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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, DUBLIN 'Published each mouth. SubscriMion .5/- per amzum. Copies free to all members of the Association and of its Associate Depanmt'llt. Wholesnle from f!_nson & Son, Ltd., Dubli11, News Brothers, Cork, a11d Wymmz & Co , Ltd., London ==V=n=L.=l=J.======~ October, 192 6 If Winter Comes E nrc for the gTealer season coming. wi 11 tor sports, to attract visitors. Local 'rile stnnnler had lmrely closed when llh' tonriHt c-ommittees c-ou ld well regard thi Irish 'rolll·ist Association had set ont npon maLtcr as one for immediate activity on its campaign to nHtke Irehtnd's winter attrac their part, both in arousing local interest tions known to likely visitors from abrottd. and in obtaining the fullest information on In winter, c-hiefly, is sport indulged in, and hunting and other sports for the central it is solely the season f'or hunting and shoot boc1y. ActiYe committees will also find many ing, a powerful attrac-tion lo a number of things in their district likely to attract \\'ealth,v and influential foreigners. TwenL.v iomists in the winter season, on the explor years ago Ireland aLLraded more foreign ing or these possibilities by their members. sportsmen than moBt other European COlll1- 8uch work should be put m hand imme tries, but the \\'ar and the "' nglo-lrish con diately. flic-t s!oppe<1 the sport an!1 sent the visilors Trehtnc1' s winter seltPon can be m:tde else\\'hcre. We have rapidly reco\'C'r('(1 otll' :limost as produc-ti,·e as itH summer season, sport to til . extent th:1t the c:oming Be:1son !·ornpamtive \\'ith the expenditure involved, will C(jl!Hl any of the pre-war period, but "c ir we but appreciate the posBihilities of the h:wc not yet recoverecl our lost sporii ng· \\'i 11 icr season n ncl make e\'ery eO'ort to make visitors, an!1 to secure tl1eir ref urn eYer_\ them known. 'l'l10 l.'L' .. \ . hnB already effort must he made. 'l'lw untrue, and at 111!)\'ed in the matter, and we tnrBt all thosP times grotesque, irnpn'ssions regarding Ire in!Nes!ed \\'ill rapi!1ly follow lhc lend !huK lancl as " unsare " ror sport, no less than g'l\'en. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE IRISH HUNTS SEE PAGES 41 & 42. IRI SH 'TRAVEL 2(> Ociubcr, 1U2li. The Hunts tn• Ireland A brief notice of the records of the chief Hunts of the Country . .. \Vestmeath Hounds meet in a picturesque setting under the shadow of Knockdrin Castle. K a cun;ory gltmce over the principal Hunts in ln 18\.l\.l un nrnwgemenL was wade to h uut some of Ireland, tho records of which it is not possibl ' tho northem side of the County Kilkenny, whore it I to more than briefly mention in nn article like lllttrchcs on Leix, and which wns pnrL of tho Ossory this, a start n1ighL best be lllttde with Kilkenny , which, Hunt, now defunct. as a corporate Hunt, was founded by Sir John Power, Bart., in 1797. He is said by his contetllporarics lo THE ORMONDE AND KING'S CO. HUNT. have selected Kilkenny-to which he brought his 'l'he Earl of Kildare, as mentioned· in tho article on hounds from Tipperary-after travelling over Ireland, tlw " Antiquity of Hunting " . in this issue, when because of its breadth of woodlands, \VcsimettLh pro charging tho Etlrl of Ormonde with ke 'piug several viding its sole rival in hi,• qu sl. He built kenn ·Is at packs of hounds at Lhc cost and charges of the " King's Kilfane, and amongst the uJo::;L famous of his hunls SubgieLLes," »poke of tho Ormonde and Kilkenny lllen was Hobert Gaunt, a brolhcr of the Challlpion's. counties. 'l'lle Ormonde County has since boon usso 1\fr. Power was wade a baronet by Lhc 1-Ltr In H:l98 it was considered the two counties were ioo what it may well claim Lo be-a very " paradise of 111uch· and too wide for one man, but the division pursuit.'' His aim was to increase the size ancl established causeu SOllle little friction Jor " Onrden County " in Ireland, C:trlow, is one of !lw his urother-iu-la\1', f:)ir Willi,uu 'lhrockn10rlon, eounty mo ·t sporting, and there :m intelligent and practical kennels wen· uuilt at Culleen, ne:n· Mullingnr. Colonel Jove of sport and desire to promote it in the best wa,v Dense raiseel the status of the hounds greatly. is the driving force behind its endeavours. A brillinnt period WllS that under the mn .. tership SOUTH TIPPE RARY. of the Hon. H. Urevill e N'ugent, whose goocl nature was great, if b ::~ wn · slightly erratic. Lord Grevill c 'l'i.ppcrnry is eli viclecl into riclings, orth nncl South, was n popular l\I.F.H., who created a record for that ancl for fox-hunting tho latter is th most osieemecl. time of l'i lling fifty brace f fox in one year. In 189B The B,utons, of Grove, kept houncls at their place, Lord Longforcl nnd his broth r undertook the responsi near Fethard, early in last century; lik the Bacln1inlon bilities, anel in his fourth year Lord Longfor(! rebuilt Hunt, they hacl their button, which is still oxLmL t h kennels nnd stnbles al Culleen and aclrlcd a hunts In ] 811 the Marquis of \V aterfonl bought !he p:lck man's house. from Captain Jacob and set them 11p n ear HDckwell. 'J'h South \ \'pstmetlth Hounds g1·ew out of the Mr. Millet anrl Mr. George Gough had the p:wk for n county pack, who;;e t·xecut i vo fnmd it hard, if not. few s asons until 1\Ir. J. Going, of Coalbmok, took possible to visif the country h tween Moyvoughlcy them and lwld them for twenty years till he resigned and tho Shannon Hf; oftf•n as ec t.ld be wiRhed . Pnrt in 1873. of the country is fin(' uplanel pnst lll'C hut much trends 'l'he South Tippernry Bunt 1\'Hs n bsorbed by the per to pNlt. sonality of Mr. Richnrcl Hmke in the !niter portion of last century. HE' kept stag-hounels firi't ncar Clonnwl, THE FINGAL HOUNDS. and then revived the derelict hun( in splendid slyk Thii' pnek chiefly hunts in the Co. Dublin and h<1R bearing the entire financial burden of the pnck, for THE WESTMEATH HOUNDS. SOUVENIRS includin~ a large selection of Bog Oak orno~ments, Belleek Ware, Crest China with Arms of Although h unting is of an old date in th(• Westnwnt,ll Cor I<, Post Cards ard Albums of Irish Scenery, etc. , etc. country, it w:ls not until 18.1"1 !hat a county pack was J-:V I ~HYTH I NG FOH Til l ~ TOURI ST. formecl, with Sir E. L cvinge, of Knockclrin, ns tlw firkt n1nster. Fre was succe rlPrl hv 1\Tr. Hochfort MAC SWEE,NY'S PHARMACY and Boycl, of Miclelldon Park, whos0 n•i.gn of l wo yc;trs PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLY STORE, wns equally short. Sir Oeralcl Dellf;C' CHilll' some ye;n·s 91 PATRICK STREET, CORK. Inter. Hf' pl'OYE'd n goocl ma,;tN, ancl, supportrcl hy ·...... Opposite Messrs. Cook's Tracel Bureau . Oct obcr, Hl2G . 29 IRISH TRAVEL Photo ] Some Dianas of the Duhallow Hunt. [Barker ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ \ w~tcom~. lJfuntsm~n HE present Hunting Season promises to be tl1e best by far tl1.at T Ireland I1as known since pre~war days. Conditions everywi1.ere are favourable aml some excellent sport may be expected. The packs are m good condition, and tile Hunts well supportell. Tl1ere is noti1.ing to prevent our Englisll and American friends enjoying some excellent hunting in Ireland this year. There is tl1e same welcome for foreign sportsmen to~day, whicil in the past made Ireland a very happy land to visit and a very enjoyable place to spend tile season. Every I1unting 1 visitor will be welcomed in Ireland and noJ1ing will be left undone to ensure them. thorougil enjoyment of ti1is noblest of sports in ti1e land of sportsmen. IRISH TRAVEL 30 Oelober, H.l2G. The Poetry of Pursuit There are some interesting pieces of hunting verse left to us from the old days. N n land of pot>ts it would be indeed surprising i£ Bray C'ornmon he cross'd, Jcap'd TJord "\ngleRca's wnll, we hncl no pods of the chase, and while hunting .. \.nd sec>mccl Lo say, " Little I earc for you all!" I has not inspired any more rccC'nt poets, we are He ran bushes and groves up lo C'tlrbur,v B,vrnc ·s, not without verse on t.l1 Rubject. An interesting .J oc Dcbhill, Hall Preston, kept 1 ading by turnR. poem, which is indeed the earliest me-trical account of The carib it was open, but he wns so stou·L, a run, is one written as long ago as 1744, and as such Tho' he mighL have got in, he ehoR<' to ke0p out; has a particular interest. It deals with the Kilruddery 'ro l\Ltlpas high hill was the wn,v that he flo'>'·, country, one o£ the rockiest and roughest in Ireland: At Dalkey Stone Common we had him in view. He drove on tn Bullock, through shrub Glcnagear~ · , H ARK! hark! jolly sportsmen, awhile to my talc, Ancl so n to r onkRtawn' where• Lowry got \Yenry. Which to repay your attention I'm sure cannot Thro' RoehrR(m,·n wood like an a r0w llC' pnssod, fail. And came to ihe Rlccp hillR of 1 l llcr ,, .. n t Ins( ; 'Tis of lads and of horses and of dogs thnt no 'or tire, Then gal lant].\· plunged himself inlo the RL·n, Over stone walls and llC'clgcs, through dale, bog ancl And Raicl in his h art, " Rnrc none darr follow me!" briar. But Roon, to his coR(, lw per<' iv'cl thnt no boun ]s A pack of such hounds anrl a Ret of such nwn, C'ould stop thr pursuit of (he Rtnnnch md!l 'cl hounds. 'Tis a shrewd chance if ever you meet with again. His polic.v now clid not Rave him a rush, Had Nimrod, the mightiest of hunterR, been there, JTive eoupleR of Tart a rR WC'l'C' hnnl nt his bru«h. 'Fore God he'd have shook like an aspen for fear. 'ro recover the shore, ihrn, again \Yus hiR clrift, In seventeen hundr d and forty nn Thus we fini. heel the rest of the clay and the night, Ancll\Iick, all ttlive his assistance t.o ~-ie ld , Jn gay flmYing bumpers, and toasts of_ delight; Ilfick, so c;troful in kennel, so keen in !he field. Then, till the next me ting bid farewell each brother, B nt tlwy 'r0 come to n check, :mel nC' 'er out of his f-io Rome tbev "·ent one wav, and some wcnL another. pl;tce, And ns Phce'lms befricndecl. our enrlier roam, The Cnffre ,pulls up, but l here's gloom in his face, Ro T.unn took c·nre in concl uding us hotnl'. " Give them time now,., lw cries, " nncl he strnrly, prny, 'l'hc Laurente of the dwse in ln•ltmd \\'uS \Yhytc ln fo nnation, oh! .JohnnY, so IC'ttds you astraY.'· Melvillr·. He npprccinterl its peeuli * T.orrl .l nmc~ Hutlrr. '\T.F. I {. The \Vard Union Hunt, Co. Dublin. The mO\·e-off. IRISH TRAVEL 32 Ociobcr, l\J2G . Activities of the I.T.A. Meeting of Executive Committee. a scrio lr s draw!Ja clc This work is draft a dPtail cd st: lll ' IIH~ for 1927 pub MEETING of the Executive Com not yet completed , as alteJJtion is llOW li c ity we re practicall y t:o mplete. IJ ein g g iven to til e cities, aml w h en A mit tee of the Irish Tourist Associa Customs Complaint. tion was h eld in Dublin 011 Thursday, the outdoor wtJrl' is completed, d eve lo-pment an T e lephone No. 2 ~ 38. Telegrams-" Union llotel," Belfast. A well-known jockey invited to a drink before BELFAST. UNION HOTEL, ~oin~ on the course, said: " Well, I shall have Family and Commercial, a ' Double Nap ' Port /or luck I " Singularly DONEGALL SQUARE SOUTH. enou~h he brou~ht off a "Double" that day . MISS OWENS, Proprietress...... Oclober, 1926. 33 IRISH TRAVEL Shooting 10 Connemara· and Galway The Prospects of the Season are Excellent. l'lUKG t.he Lmublec1 period 1rhic·ll has bpsed The same ma1' be Rnicl of Loughrcn ;mel Bullina. loe been bridged nn:l jetties mn out i.o favour the C'11sting. c·t•nln•s. Snipe. nnd 1rilclfmrl nbound on the pl11in;;. .\ frictHl de cribecl him as fishing four to six rods 'l'hl• DPnvbriPn l\.Iountnins run within four mile. or so simultaneously. On a salmon being hookPd he rose of the fm:mer plac·c, which take. it~ ntlllll' from 11 lake from his n,rmehair, puL aside hiR (·igar, nnd pla~wl the S\\'arming with duck fish-:1 pic·L ure oJ' (lignified sport orienlnl in colonrin~. The moun'inins arc well stocked 11·ilh grouse, <1lld :.\hRCH HAt:E. c1ccr nm wild there but nre diffil·ult to si.nlk, l'xeepl when ihe l'Ol'll is ripe. Fishin~ nn(1 shoolin~ nre JllHttcrs of importnnl'c in Further Hunting Information Connemnrn · in fad ilH' mannl' HERE ar . no records to show when hunting as them out of house and home. There were great an art or pastime was :first introduced into varieties in this m ethod of pillage, but " coignc and T Ireland, but if the provisions of the old Brehon livery " represent the chic£. A . Latute ll' -a land where it is • very old indeed. ~nting tn Ireland it maintained by the tenants nnd frechoider~;, who and to make them clane, namid a Dalten." Some would not be l.ikeh· to ac('uslom themselves to the ide 1111' liillllillllil!llllltll II I I ' I Tel. Address : 'Ph { 497 "MARVEL " ones : 2150 Hamburg-Amerika Linie ~ · (HAPAG) Daniel Murphy, Ltd. Our Travelling Hint! 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HE 'vVe ·t G Historic Dublin. Martin 1\fcDonogh, vice-chairman of Line. This is not correct, as Messrs. The members of the Kill\C'JUlY Arch li te Jt'ish Toueist. Association, pee \Vm. H. Muller & Co. (London), Lt Address to Mr. Harrington. better. The returned emigrant is Christmas in Ireland. amazed by the unprecedented clean-· The Cunard Company have an· Mr. H. S. Harrington, M.A., Dunloe ness of the streets. Limericl\, which nounced t11eir excursion trips from Castle, late President of the I.T.A., is still go1 erned by a Corporation, has New York to Ireland in an interesting was presented with addresses from tidied its streets as thoroughly as poster, whicl1 contains twelve views the Killarney U.D.C. and Tourist As Dublin. of different parts of the country. The sociation, expressing their profound reduced Ronnel Trip third class far f) re.gret at his departure from the dis "There are some critics "·ho speal< as if the Free State were spending all its is 155 dollars. There will be three tnct, and !Jopi ng that in a short time sailings to ColJh, leaving New Yorl< he will be bacl\ again. Mr. Harring time in maldng futile demonstrations on Decemher 4th, 111h, and 18th, anrl ton joined in the hope that he will of national independence-attempting the passengers on tllo ss. " Alaunia " soon be back to resume the round of to stol'ln the League of Nat ions and on the 11th will lJc accompanier! by lifr which hart heen so agreeable to setting up a separate currency. Mr. T. l. Kennedy, manager of thP him. "On the contrary, the country is Thircl Cla;:;,; Drpt. of thr Cunard Line devoting most of its energies to harcl, at Boston. Classes in Hotel Catering. constrnct ive worl<. The huilclings In connection with the innovation that arc rising in DuLlin from tile "All Things to All " People. or the Mayo County Council, men ruins are svmbolic of tl1e creative Much interest is aroused from time honed. in last issue, regarding tl1e enPrgy that· is just now building a to time in that Women's nureau in estabhshment of classes in hotel cater new lt'Pland amid enormous difflcnl London which undertakes any class mg. the report of the instructress, Miss tics. of service for its clients, from acting E. Bloxham, ma](es interesting read " The increasing excellence of the as governesses to caring for the agee! mg. The course was held in Tl1e ancl all the nnJltituclinom; occupations Demesne, Castlebar, for six weel\S to country roads is a mark of the same August 17th, and was attended by lR determined creative energy." that may arise in between those ex students. Th studrnts were divide Mr. Robert Lynd's 1mpressions. 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Irish H~tnts: HARRIERS Specirtl I Nearest ('entre< Stablin~ Uhnnws for Hunters I Subscriptions I l•'ees lor for \ ('('01Hlll0d:t and where and iircretnr.r. llnnt. Hail way 1 'l'rmporary Htation. Jle,;idc•ncr. tion. Obtainable. Cap Uhnrgcs. Visitors. I M id - Antrim llallymcna ... llallymcna ... .l:ls. Henr)', .John Bamber, Farmf 5 J!nS., cap 2s. ('n tl 5R. w ..r. WoodRide. ~fondny a111l J,odge, Bally \\'c·d • w~dotr. ~~ill Strc<•t, llallymcna. mcnll, llu~h Hool, Slatt, ancl s. I Boat, Bri!!rtdrc, l!allymena. I Z gns. per day from Optional, C':tp lOs. pe1· J . .J. Bucklev, Clonmel Tuesday~ and ('lonmrl ('lonmel, elonmrl, I<'J·idayK, Oct. l•'ctharcl and .l!'cthard and )fa~ter. :!s. Hpe County Down 'I' 11 r Ad n. y, ll C I f II H t , BrlfnKt, .Tames ~tilling, 'I'll<' £21 to mem Capt. ll. 1'. llenr\' 'I'htJr:o;da.y DownpatriC'k llownpatri<'k Square, ('ornhrr, bers. l'ap 'Vy\is, Htrunll: nnd Sat urda)r ancl Ban llallynahinr·h t'o Down, ,J. J\. charges t I town, Belfa~t. hriclgc. and Ban ~ l (']tobcrts, llally to vi~itors. briclgr. oran, Dundonnl :>pecit>l Nearest Ucntros t:Ha.Uiin~ Uharge,.; for Subscriptions Fees for Huut. Railway for .\ccommoda IIunter::; and where and Temporary :Secretary . tion. Ca.p Uhargri'l. :Station. Jtesidcnce. Obtainable. Vis i tor~. Coo !I attin ••. ! )londayK a11d Shilll'la!!h ... Shilll'la~h and Shillelae:h and t'. 11. '1'. Ht•ade, £J. ('a p !"IHII'gl'' .;~. per .1. t:cmty, .\I. D., Thuroday~. (';uu1•w, ('o. ('arnl'W. l>oni:;hall, Uar ~·- uti. day. ( 'amcw, Uu. \\'il-k \\'itklow. new, L'o. "'ick I low. low. Duha llow '1ondar"', )!allow, l!utt<·- )fallow, Huttl'- ) lallow, Butte- )lc"r'- S111 ith and \:.2:'"1 lllillillllllll. .\ rrangc ('apt. 1·:. I' hi pps, 'l'hur~dav", vant, Doner- va nt, Douer- vant, Uoucr- Hhrl'hau, l\ lallow, t•xccpt for mrllt ~l.H.t'.V.S., .\!al and i;atlll" ail •. aile. aile. .!:3 3 .. per day. mcmb •rs or with low, <:o. Cork. da.ys. those with Ho 11 . one horse ::lee. (~ap ehar~t. ~S- 6d. J day, or for non-sub scriben~. G a lwa y County 31onday, Atht•nry, .It henry, Allwnry, On dcmautl £10 minillHiul, ..· o p('(·htl l\lr. J·. D'.~rcy, Nrw (The .Blazer,!. Wt• fs la nd 'J'ucsdars and <:orcy, lt'crns Uorcy, ~,ern~, Frrns and ('. H. T. Jll'adt', c.:; minimum, lOs. p r ~ I r. W. Lett, Ulouc, Jo'riday~. .Enniscorthy J'nniseorthy. Uamolin . Donh;hall, Car Uap 2s. 6d. day. l"ern~. new. Kilkenny Monday, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, 3fr. T. Butler, New £I 0 per horse, 20s. each )[r. R. Pillsworth, Wednesday, 'l'homastow11, Thomastown 'J'homast~vn St., . Kilkenny. 2s. 6d. each day if llfillview, Thomas l"rida.y and )lullirmvat. and llll'llina aud i\lullina Mr. .J. Hyan, day. no sul>. town, Co. Kil ::iaturtlay. vat. vat. ~lulliuavat, t'o. paid. kenny. Kilkenny. Meath Tuesday and Kc11s Nugentstown, £1:i for each £ 1 per Mr. J. A. Law, Anl- l•'riday in Kells. day's hunt· tilly. bracan House, ''Dublin" ing in each Navan. County, and week of the llfonday and Season. Thursday in Ladies £10. Northern and 0 meers of tho Wcstcr11 British Army portion. on full PliY, J at hal! t~bov~ rate. Cap 2s. 6d. per day from subscribers. Mount \.'uughal Youghtd Youghul You!(lml JJh;Lrit:l. Left to Mcm· Minimum ~ I r. M. Wci.Jb, .Kil Unla c ke . Moderate charges. ber. Cap ~ gus. lcagh, Uo. Uork. charge 2s. 6tl. for those not own ing land in limits of county hunted over. Mus ke r r y Wed nesday Uork and Bl•~r Uork, or St. Cork, or i:il. Local tlt-alcrs £2 £10 per horse, £1 Cap .\Jr. Jo;. N. Mahoney, and Saturday IIC)'. Ann's llill Ann's Hill per horse per Cap rhargc per day. Shown a Lodge, i;t. Hydro. Hydro. week, and keep ~s. 6d. Ann's Hill, Uo . or hor,;c. Uork. T ipperary ) J on d a l', Ulonmrl Ulonmol, l~rom Master of J.j gns., Cap LOs. per ~ l r. J, J. lkrberry, Wednesday, :t•'ethard, Fctbard, .I rounds. 2 ens. ~s. 6d. per dayUap Tipperary. Thursday Uahir. Cahir. per (1>\y. day. fcc. an Un ited H unt ~I o ll tl a~· R, Uork, l 11 crmoy Cork, Ji'crruoy Uor'k l•'cnnO\' From llorsctlcaler~ £10 for 1 horse £L per B. D. llarri ngton, Club. WcdnesdnyH, and liJ idleton and Midlcton and'~1idloto r i 3 gn,. per day. and £7 10s. tbty. Unitcdllu11t Club, and l•'ridays each succeed· Lee View, Montc ing horse. notte, Cork. Unp 2s. 6d. W est F1Yc du.ys a Lismorr, Lis m or c, Lismore, Throul-(h :Secretary £:• per horse JUs. 6tl. C. J. ~ ! urphy, Dun W aterfo rd. rortni!(ht. Capvoquiu, Cappoquin, Cappoquin, if written to in vol un tari I~·, prr week gaevan. ~ l onthly card DunR"nrvau, l>IJngarv!l.n, Du11garvan, ad\'tlllf:C, Cap 2s. 6d. from ::icc. and Youghal. Westm eath ... )Ion day, )lullingar Uullingar ~lulliPgar l.oeal dealer,; lO gns. min. £1 )Jnior .J. ned WctlneRday, ('ap :ls. 6d. Kelly, Gaybrook, Friday, Mullingur. !:!aturday. Wexford :\Ionda.y, New Ross and New Ros• and I New Ho" ... l~,rom lluulin~ £(j 6s. min .• lOs. per Mr. T. A. Colfer, Wednc,d I nformation received from Huuts, w hile going to press, will be given in next issue. IlUSH TRAVEL Ociuber, 1\J:.lU. -B F=~======~~~======~======~- Membership is a All the Hotels in guarantee of fixed this List are A CHAIN TELS prices and complete affiliated to the OF HO satisfaction. I I.T.A. ~g=====~======~ ~ -cJ TWO OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL, H.OTEL, BEST KNOWN CLARENCE PARLIAMENT STREET DUBLIN. WELLINGTON QUAY, DUBLIN AND MOST COMFORTABLE Comfort of Visitors assured. Central. Fully Licensed. 70 Bedrooms. HOTELS IN Central. Excel' ent Cuisine. Excellent Cooking. Good Attendance. Moderate Terms. IRELAND. Moderate Tariff. + Hestaurant Attached. POPULAR RESTAURANT ATTACH ED. WEDDING AND PRIVATE PARTIES SPECIALLY CATERED FOR. Under entirely New Management from 1st January, 1926. CORK. VICTORIA HOTEL Dublin • NORTH STAR HOTEL OppoAMIE~ss1te G.N. sTREET.R Term anus The Leading Hotel of the City. Most centrally Fully Licensed. 50 Bedrooms. Most Central Position. situated, most up-to-date and most comfortable. O~FORT RESTAUHANT Telephone Electric Cars pass the door for all parts. Buses LVEIANLIN ESS COFFEE HOOM 2110 C I LITY SMOKING LOUNGI~ meet all trains. A LA CARTE and TABLE d'HOTE MEALS. RESTAURANT OPEN ON SUNDAYS 'Phone CORf< 29.3 M. B. TOBIN, Manageress. For Tariff, apply Mana,:er. Telegrams : "NORSTAR. DUBLI~.'' DUBLIN: HOTEL and DUBLIN COLLEGE GREEN JURY'S RESTAURANT THE HOTEL MacDERMOTT, Gl-HLL ROOM. COFFEE ROOM. HARCOURT STREET. RESTAUI~A T. TEA LOUNGE. HIGH CLASS. COMFORTABLE. MOOE'RATE. AMERICAN BAR and OYSTER SALOON. FAMOUS FOR EXCELLENT CUISINE. Hot and Cold Water and Telephone in every Bedroom. Proprietress : A. MacDERMOTT. 'Phone No. 5511. Telegrams: "Jury's Dublin." Late of Grand, Greystones, and Gresham, Dublin. Before leaving Ireland visit ROSSLARE Late ) GRAND HOTEL, SLIGO ( VICTORIA The Ideal Seaside Resort for Health and Pleasure. This Hotel was opened early in March. It has been And stay at: - newly renovated and equipped in the most up-to-date style Lounge Bar, Electric Lighting and Motor Bus, STRAND HOTEL, ll~~~ and visitors are assured of best hotel comforts and attention. I~ I.A.C. ""'/A.A. AP/>ointmculs. Garage tree. \Vrifc for Jllustratetl Bool A CHAIN OF HOTELS -CONTINUED Oughterard, Co. Galway, Railway Hotel. Carna, Co. Galway, Mongan's Hotel. 5 minntPs walk from Lonf;!h Corlib. Best free Salmon Fishm~ in Irela nd, First clac:s Fishing anti Shoot in ~ . Thousands of acres of rough also Trant, Pike and Pe.ch. Golf. Fret GBra~e. ~ l otors for ! lire. shoot ins. Mountain, River. Lake and Sea. Free GaraJ.!P, Excf'llfnt situation and special terrns for winter rf'<.; !dents. . E. A. SwJo:J<: NY, Prnpnetor. ]. W. MnNGAN, ProJ>rittor. MOIRA HOTEL and RESTAURANT Gallagher's Hotel, 25-26 Molesworth St., Dublin r LATE BUSWELL'S I! OT I ~ L. TRINITY STREET (College Green), DUBLIN. Central ly s ituated. facing L e in st~ r House. Bed and Breakfast 7 /6 Pho ne 62971 Luncheons, Dinners, '&?c., in best style. - Rosa penna Hotel, Carrigart, Co. Donegal. Moderate Charges. Quick Attendance. Free Salmon, Trout and ~Pa Fishin{.!. Excellent Golf Links. Delightful Scenery. PETER NUGENT, Proprietor. Write for Parfil·ulnr.t;; nnrf f er n~ s. 'l~MM,YPMI •PRQ.I;MM%2!1MPMM•£PM~liWI£lMM M)M£MMMMIM'J?l!MM%llMM•QO!q~I£$J l[&'JMMt.l~fMQM£\ lOS4lQ£§/.@j' I I YOUR OWN CAR- for Long or Short Journeys When you engage one of our Chrysler Landaulertes it becomes to all in1ents and purposes Your Own private car. The liveried driver becomes Your driver. The Cars are the last word in luxury. Everyone is fitted with hydraulic four-wheel brakes, for safety. They ca"'l be engaged for either time or distance- for an hour or a month--a mile cr a thousand miles. For particulars of the rerz.~onable charges phone 800 or write GRESHAM SERVICE . I MOTOR HIRE • I ; THOMAS LANE, off Up . O'Connell St., DUBLIN. re~, 11 rams -Privacs. 'Dublin. Telephune-Dublin soo. ;I ,,ifflibif&i'i11!17W~rtiD7W7%7'fuh\fl§)81tl!)MfK,rrt1f7\tfl§l7"f1!,rt11ifutitrndtth7furt1~ll.illl1ffiiiTifiTtitfttcr1t7fl.itt' tlfl!TI1ttftitt, itftmtM'bffifiT.it{ifrt,i'/ft1rtifrtim1~: WHAT IS THE 4. 'l'llC' c. tnbli. hmC'nt or loc·a l Committees in a ll re>;m(s, to lwl p the Assoc·inLion in d a ling Irish Tourist Association ? ll'ith lcwn l mnlters, nncl to b at the scrvii'C The Irish Tourist .\ sso('inlion uunc into of visiLors in ;t il their r(>.c;uircmcnts. existence ns the result oi: the amalgn The Attraction and Satisfaction of Visitors 1 rnation of n number of TomisL Dev 'lop mcnL bodies in the Trish Free State. Are You Interested ? 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