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In the legend. 0sFlaherty, in his " Sketch of the Island of Arran," says, " The people of Arran fancy that at certain periods they see Hy-Brasil elevated far to the west in their watery horizon. This had been the universal tradition of the ancient Irish, who supposed that a great part of Ireland had been swallowed by the sea, and that the sunken part often rose and was seen hanging in the horizon! The Hy-Brasil of the Irish is evidently a part of the Atlantis of Plato, who in his i Timssus' says that the island was totally swallowed up by a prodigious earthquake. Of some such shocks the Isles of Arran, the promontories of Antrim and some of the western islands of Scotland bear evident marks." A curious tract relating to this traditon was once in the possession of Denis Florence Mac-Carthy, the author of "Waiting for the May" and other poems. The title was " The Western Wonder, O Bra-zed, an Inchanted Island discovered; with a relation of Two Ship-wracks in a dreadful Sea-storm in that discovery. London, printed for N. C, MDCLXXIV." Lovers of verses about fairies and the " good people" will find an in-exhaustible store in Irish literature, ancient and modern. " The Dark Rosaleen," by that extraordinary and erratic genius James Clar-156 |
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