Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . , separates it fromBallinskelligs harbour. Scattered about on it arethe ruins of the ancient abbey which gives its nameto the Httle bay and the house itself, containing thegraves of many of OConnells ancestors. To astranger the scenery on the land side—a jumble ofrock alternating with bog—devoid of trees, exceptfor a small shrubbery planted by OConnell himself,presents a rather dreary prospect ; but to OConnellit was endeared by the tenderest recollections of hischildhood, and the tourist who will take the troubleto ascend Coomakis

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Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . , separates it fromBallinskelligs harbour. Scattered about on it arethe ruins of the ancient abbey which gives its nameto the Httle bay and the house itself, containing thegraves of many of OConnells ancestors. To astranger the scenery on the land side—a jumble ofrock alternating with bog—devoid of trees, exceptfor a small shrubbery planted by OConnell himself, presents a rather dreary prospect ; but to OConnellit was endeared by the tenderest recollections of hischildhood, and the tourist who will take the troubleto ascend Coomakista, when the early rays of thesun are flooding the ocean and lighting up thedistant Skelligs, will admit that the praise he lav-ished on it is not wholly undeserved. With the enthusiasm of a new proprietor, OCon-nell no sooner found himself installed at Darrynanethan he began altering, planting, and building in orderto make the place more commodious and agreeablefor his wife and family. For he was anxious to re-move his establishment from Dublin thither.. 1828] The Awakenmg of the Nation. 167 I hope, he wrote to his wife, I will be able toprevail on my daughters to come down very, very earlynext summer. It would be a very great object to me toget rid of a ^1000 of my debts during the next twoterms. If I were able to do that, out of my profession, I would soon be altogether free. How I long for thatday, darling. Nothing, however, but some substantialremaining at Darrynane, without anything like an estab-lishment in Dublin, will do it, But in this he rather reckoned without his host.For Mrs. OConnell, gentle and devoted wife thoughshe was, had no idea of econonny, or of buryingeither herself or her daughters in a remote corner ofKerry; and at the very moment OConnell wasscheming to retrench his expenses, her thoughtswere set on viceregal receptions and the pleasures ofcity life. Under the circumstances, therefore, it waslittle wonder that his plans not only came to noth-ing, b