6 TilL \U 'NlET .\NNU.\1. Ii II; itNt ll-_ I \\\ L.\l still remain ti mark the t t x0icri , heroes' feet li,i Vi t 1(1 and the nil )"k- of 01(1 ('lldllte(l 111111 ii &V('i'-(I1(IiIIL J)rai'.e. ftc history if kiltiialls'k i ii1t,irahly N oil nd up wit Ii ii to - ft irt uni of t lii I niond ( ieraldint. lins ihIut rions family, vIiii'hi fir -a ii in iii ilvit! tlit destinies if tlit' people of luiitii, lia added nit little fame to the lu-ti rv of thitcountry. Neverthele*... the '-tar 1 4 their f irt une eanni it be a id t 1 tave been alwa in the ascendant : and -ad indeed, are many of the stories told of tlic adverse ft irt lines (if this noble race. Mall v an' it hem family would have '-iiieiiiiihed beneath lie \Veigli t of i1)1)r("ii iii and wrong \VluiehI I heir 1-nenlits relent lt<strong>•</strong>-lv lu-a pt-d upon hi-rn. ftit far fri ni 1oin daunted by iuiisfortune, tht'v bravely riee ivain, amid embellished the standard if flit-jr lii iliSi with undvi ng gli rv. By iheils of bravery and honour, they have wi in a fax-mired place among I rilu lit ,rocs. Our nat ii inal et Thomas 1)avi- loud in their iraii-, ri-c turiting their ancient LII try, t-xe1aiiii - \e (eraltliiui.s \ ( t,llit- hI \V rI v.dlv v reigned )cr I )csmt tn I hr ad .i iul rut h Kildare, and I n 1 arts disdained Your sword made knights, your banner waved free was your bugle call. I v ;lvnn's green slipes. and 1)ingle's tide, fr rn I tarriws banks t V. tughal - \Vliat gorgeous shrines, what lirchi in lore, what minstrel feats there were. In and around Magh Nuadhaids keep. and pait filled A dare But not for rite or feast s-c' staved, when friend or kin were pressed 1 enutn fled when ('110111 ,'1,I, I p k var lance in rest." I shall now take the reader to this plait- if 1iihu antiquity— the former (-it\ - if Niliuialloek. It t;lll(IS in the iuiitlt of one f the most fertile and beautiful (if dis- tricts in all the land - flic Vale. It is about fifteen miii's si,iltli if Limerick it\' (in the way to ((irk, situated iii the bank (if it -,miiall t ream call -d t lie Jitirfiai 1,, a tributary of the lfuiciti'. I )i isvii to the tiiii(' I if I lie \in,lii-Norman inv;i'-ii fl, the ancient history of Nilmahlock i'- fdee -nit-. But little i ri-eciriled of it lu-vt ml the fact (if the fi riiuilat it ii if its tniiiIit abbey iiy t Mr' lila11, i iii the si-venthi eentuiv, fri ni No.1111111 tlit- plate deFi\i(l its name. \\ lit-n -'t ri in-,hr w and Ins pary if adventurers first -jreid war and discoid over tin- fair plain-. it Miint,'r, Kilmalloek Wa- -t ri ini1y difitulr 1 by an t-iwirehni, st till wail if it insit lerable stnt'ngtlu, ft itilied liv hitie mound. i if earth, a- was tit(- custom at that pt-ru d with all cit ii- and towns if ililp ii-tan e. Ltri- jittiin'- of thi- wall. whitli luavi with-ti iid the nlallv attack if battering rain and mortar, and -urvived liii' ravaues of t hue, may still he seen. ihere were formerly four gateways of b rftv and rnposing character which gave entrance to the town. I 114-c wery hue '-'it -eitulells Of tht kill tliitlivttI by tlii at' luiteets of olden t i iiies in Ireland. a- can he seen from (lilt' (If thiiin that '-till remain'called Ji/ttssun:_&atc, as it 15( , fronu the fit ri- kn iwn a Kin L, i rhns Cast lc.* \\ hat Wi mdi rful lasting pov-rs have thii---c rav, ci ntur ' v-,,1(I rampart and towi-rs, tvhiili ary to b1- ft itind I ulentif':Ilv eattrriii . iver Ireland hhiw weak and jnri-Iialihi- (lii uiiodtru -q.irimutii- If in - luti-eture and tw''nt itt lu-i lit urv -kill uppear, wlicn COfllpare(1 wit Ii flit .. ci in- luc-rrs of time <strong>•</strong> .\ r riutri hit-st , ills have wandered the I ri t in ;iii,l 11w Itaite, rIO- captives of Arinorica, the cav.diers .1 Spain I 'Iii i' niiian and 'tI i usia n, a nil plunden ng Norman peers, The ssvordsrn-n (if lie r lirian, an,L thr- tuf- ri lrtr-r stir-, liii' principal rtnns ()f \\ ]lit It J-ihjiiahlock are the ancient eltnrehu of Peter and PanI, and the 1)1 imluiluican Priory (latilig back to tIn- thirteenth century. ihis latter i--.insiallv is a beautiful <strong>•</strong> 5,-' I it nt i picce. 1-RI__I_ I Wit
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