Excerpt from "The Island of Saints, " or Ireland in 1855

The illustrations which I have included in this volume I owe to the photographic zeal of one of my sons who accompanied me in this journey. The lithographs, as copied from these sun-pictures, may thus fairly lay claim to the merit of accuracy, and will require but few words in explanation.

Plate 1. The convent scene tells its own tale, the man of Galway being a characteristic likeness.

Plate 2. Peasant-girl at the gateway of Cong Abbey also stood for her portrait, and her dress will therefore give some idea of the appearance of the Connemara females. The bright colours are, however, wanting, and it must be remembered that their style of dress is very various.

Plate 3. In the gateway of the Abbey, on Inchagoile, will be seen a specimen of very early ecclesiastical architecture. It has the peculiarity of being wider at the bottom than towards the arched top.

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