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wife tothe prefent proprietor, and fitter 
to the prefent Duke of Richmond, has 
ere€ied a moft {pacious piggery, adjoining 
to the honfe, planned with the greateft 
neamefs and convenience for the breed of 
that fpecies of animal, containing feveral 
hundreds of beautifu ly-mottled and ftrip- 
ed {wine, of very curious colours. 
Mr. Conolly, the prefent proprie- 
tor, was twenty-two years a member of 
the Britifh Parliament; and, fome years 
fince, was fo attached to horfe-racing, 
and the breed of that noble animal, as to 
be 2ick-named, as is the phrafe in Ireland, 
Tom Turf. Mr. Conolly has always 
Borne a mof amiable charaéter, as the 
friend of his country, and of the poor in 
general, but more particularly the poor in 
his neighbourhood ; yet, ftrange to tell, 
a plot was lately difcovered, of an inten- 
tion being formed to affaffinate this good 
man, in contequence of which, a corpo- 
_rals’ guard have, for many months paft, 
and to this hour do duty every night in 
this houfe, for his protection. 
~ Near this manfion is the town of Cel- 
bridge, which I have before mentioned, 
a neat village, and though hitherto very 
unufual, it is ike moft places now in Ire- 
land, fprinkled with the military. At 
the extremity of this village is the country 
feat of Doétor Marlay, now Bifhop of 
Waterford ; and as it is with the greateft 
civility permitted to be feen, is extremely 
well worth the attention of perfons vifit- 
ing the environs of Dublin. The outhde 
of the houfe is gothic, executed in a ftile 
of peculiar neatnefs; the rooms are fmall, 
very handfomely furnifhed, and the Gifhop 
has, in his colleétion, feveral very excel- 
Jent piétures, fome of which are antique. 
Fhe grounds are planted with infinite 
variety, and through their centre runs a 
bold body of the river Liffey, over which 
isa rural bridge, built in imitation of a 
ruin, and has a very piéturefque effect ; 
the whole of the lawns, gravel walks, 
&c. are kept in the neateft manner. 
From this you can proceed in another 
dire€iion, through Cafilecown demefne, 
and about one mile beyond which, you 
turn off the great road into a part of the 
Duke of Leinfter’s extenfive demefne, in 
the county of Kildare, called Carton, 
through which all gentee! perfons have 
liberty to ride-and drive, ‘This demefne 
is upwards of five miles in length, and 
nearly the fame in breadth, well watered 
and richly planted ; there are, in different 
arts of it, fome hand{ome ftone bridges, 
neatly ‘executed, with - baluftrades and 
other ornaments. ‘The houfe is large, 
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roomy, and convenient, which appears to 
have been more attended to in this build- 
ing than ornament. The different no- 
blemen and gentlemen, in the neighbour= 
hood of Cartony have keys to open all the 
gate#in the private parts of thefe grounds ; 
and at all thofe parts where the public 
have permiffion to drive, perfons attend, 
in porter’s lodges, at every gate, for their 
accommodation. 
At the weftern part of this extenfive 
demefne, an avenue of about one mile 
.long and about two hundred feet wide, 
planted on either fide by oak and elm 
“trees, conduéts you into the town of 
Maynooth, muftly inhabited by the Duke 
of Leinfter’s tenantry. Here is a manu- 
faétory for garters; a few gentlemen’s 
country feats; and, now ereéting, upon 2 
piece of ground, prefented for that pur- 
pofe by his grace, a college, for the edu- 
cation of the Roman Catholic youths of 
Freland, agreeable to a charter lately ob- 
tained from the Irifh Parliament. 
Through this town a paflage-boat daily 
paffes from Kilcock to Dublin, upon the 
Royal Canal, which carries you through a 
very delightful country, and forms, to- 
gether with thofe places I have juft de- 
{cribed, a mof beautiful circuitous tour of 
the weftern part of the country round 
Dublin. ae 
Before I quit this Royal Canal, I muft 
acquaint my readers of a curious and in- 
dicrous circumfance which this Canal 
occahioned in the year 1794.—The com- 
pany of undertakers of this work, in 
forming an aqueduct vear Leixlip, which 
is indeed a very mafterly preduétion, dif- 
covered a mineral fpa, for fome months 
much followed and ufed by many, who 
conceived they felt more benefit from it, 
in fcrophulovs and fuch-like diforders, 
than they had from the long-eftablithed 
Lucan fpa; many of the faculty gave it 
avery excellent report, and it was rifing 
daily into high repute. A very eminent 
phyfician (Doétor Purcell), pow living in 
Dublin, and praétifing in the fummit of 
nis profefion, had ordered a jar of this 
water to be fent to him, that he might 
analize it; accordingly a jar of this fpa 
Was given to a man, to take to the doétor, 
but the fellow, on his way to Dublin, 
drank too much whifkey, and broke the 
jar before he arrived at the deétor’s ; and 
fearful of much blame, he, and a few of 
his companions, precured another, and 
filled it with. pure fpring water,. faying, 
‘* By Jafus, it’s all fudge, man, it’s all con- 
ceit of thefe grandees,; one water is as 
good as another.” This being agreed 
upon, 
