Daniel o'Connell e la rinascita della vita nazionale in Irlanda . r glens. Carhen House, il luogo di nascita del Liberatore, è scomparso molto tempo fa, e il piccolo villaggio di Cahirciveen, che ora la ferrovia rende facilmente accessibile, ha da allora acquisito una nuova importancedalla sua vicinanza alla stazione dei cavi su ValentiaIsland. Ma il mare con tutti i suoi umori mutevoli ofcalmi e tempesta, di riflusso e di flusso, e la montagna che i nebbie raccolgono o che vento-clearedriflettono in viola radianza la gloria del westernsun rimanere lo stesso. In tutte le caratteristiche essenziali il luogo rimane invariato dal giorno

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Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . r glens. Carhen House, the birthplace of the Liberator, has long ago disappeared, and the little village ofCahirciveen, which now the railway renders easilyaccessible, has since acquired a new importancefrom its proximity to the cable-station on ValentiaIsland. But the sea with all its changing moods ofcalm and storm, of ebb and flow, and the mountainson which the mists gather or which wind-clearedreflect in purple radiance the glory of the westernsun abide the same. In all essential features theplace remains unchanged from the day when as aboy OConnell paddled on the silvery sands of Darry-nane Bay, or as a busy barrister snatching a brieiholiday from his professional duties hunted the hareon foot and made the hills resound with shout andlaughter, or as a wearied politician, seeking rest andhealth amid his native vales, watched with saddenedeyes the waves as they curled and broke on thatrock-bound coast. The wild beauty of the placeearly impressed itself on OConnells sensitive nature, . 1802] Early Life and Marriage. 3 and recollections of his mountain home added anintensity to his love of his native land, which neithertime nor the excitement of a public life ever dulled.Quoting Landors lines from Gebir on the sea-shell— Shake one, and it awakens : then applyIts polisht lips to your attentive ear, And it remembers its august abodes. And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there. he wrote to the poet in 1838 : Would that I had you here, to show you their augustabode in its most awful beauty. I could show you atnoontide—when the stern south-western had blown longand rudely—the mountain waves coming in from theillimitable ocean in majestic succession, expanding theirgigantic force, and throwing up stupendous masses offoam, against the more gigantic and more stupendousmountain cliffs that fence not only this my native spot, but form that eternal barrier which prevents the wildAtlantic from submerging the cultiva

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