ii .;where he became a minister of the past, tantallsing1y revealing the relics established church. Sy a striange coin- of aneient splendour, yet holding from cldence, one became in after years the us its inscru:taible secrets. It st;ood Parish priest, and the other he rector,. there in its strength long .before the of Olonmany. The mother, Uke Dom!- dawn of history. Its wall. 10 to l5i feet nick O'Donnell's mother, exipressed her thick, built wiith huge stones, wlthout grief for her son's error. cement, like those of Dun Aenguis, b'reJJrr 'OU1c t>e1t "'5 bu..ic"11·t.ite.tcc b6, 'Oo \'Mt::d "oo uorn 1r pluroeo.5 0111:, 11J. '00 fU1'6e "111• fU1nneo5.di .&!1'0.d, -0.5 eirt:e.dct: te 5tort.d1ti mrn1ri:1r. W1th <less of sorrow could I view tomorrow My lo.st one herding on the mountain . !brown, Than strange doctrines teaooing, and new tenets prea1ching, A:t yon lordly wind·ow in · his silken ;gown. We tll.ke our l1ast stand on Afleach. Much that wquld have been of inter·est I have to omit. But I have tried ·to . make my skebchy talk as fair and .as comprehensi'.Y~ as the extent and variety of the subject ma:tter allowed. Aileach stlands there like a messenger from the Stalgue Fort and Knoelk·fennel, indicate either a. ra.ce o.f giants or a marvel of· ico-oper·ative strength. This s~yle of building has been called Clycl0pean Archi:tectiure, because it resembles the construction of the walil·s of Mycenae, which, the Qreeks thought, were ibuilt lby the CY'clop·s. The kings ot the royal line of Nian, the O'Neills and the O'I.Jochlainns, lived there unti'~ it was burned !by Murtagh ()!'Brien in 1101. But the ruins still remain to remind us of the past. God bless the grey mountains of dark Donegal, God bless Royrul Alle·~h, the pride of them a.ill; · · For she sits evermore Uke a queen on her throne To guard the deep vailleys of green JnniShowen.
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