8/11 We discovered all too soon that we were going to Waterford, the Star of the Suir,-- 'The gentle Shure, that making way By sweet Clonmell, adorns rich Waterford'; and we were charmed at first sight with its quaint bridge spanning the silvery river. It was only five o'clock, and we walked about the fine old ninth-century town, called by the Cavaliers the Urbs Intacta, because it was the one place in Ireland which successfully resisted the all-conquering Cromwell. Francesca sent a telegram at once to MISS PEABODY AND MAID, Great Southern Hotel, Limerick Junction. Strongbow landed here 1771, defeating Danes and Irish. Youghal to-morrow, pronounced Yawl. |