Show y j. j t J i r tt W I r THE ABBEY OF dF One of the of-the the Most Famous and PI Picturesque Pic of Irelands Ireland's Ruins Scenic Ireland with Its many beautiful beau beau- beautiful panoramas offers no spot more mora particularly satisfying to mans man's sense of the artistic In nature than tho Killarney district with Its far famed lakes Not toot least among the many delights delights de de- delights lights ot of of this prolific region stands the picturesque ruin of ot the famous abbey which was founded In 1440 and rebuilt In 1 1602 02 It Is charmingly located on a peninsula separating separating sep sep- the lower and middle lakes of pf Killarney The ruin which Consists of parts of df f th the convent and church Is not remarkable either for extent or for beauty of workmanship Its preservation pre pre- seclusion be beauty uty of ot situation situation situation situa situa- tion and accompanying ven venerable trees however conjoin to make It one i Abbey of ot the most Interesting ruins of ot Irelands Ireland's Irelands Ireland's Irelands Ireland's Ire Ire- lands land's former abbeys The The cloister which h consists of ot two twenty-two arches ten of ot them them semi circular and twelve twelver pointed is the best preserved portion of the abbey A singular feature as shown In the illustration is a magnificent magniS- magniS cent cent- yew tree tree growing growing In the centre of ot the enclosure With a circumference circumference ence of ot 13 f feet et and a proportionate hight Night the wide-spread wide branches of ot this noble tree cover as a roof the whole area It Is more than that probable-that the tree is coeval with the abbey and that It was planted by the hands of ot the monks who first inhabited the building Perhaps ft its preservation Is is- is du due to to tl the belief among the common people that any any ny person daring to pluck a branch or br in any way injuring t this is tree will not live a year aft afterward |