July 1.]
Reading edition
IRELAND.
July 1.]
IRELAND.
Mason, in his Stat. Acc. of Ireland (1814, vol. ii. p. 528), says that the great holiday in Seagoe is on the first of July (Old Style), being the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne. A procession takes place, the whole population wear orange lilies, and the day is spent in festivity.
