Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...From the site of the " holy stone" a second scramble brought us to a curious little building, similar precisely in form and general structure to the hermitage of Gollerus; but very much smaller, and in worse preservation. A glance was suincient to satisfy the mind that it was constructed for the same purpose as the cell at Gollerus; but here there was no burial-ground. This interesting, and no doubt once sacred structure, we found in the filthy yard of a deserted cabin, surrounded by heaps of dirt and ruin, and desecrated by the careless owners, who have consigned it to the use and shelter of their pigs. Leaving this object of curiosity, and following the path in front of several wretched cabins which compose the melancholy village of Killmachedor, we came to a building dignified by the name of the mansion of St. Brandon, of which this sketch will give a correct idea--It struck me, as I approached this building, that it possessed far more windows than any structure of similar size and situation that I had ever seen in Ireland; yet so rude was its style, that it afforded no little quibbles of architectural nicety, by which a judgment of the precise date could be formed. However, I came to the determination that St. Brandon had had about as much to do with this house, as the same very respected saint's great-grandfather; and thus, confident in the correctness of my own decision, I presumed to assert my disbelief of the account that associated the worthy saint with this unworthy edifice. Proud indeed did I feel, when the renouned local antiquarian, Father Casey himself, declared that he was of precisely the same opinion. It would be very stupid work to write, or if written, to read, a minute description of this building. The sketch...
