Scoil: Cabra, Kingscourt

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1. Kingscourt - Parish of Enniskeen Containing 1616 Inhabitants (ar lean)

   

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   which is interspersed with stately trees of ancient growth is an aboriginal wood covering several hundred acres and reaching to the summit of a lofty eminence crowned with the ruins of an ancient castle and a rotunda of more modern date, commanding a rich view over several counties terminating in the Carlingford mts. to the east, and the bay of Dundalk which is visible in clear weather.
   On a rising ground at a short distance towards the south are the tower of Kingscourt Church and part of the town and to the S. East on a high hill, the Church of Ardagh. At the western extremity of the demesne is the romantic and thickly wooded glen of Cabra, of great depth and nearly a mile in length watered by a rapid mountain torrent, which, taking a winding course over beds of rock, forms several picturesque cascades.
   A very romantic bridge is thrown across the glen, the abutments of which are hewn in solid rock; the arch raised to a very great height is covered with ivy and ornamented with several trees of large growth whose stems are also entwined with ivy giving it a splendid and imposing appearance.
   Near this spot on a slight eminence is Cabra Lodge, where the present proprietor has erected some vertical saw mills of great power. It is traditionally recorded that one of the northern

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