Show 4 LOVELY GREEN ISLE landof land of bewitching beauty well worthy the love of the great apostle IN HIS wanderings as a teacher te 1 r st patrick doubtless visited almost I 1 most very every part ot of ireland it was on that abrupt and pictures picturesque qu a clevent elevation mount blemish above the v valley alley a of the brut braid it in county antrim that the heart of the captive boy bay experienced its great spiritual change which from events foll following eng way may be considered to have at altered ered the entire history of ire im land and even to ia hae transformed wehr tit the face ce of christendom S similarly mail arly ancient tara the old shi abode its of kings situated about five miles from dublin in county meath I 1 is closely identified with st patrick a same name there he be what went first on at h his a mission of conversion st patrick must have known know the beautiful lakes ot of killar I 1 ter ney in county kerry tor far I 1 in this neigh boyhood he be sojourn tied ed seven years year on rokes he an island 1 in the 1 lakes then kno known wn in the irish language by the no name a lough L lene the lake of learning he a ea a church which in the sev rout anth century grow grew into in lonis fallen an ab bey y this thib part of ireland he be loved esp espe dally then as aa now lie an soft be witching beauty of the scenery there about was rebels celebrated led far and wide as a the tenth wonder of ireland the mo mountains surrounding ur the waters were am empowered embowered ered 1 in yew and evergreen and oak k and purple teemed leaved arbutus whose flowers hung in white rich clauw clus the noise ot of cascades falling echoed and re reechoed echoed when they struck the waters of the lake A few mi miles I 1 a away froom from the town of if killarney just beyond kate kear hew e blackwater bridge ney cry B cottage soon after ona enters at 11 dunlow B gap there is ia a place phone which in local tradition Is ia the scene of an fin par incident 1 tn st Plo patricks tricks lifo life for this la is said to be the spot where he be commanded the snakes snake to ine leave II 11 I ireland I it I 1 ibis his distinction tin is claimed however by many other irish PI places 0 on the was western am coast for instance there Is IB a mountain in called brogh patrick where h he be to Is said eaid to have gathered to gotta the serpents and to low have di driven a them into the western ocean by beat log ing a drum this is ia but the one of the many legends legend a which still linger tn is the manda fail of faithful irishmen |