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Title: Romantic Ireland
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco), 1871- McManus, Blanche, 1869-1935, joint author
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Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & company
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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tourists ever come toLimerick. To-day Limerick — in spite of its activitieswith respect to sausages — is no more a makerof history, but sits dozing complacently onthe estuary of the finest river in the king-doms, and cares not apparently for the com-ings and goings of the outside world. As some poetic soul — possessed by an Irish-man of course — has said: No one cares forLimerick now. Of all the fierce possessorswho fought for her when she was young, thelocal government officially alone remains, likethe gray elderly husband of some housewifelywoman who was a beauty and a toast, andmade mens swords leap from their scabbardsfor love of her — once. At the mouth of the Shannon, near whereits tidal waters meet the sea, Limerick hasits fashionable watering-place of the con-ventional pattern. The chief amusement of this delectable place appears to be the gath-ering of Irish moss, as it is commonlyknown. Here they call it Carrageen moss,but it is the same thing, and ultimately turns
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Around the Coast to Limerick 103 up as a dainty and nourishing jelly. Thepeasantry gather it for profit, the visitors forpastime. It is found in many shallow rockpools at low tide, and grows in short, bushytufts, coralline in shape. The moss mustbe bleached in the sun, and then boiled downinto jelly. Dulse, another variety of edibleseaweed, which requires no preparation, isalso found here; and the central ribs of youngoarweed are peeled and eaten like celery,which they very much resemble in looks, but— most emphatically — not in taste. Dear also, to Americans, will be the mem-ory of County Limerick as the birthplace ofFitz-James OBrien. The son of an attorney,he was born in 1828, receiving his educationat Dublin University. In his youth he sawservice as a British soldier, but early driftedtoward journalism and America. Among his earliest compositions were tworemarkable poems, Loch Ine and IrishCastles, which present in a picturesque vo-cabulary many of the salient charms and beau-

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