To this last the fashion of dress then prevailing contributed not a little. The loose flowing robes and floating draperies give an air of indescribable grace; while the choice of colours, the soft blues and browns, charm the eye. Setting this aside, however, there can be no question that the women of the last century possessed more of actual beauty than is to be found amongst the belles of our day. There is no lack of pretty faces, but beauty of the highest order is rare; so too is the lady of high degree with her brocaded skirt, her courtly grace, and her grand air. She belongs to the past, like the fine gentleman.

Many of these goddesses were Irishwomen - not pure Celts, but of a mixed race, born of the industrious planting of English settlers upon Irish soil.

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