feat in the beard, not in any thing effential to the muscle, but it is neceffary to boil them in vinegar.

Raheny. A fmall village near Clontarf, remarkable for its quarries of limestone which bear a polish equal to marble. Here are fome elegant country feats, particularly Captain Vincent's, Gorges Edmond Howard, Efqr's, and others and also a neat church.

Charlemount. The feat of the nobleman of that name. This elegant place is adorned with a superb and magnificent temple, called Marino, from a building so called in Spain. The Earl of Charlemount has spared no expence in improving this moft pleafing fituation. To attempt to defcribe the elegance of Marino is ufelefs, for the harmony and beauty of the building beggars all defcription. His Lordship's feat is fituated between Clontarf and Dublin, near Ballybough Bridge.

Lucan. A fmall town about 6 miles weft of Dublin, in the road to which is a large quarry of limestone and flate, and a mill for plating iron. The fulphureous fprings near this town, are juftly celebrated for their many excellent properties in the cure of divers chronical difeafes. The well is near 7 feet long, 2 feet broad, and 15 inches deep, and yields a large fupply of water, containing 82 gallons, and when emptied fills again in an hour. The foil about it is fandy and abounds with limeftone. It is fituated on

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the demefne of Agmondifham Veley, Esq. It resembles the Aix la Chapelle water in smell and taste, and is like our Swadlingbar water alfo in thofe refpects, but more ftrong, has the flavour when strongest of a putrid egg, in smell like the washing of a foul gun and the folution of fulphur. Silver immerfed in it at the well becomes inftantly black; an iron key kept in for 48 hours was rufted, and gold immerfed in it affumes a deeper yellow. It will retain its virtues many months, provided it is kept in bottles fealed. I have often drank it at the well, and the tafte remains on the palate fome time; it is a great diuretic, confequently of eminent fervice to thofe afflicted with the gravel or ftone, as alfo to many afflicted with the rheumatism, &c. Dr. Rutty mentions its efficacy in curing a woman who had eruptions of a tetterous kind over her body; another who had puftules on her hands; a perfon of a herpes on the leg; a man who had an hemorrhage; a man of a kind of leprofy; another of a scurvy, and upwards of 100 more cures, the more extraordinary as many of them were, hereditary. In most of these disorders, the Lucan water from its first introduction hath proved fuccessful, efpecially when drank at the fountain, as well as ufed externally, alfo for curing the diforders of the ftomach and bowels, &c.

At Luttrel's town, near Lucan, are found martens, which destroy poultry and rabbits,

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and is very mischievous; the skins are used in making muffs and tippets; and in the woods adjoining, in the demefne of Lord Irnham, are alfo found fquirrels. Near this town is a large quarry of building ftone and lime ftone.

Woodville, near Lucan, the feat of the Right Hon. H. T. Clements, is an elegant fuperb building, commanding a moft delightful profpect of the river Liffey, Luttrel'stown and other adjacent feats. Here is an elegant cottage decorated with ftained glafs, is fituated on the banks of the Liffey, interfected with arbutes and other evergreens. The gardens are spacious and well laid out, and the improvements are made with a peculiar degree of judgment and tafte. On the whole this feat, for fituation and every other requifite, may juftly vie with any in this or any other kingdom, and deferving the attention of the curious.

Chapel-izod. A fmall but very neat village about two miles weft of Dublin, on the fouth of the Phenix park, and is much frequented by genteel company, being fo near the metropolis. There is a neat church and a barrack for two regiments of artillery which are quartered here.

In this county are alfo the following villages, which give titles to the following peers. Fingal on the north eaft of Dublin, a fmall but a very rich and fertile country, gives the title of Earl to the family of Plunket. Merrion on the east gives that of vif

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count to Earl Fitzwilliam, Rathcoole that of yiscount to the family of Tracy, and Santry, on the north, that of Baron to the Earl of Barrymore.

KING'S COUNTY.

This county derives its name from King Philip of Spain, husband to Queen Mary. Its greatest length from north to fouth is 38 miles, and its breadth nearly the fame. It is bounded on the north by Weft Meath, on the east by Kildare, on the fouth by part of Tipperary and the Queen's County, from which it is divided by the river Barrow, and on the weft by Tipperary, and Galway, from which it is feparated by the Shannon. This county was formerly full of bogs, but they are now well drained, and many parts of the county well inhabited and greatly improved. It contains 257,510 Irish plantation acres, about 9000 houses, 56 parishes, II baronies, and 2 boroughs, and returns 6 members to parliament. Chief towns are Philipstown. Geashill. Banagher. Ballyboy. Birr. Edenderry.

Tullamore.

Philipftown. This town as before mentioned derives its name from King Philip of Spain. It is the capital of this county; it had formerly a caftle. One company of foot are now quartered here, in the barracks. It gives the title of baron to Lord Viscount Molefworth.

Molefworth. The poft goes to Dublin twice a week, from whence it is diftant 38 miles weft. The Grand Canal from Dublin to the river Shannon paffes by this town, which when finifhed will be of infinite advantage, efpecially in the article of coals, of which there are now near 236,000 tons annually imported from England; as by this means they will come to market very cheap, free from the combinations, the frauds, the monopolies, the exactions of colliers, coal-factors and engroffers, and prevent 150,000l. being fent out of the kingdon yearly for coals.

An elegant church is now building at Philiptown, for which purpose the board of the first fruits have granted the fum of 39°l at the recommendation of the Bifhop of Kildare, in 1774.

Banagher. It is a small town with a bridge over the Shannon, that leads into the county of Galway. It contains a barrack for two companies, being a very important pafs. A ftrong monaftery was built here in 1325, and endowed by John de Bermingham Earl of Louth, for conventual Francifcans, and was called Monafterpheoris; it was pillaged in 1521, Gerald Earl of Kildare, then Lord Deputy. The poft goes to Dublin 4 times a week. It is fituated 64 miles from Dublin.

Birr, otherwife Parfon's-town. Situated 57 miles fouth west of Dublin, on the bor

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