the sea ; the 

 custom-house, &c., are among 

 the most remarkable structures. 

 The hospitals, and other char- 

 itable institutions, aie numerous 

 and well endowed, and there 

 are many learned societies. 

 Dublin contains 24 churches 

 and chapels of the establish- 

 ment, 26 Roman Catholic 

 chapels, and 15 dissenting meet- 

 ing-houses. In contrast wiih 

 all this sjilendor, the miserable 

 hovels oi' the poor present the 

 most painful scenes of fillh, 

 poverty, and distress, and the 

 beggars are very numerous. 

 Population, 263,816. 



Cork, the second city of Ire- 

 land, lies upon the Lee, about 

 14 miles from the sea ; its har- 

 bor, called the Cove, is safe 

 and capacious, and is strongly 

 fortified. The city IS irregu- 

 larly builr, the houses are old 

 and mean, the streets narrow 

 and diriy. Its commerce is 

 extensive, and it ex|)orts areat 



JYelson's Pillar, Sackvillc Street, Dublin. 



Population, 107,000. 



Cork harbor is the principal navafsta- 



quantities of salted provisions 

 tion for Ireland. 



Limericl; a city on the Shannon, about 60 miles from its mouth, has a good harbor, and is 

 connected, by canals, with Dublin. The surrounding countrv is remarkable for its fertility 

 Limerick carries on an extensive commerce. Population, 66,000. To the southeast of Lim 

 encJi IS Cashel, ihe see of the archbishop of Munster, containing a fine cathedral. 



heljast, in the northeast of Ireland, on a bay of the same name, with a safe and commodious 

 Harbor, IS a flourishing place. Its manufactures of linen and cotton, and its situation, in a re- 

 markably populous and highly cultivated district, give it an active trade. The shipping of the 

 port amounts to 25,000 tons. Population, 53,387. To the southwest of Belfast stands Jlr- 

 magh once a populous city, the seat of learning, and the metropolis of Ireland, now much re- 

 duced. It IS at present, however, the see of the archbishop of Ulster, who is primate of aU 

 Ireland, and contains a fine cathedral and the archiepiscopnl palace. 



iUtla-fonl, stands on the Suir, just above its iuncilou wiih the Bnrrow. T(s harbor is ex- 



