Killarney

Killarney, a small market-town in the county of Kerry, 185 miles by rail SW. of Dublin, 47 WNW. of Cork, and $1\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ mile from the lower Killarney Lake. Its importance depends on the crowds of tourists who come to visit the famous lakes. The town has been practically rebuilt, and now possesses some spacious streets with a number of good houses and public buildings. Most notable among the latter is the Roman Catholic cathedral, a very imposing structure, which, along with the Bishop's Palace, was designed by Pugin. There is also a large Episcopal church, a lunatic asylum, a courthouse, and a railway hotel. Pop. (1851) 7127; (1891) 5510. There is a small trade in making fancy articles to attract the strangers, principally from the wood of the arbutus, which grows on the islands. On the shores of the lakes are marble-quarries, yielding several varieties—green, red, white, and brown—and also some old copper-mines. Near the town is the seat of the Earl of Kenmare, whose estates were the scene of disturbances, in connection with evictions, during the Irish agitation of 1888-89.