The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 39, March 27, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 39, March 27, 1841

There is scarcely in all Ireland a scene which has so many exciting associations connected with it as that which we have chosen as the pictorial subject for the present number of our Journal. The bridge is indeed a new one; but it is erected on the site of that most ancient one which was the scene of so many a hard-fought battle for all that men hold dear; and the castleruined and time-worn, it is trueis the same fortress which served in turn the race by whom it was erected, and, as if partaking of the change which our soil is said to make in the feelings of all those who settle on it, became the last and most impregnable stronghold of those it was designed to subdue. But some of the events connected with this sceneand these events, too, the most importantthough honourable to the manly character of all concerned in them, and such as all the members of the great family of the British empire may now feel a pride inare still associated with remembrances which to many are of a saddening cast, and which require to be softened by distance or time before they can be distinctly awakened without giving painlike our countrys music, of which even some of the most exhilarating movements have strange tones of sorrow blended with them, which to many temperaments are too touching if strongly accented. And we do not therefore regret that in the short notice of Limerick Bridge and Castle which we have to present to our readers, neither our plan nor our space will permit us to give any sketch of their history but such as may be read by all, if not with pleasure, at least without pain. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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