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VOL. XI. NOVEMBER, 1935. No. 2. Briefs SUCCESS SUCCEEDS •• Proof positive that nothing succeeds ARCHITECTURE IN IRELAND like success is evidenced by the latest official returns of incoming passenger traffic to ports in Saorstat •• Those \Yho arc under the mistaken im Eireann. The figures for the month of January to pression that architecture is confined, in Ireland, to August, inclusive, outride, in ]935, cven the record one or b,·o large cities, and that the countryside figures of J9!'l2, ,,'hich \\"as hitherto a peak year in features merely thatched cottages or small slate tourist traffic to Ireland. Three hundred and nineteen roofed houses, \\"ilI be agreeably surprised to read the thousands, three hundred and twelve (319,312) per essay on page 23 of this is ue. The writer, now sons arrived by sea from Grcat Britain, D.S.A. and London manager of an expert firm of auctioneers Europe during the first cight months of the currcnt and land valuers, is thoroughly vcrscd in our domcs year, and of this figure, 273,993 came during the tic architccture, and quotes, \\"ith authority, several tourist months April to August, as compared "'ith fine examples of Georgian construction in thc heart 211,481 during thesc 1I10nths in 1934, and 254,946 for of the Irish countryside. the same pcriod in the" big" year,-1932. The " big" year ill tourist traffic to Ireland has, IRELAND ON BROADWAY• • • in 1935, met a bigger. A new record has been estab lished and we look forward to the publication of the •• An interesting reproduction on page 26 September figures, confident that they will maintain gives a glil pse of Broadway during the showing of and strcngthen this triumph. the new Fitzpatrick technicolour 11lm-" Ireland, the Emerald Isle." ••• COMING EVENTS CONTENTS: •• Two features of interest billed to appear PAGE 22 in future issues of IRISH TRAVEL which will prob Irish Country .\rchitecture. Ry R. Joycc 23 ably arouse much interest among our readers arc " Connemara: An Imp ession," by Sir William ,\ ., Bike" in the Banner County. Arbuthnot Lane, and "Ideas About Ircland," by By F. R. Casserl}' 25 John Gibbons. Sir Will. Arbuthnot Lanc, the cele Lough DerrcnllT 19h, Co. Westmeath. brated surgeon, spends much of his timc in Glcnda By J. Tonney 27 loch Galway and knows that district called Life and Landscape in l\1any l\1oods 28 Con:lcmara pa:ti:ularly ,,'ell. • [r. John Gibbons, the The Spirit of helanc1. Ry L'ynn Doy!c :32 English journalist, has just completed a special tour Comments at RalHlom :11 of Ire1.11I(1. lIe I\'as, as readers Illay remember, the ,\ Din:ctory of Hotels :ll winner of the LT.A. £50 prize awarded in 10~-l for the best newspaper llrtj h: on Irdand.
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NOTES AND NEWS
Tribute to Ireland by Hapag-L1oyd Line: Kilkenny Castle. Winner of Sunday Referee Competition.
FAMOUS FOUR PRIZE-WINNER IN DUBLIN. The joint monthly bulletin of the Hamburg American and •orth German Lloyd Companies for October announces in its columns that the companies' service to Ireland will be maintained, this winter, by s.s. Columbus and the "Famous Four" ships-the Hamburg, Neu' York, Albert Ballin and Deutsch land. Mr. John A. Lovett, manager of the Irish schedule service and the Conference and Rates Departments, has reported very favourably on his experience of a recent extensive tour of Ireland. He is enthusiastic about the marked improvement in hotel accommoda tion, the excellent roads, and the progressive spirit abroad among those who are concerned in the (le velopment of tourist traffic to Ireland.
SCOUT GROUPS CAMP IN IRELAND Mis6 Pearl A lsten, winner of the .. Sunday Referee" competition. Proof positive of a steadily increasing interest in photographed outside the" I.T,A ," ol/ice. in Dublin, Ireland for camping on the part of cross-Channel Scouts is evident in the returns of Groups which visited Ireland during the summer just past. Thirteen PRIZE-WINNER IN DUBLIN Groups-mainly from the midland and northern dis Here is a photograph taken outside the LT.A. tricts of England-set up camp at Powerscourt, where offices, Dublin, of l\liss Pearl AIsten, \\·inner of the portion of the splendid grounds of the demesne is Sunday Referee .£5 prize offered by thc Irish Tourist devoted to their pleasure. Two groups (the 44th Association for the best essay on In:lan(1. Miss Midlothian and the 118th E(linbugh) camped at Alsten, who is an cmployee of a "'dl-known Hastings Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and two (the 1st Halifax and hotel, visited Ireland early in Octoher and called to the 2nd Rochdale) at Killiney. the Irish Tourist Association to collect her prize. A YOUNG APOLLO. This was 1\Iiss Alsten's first visit to Ireland, in which she is very interested.
KILKENNY CASTLE A historic Irish seat-Kilkenny Castle-is soon to he closed following a sale of its contents dnring this month. This castle, a stately pile on the hanks of the Nore, is the historic seat of the Butler family. It is no\\' owned hy the Earl of 0 sory, son of the fourth Marquess of Jrmonde. One of its outstanding features to-day is the picture gallery which houses a remarkable group of family portraits, as \\'ell as a number of Dutch paintings and landscapes. 'I'he library, too, is a well-stocked one. The castle, which was purchased hy the Butlers of Ormonde in 130], dates from the early thirteenth century. It has huge buttresses and spacious battle mented towers, whos<.: foundations are laid in the hed of the River Nore. The sale \\'ill be conducted by Uessrs. Battershy A ".nap" of Deni. Dalu, .on 0/ Mr. Bowe. Dalu. Ma.ter 0/ the Galwau Blaze... and Co., of Dublin. 22 Irish Country Architecture Mansions, Big Houses, and Castles
By R. JOYCE (of Jackson, Stops and Joyce) The frontage of Lata Mansion, (three miles from Cork City). a tytoical Georgian house with cut stone central block and two one·storey wings. It is the residence of Mr. P. Cro",l~y.
E sometimes hear it said that the unequalled square block built of huge cut tones is still in use. beauty of the Irish countryside is marred by In the Pale, especially in Carlow, there are a few W the absence of beautiful domestic architecture good examples of the Jacobean and Cromwellian to set it off. A casual observer may be forgiven for periods. All over the country there are a certain arriving at this conclusion, as nearly all the big number of nineteenth centurv houses built to suit mansions are situated right in the middle of large the needs of the exceptionally large families then wooded demesnes; and the notoriously long- Irish fashionable; and some of these, during- the second avenues prevent their attractions from coming- to the half of the century, affected the style of the Gothic notice of t he passing- tourist. The small country revival-more magnificent than comfortable or heau house is, in fact, a comparative rarity in Ireland, tiful; but, primarily, Ireland is Georgian architec and the passing- observer is rather naturally inclined turaHy, and nearly all the finest houses are of that to come to the conclusion, from what he 'sees, that period, or late Queen Anne. most Irish honses are square boxes with a stereo There are, roug-hly speaking, t\\'o kinds of Irish typed frontage composed of a front door and five Georgian house. The great mansions are mostly of windows. cut stone, with cut stone portico entrances, and a If, however, the tourist is sufficiently interested, great many have t\\'o single-storey side wings he will find that he will have little difficulty in get (generally later additions) which contain the prin ting- leave to see m'er most of the big- hOlises; and cipal reception rool115--0f immense proportions. In he call he sure that he will not regret any trouble connection with these side wings, it is said that the he may he pnt to in this connection. importance of a residence was, during the second half of the eighteenth century, supposed to depend GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE: TWO KINDS on the extent of the frontage; and this, at all events, The great majority of the big Irish houses are fine provides a plausible explanation of their size. The examples of Georgian architecture, built during the other type of Georg-ian house is remarkable for the period of Ireland's greatest prosperity. In many plainness of its elevation, and exteriorly depends en cases the ruins of the Norman castle "'hich served tirely on its good proportions for its attraction. But as the family residence up to the eighteenth century all Irish Georgian houses have one thing in common, will be found near by-very often in a state of re and that is the \ronderful proportions of their rooms; markable preservation. In some cases the orman and nearly all of them are remarkable for extra castle has been added to, and the old thick-walled ordinarily fine ceilings and mantelpieces. IRISH GARDENS Then, Irish gardens have a quaint, old-world attraction all their own. Unlike English and Con tinental country houses, very few Irish houses have more than a small part of their gardens in the immediate neighbourhood of the house. The garden is g-enerally magnificently protected and secluded by immense \vaHs, but this very seclusion gives to Irish gardens a restful charm to be found nowhere else. The gardens are, moreover, of the real old fashioned type with immense fruit trees bearing small apples of a sweetne s and flavour not to be found in any modern garden. There are none of your crazy pavements surrounding concrete pools containing lilies or other modern artificialities. Nature has been used and assembled inside the calm of the big walls, but she has not been distorted, and nothing has been done to mar her majesty. And Irish houses do not need shaped beds and terraced (ConlillU ed o'Verleaf) 1 I? J S 1f TR A I' l:. L November, 7.93'1
IRISH COUNTRY ARCHITECTURE Hyde is now a guest house and can be visited witho:lt any special permission. (Continued from page 23) gardens to afford the occupiers a pleasant outlook. FROM GALWAY Nature has almost always provided this in the shape \Vith Galway as a centre I would suggest a visit of mountains, hills and lakes, which, after all, are to Cregg Castle, off the Tuam road and close to healthier and pleasanter to look upon than the most Lough Conib. Cregg Castle \I'as built in j(j48 by elaborate of gardens. Patrick Kinl'in, and is of a period of which there arc \'ery fell' examples in Ireland and consequently in FROM DUBLIN teresting. The property passed in 1812 to the equally If any reader is so far interested, he l\"ill probably well-known Cahl'ay family of Blake. As any visitor want some more definite information as to houses to Galway \I'ill almost ccrtainly pay a visit to Bally worth seeing. This is a hard task and an invidious Ilahinch Castle and Kylemorc Castle, it seems super one. I feel, however, that I must give the names of fluous to mention them, but, quite apart from their a few houses in different parts of Ireland which have architectural interest, the position and setting of both appealed to me personally. Starting from Dublin, I justly entitle them to claim that their bcauties arc would advise anyone interested to try to see the nnequalled. following: (1) Lucan House, the historic home of In order to avoid boring the reader T have men Patrick Sarsfield. Up to a few years ago, when the property was bought by Mr. Charles O'Conor, Lucan tioned only a fell' Irish houscs; to have done House was open to the public and is well known to otherwise would have made this article a mere cr.ta Dubliners. A typical cut stone Georgian hous<.;, logue. I hope, h()\I'ever, I may have achieved my with Corinthian pillar<.:d central block risillg above purpose, which was to interest some of our visitor!' the level of th<.; main building, Lucan House is n: in Irish country houses. Enquiry wherever such markable for its intl:rnal decorations, and thesl: \·isitors may be staying \lill produce information as include a 11\11llhl:r of panels by Allgelica Kauffman. to thc principal houses in the neighbourhood; and I The si tnation on thl: \I'ooded banks of the Liffey is feci confident that in nearly all cases tactfnl a[lproach one of the prdtil:st Il<.;ar Dublin. (2) Rathbl:ale Hall, will gain for the visitor access to such houses as he near S\I ords-the property of the Corbally family. may lI'ish to inspect. A particularly attractive Quecn Anne Housc in a delightfully \lo()ded sdting. Rathbeale Hall is re markable for its ceilings and fireplaces, and for its picturesque intl:rnal (kcorations and wood\l·ork. SEE IRELAND FIRST I (3) Templeogue Housl:-only four miles from Dublin -a really solid building \lith imnJ<.;nse walls (j ft. thick. Tunpleogul: Housc was till: home of Charles Lever and he \I'[ok most of his books there. An ancient uIHlerground passage runs from the house to Tallaght four miks away. The owner, Captain Daly, has added to th<.; house and constructed what is probably the fin<.;st rock garden in Ireland-ovl:r one hundred yards long with a stream running dO\l'n the centre. (4) Leixlip Castle 011 the River Liffey, a little upstream from Lucan House. A very pictur <.;sque and historical castle dating from 1069. The castle is perched on a rocky hill overlooking the river, and in many \I'ays resembles a Continental castle. Gothic \I'indows and cut stone passages and stair cases give to Leixlip Castle a truly romantic atmosphere.
FROM CORK With Cork as a centre I \I'ould suggest the folloll'ing: (1) Lota Mansion, Glanmire, only three miles from Cork. A typical Georgian mansion \I·ith cut stone central block and two one-storey \I·ings. No better example of the style can he found. Inter nally the house is exceptionally \\'ell appointed and modernised, and the gardens and parklands are famous. It is the residence of Mr. P. Crowley, of Cork. (2) Castle Hyde near Fermoy. A very lovely Georgian house on the banks of the Blackwater, remarkable for its collection of Adams mantelpieces. Little AfiBs Maurecn Clark. a first prize winner in the FancJj Dress The gardens are immense and very impressive. Castle Competition at the A.A. Carnival, Summer, 1935. A ,, Bi ke" In• the Banner eou nty Bv P. R. CASSERLY.
" I ~l'ant air, and sllI/shinc, and blue sk), The fceling of thc brceze upon 111:}' face."
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Bunratty Ca:,tle. on the Riocr O'CamcJ/, near Limerick, is a storied stronghold onre owned by the Earl. of Thomond. rrHE poet \\'ho penned the above lines might have heather-topped hogland, the soft green of cut been contemplating just such a journey as I, meadow, the misty blne of shadowed mountain peaks when, in mid-August, I set ont from Dublin combined to prodnce vistas of surpassing loveliness. on a bicycle to have a peep at County Clare. I was tempted to \\Tite a few stanzas in imitation of 1 was not too sanguine as to ho\\' I would enjoy my 1Ilr. Longfellow, but alas, my efforts were a pathetic tour, for I had often heard the Banner County re failure. I could but" stand and stare" awhile and ferred to as "poor barren Clare, the country of then pass on to my destination-Ennis. stone walls." How misplaced this sympathy for the \\'estern county is you 111l1st jl1dge for yourself from ENNIS my impressions. ::: :;: Built on the banks of the placid River Fergus, Ellnis is the geographical as \\'ell as the commercial The two-day rlm from the capital o\,er m;l1-nigh centre of County Clare. The narrowness of its perfect roads led 111e past delightful landscape', in streets, radiating like the spokes of a \\'heel from \\'hich the gold of corn-flelds, the purpled brown of tlw central square, bears testimony to its age. The ()'Connell :Monument erected ill the square serves as an eloquent memorial to that great historical figure, and to the Banner County's efforts in the glorious flght for Catholic emancipation. A few hundred yards away, the ruin of all old Frallciscan abbey stands, a silent reminder of the grim days of pitch cap and penal enactments. Modern architecture is represented by a splendid cathedral, and a courthouse admitted to be one of the finest in southern counties. With the task of finding employment looming so largely on the programme of most governments, a visit to the "Cuttings" at Templemaley was especially interesting. Here, in a s tting reminiscent of Colorado's canyon country, may be inspected what I \\'as told was a product of the relief work of th0 dread famine days of black '47. Stretching for a distance of fully four hundred yards on each side of a gurgling river and et upon a foundation of solid rock is a wall t\\'enty feet high, built without the aid of mortar save at the parapet. ot a stone has slipped from place during the eighty-eight years \\'hich have elapsed since it was built. One penny per day per per-on \\'as paid to those engaged on this great \\'ork of dry masonry. The river flows LAKE INCHIQUIN Lemenagh Caslle is a County Clare land'}'ark nrar Kill.nora. It Was once the residence oj the famous MOire Ruadh McMahon, SIX heroine oJ manu historic legends. Torthwanh from Ennis and abont miles dis (Cf'nlinued 01!erleaf) iRISH TR 1 J'11 L No'Vcmbcr, 19S5 A "BIKE" IN THE BANNER COUNTY lslanc1s rise like grey phantoms from their watery surround. Doolin, or, as it is known in Gaelic, (ConLinucd from page 25) Dubh-I,inn (which, by the way, is also an old name tant lies what I might call the "lake district" of for Dublin), still has its native Irish speakers, and Clare. I explored it from Corofin, a typical one I have pleasant recollections of the soft, rich tones street country village; but with this difference: it of one old lady who bid me safe journey as I turned is a favourite haunt of quite a number of cross to cross the rugged hills that lay between me and Channel anglers and shooting enthusiasts. Lake Lahinch. Inchiquin is the best-known of the lakes in the These hills were 110ne the less interesting because vicinity, but there are others stretching out from of their bleakness and loneliness, for here and there the feet of wooded hills and guarded by the ruins miniature "'aterfalls appeared from nowhere as some of ancient castles. Of these many crumbling piles, underground stream burst its clay confines, leaped that which was the stronghold of Limina is the sub over a few yards of rocky surface, and then dis ject of quite an interesting legend featuring that appeared into the earth again, with but a subdued glamorous though somcwhat eccentric character of murmur to indicate its course. The colour in those old Clare-Miiire Ruadh. hilltop fields served to remind me of the landscapes which had spread before me on the way from Dublin. THE BURREN The rich pink of \\"ild thyme, the purple of heather, The rocky fastness of Burren, \dth its rare flowers the yellows of ragwort and the downy white of bog- and ferns, the famous Corkscrew Hill of the Bal1y cotton introduced a totally unsuspected colour scheme vaughan district, and thc peculiar shell-shaped which could not be observed from the lower ground. domes of thc Carran hil1s lie within easy reach of Through this wild grandeur the road led south and Corofin. To these places I paid a flying visit and east to Lahinch, with a branch to the ,,'est leading then passed on to Lisdoonvarna, famed for its to the Cliffs of Moher. health-giving spas. From here a white limestone road ly stay in Clare "'as now nearly ended, and when, leads to Doolin-where those who desire a change \\·ith the dust of but one half of this strange but from the quiet of the spa town may gambol to their hospitable county on my wheels, I et my face hearts' content in the waters of the fresh Atlantic. towards Dublin, I carried with me the conviction The bathing pool is of natural formation, being pro· that Clare is rich in the beauty of the softness of its tected by an island breakwater from the huge wooded heights, in the silver gleam of its placid breakers so common to this wild coast. A quarter lakes, in the music of its mountain streams, the of a mile away, their rocky faces bathed in the spray ruggedness of its crags, the thunder of its seas, and of the " rollers," the Cliffs of Moher stand majestic rich, too, in its connections with the glamorous in their massiveness. Across the waters the Aran history of the Golden West. Ireland on Broadway Tilc fronlagc of Lhc Embassy S cwsrecl' Theatre on Broad way, New York, during the SIIO'll.'m.s; of one of Lhe Fitz palrick tec1wicolour picLurcs. The picLul'e, (( Ireland the Emcrald [sIc," is 11O'll' ha'ving a '.'Cly sa/isfac/or)' ntn lhrough a big Izch,'ork of cincmas in U.5.A. 26 Lough Derrevarragh and its Envi rons "The Lake of the Oaks," Co. Westmeath. By J. TORMEY. Lake Dc"elJa"aglt. near Mullingar in WCBtmcatlt. AKE DERREVARRAGH is 'aid to have becll -all complete Cl picture worthy of the brush of a formed by all eruption 111 the ycar of the world second Landseer. L 285B. At that time thc place no\\' occupicd by the lake \\'as a dense forest, hence the name, the KNOCKION HILL " Lake of the Oaks." This lake is sevcll llli Ies ill length, varying ill Crossing the lake directly to StreamstolVl1, the breadth frOlll one to three miles, and is situated five ascent ~f the hill of Knockion can be very easily miles from l\lullingar, two from l'astlepollard, alld accomplIshed. I doubt very much if there is another onc froIII :'-Iultyfarnham. hill in Ireland from which a more extensive view The road from l\Iullingar passes through a very can be obtai~led, owing to its being the highest in charming country. Immediately on getting clear of the surroundlllg country, and also from its geographi the town, several small lakes can be seen to the right. cal s~tuation. You can see at least part of ten The Westmcath Kenllcls and the Castle of Knockdrin c~untles. Away. to the outh you see l\1ullingar, are also passed. A little further on you arrive at ",~th ~he ?eauhful Lough Ennell gleaming and t~lC ghstenlllg III the sunshine, and further still the neatly kept and picturesque little village of ar~ Crookedwood. About ten minutes' walk takes you Devi1's Bit and Slieve Bloom Mountains dis to the lake, along a very pretty avenue winding tinctly visib1e-Croughaun Hill, Royal Uisneach, t~lroug.h the wood proper, from which a very exten Lough Owe1, "'ith the historic hills of Frewin and Sive VIeW of the lake can be obtained. Slanmore in the background. Further west you see Lough Iron, on whose shores once stood the chief THE POINT OF CURNELIA town of Westmeath. You see Old Kilbixey, Long Arrivil~g at the sports ground, prettily situated on ford, Granard and Edgeworthstown. You see the the marg1l1 of the lake, I propose to take a motor-boat Cavan and Leitrim mountains, and Lough Sheelin and proceed ab~ut on~ mile .and a half up the lake to glinting here and there behind the hills of Mee1 and a pO.1I1t c~lled Curnella, w~l1ch commands a very ex Carlonstown; Castlepollard nestling among the trees tensIVe VIew of the lake 111 every direction. From the stately hills of Loughcrew and the lofty Ben of this point the views are eminently beautiful. Look Fore standing like a sentinel guarding that once ing back, as it were, to the southern end of the lake ancient city, Fort Turgesius, where the Danish three hills rising boldly out of the water impart ~ tyrant once held sway when he ruled the country feature of grandeur and sublimity to the scene which with a "rod of iron," and just behind it lovely is wanting in the other \Vestmeath lakes-K~ockion Loch Len,e with its .numerous islands. And far away rising almost perpendicularly from the left-hand on the .dIstant honzon you catch a glimpse of the shore, Knockbody to the right, and projecting like royal HIll of Tara, while the blue waters of the lake gleam and glisten in the sunshine almost eight a tongue in the centre stands Knockross-a very hUll~red beautiful hill with a tubular verdant summit, and feet below, where the enchanted children like its more lordly neighbour, Knockion, clothed of LIr-as swans-were doomed to wander for three hUl1?red years until released by St. Patrick at the with various varieties of trees dipping into the lake, comlllg of Christianity. which extends along its two sides for almost a mile. Th~ wl~ole It is difficult to describe a more beautiful scene yanc;>rama as presented from the top than that produced by the luxuriant and sylvan of thIS lllstonc lull cannot be justly described-it must be seen to be adequately appreciated. grandeur of ash, oak, birch, alder, holly and 1abur num, which paint the smooth surface of the water with their lovely shadows. The grey rock, the green ST. CAURAGH'S WELL knoll, the loose, shingly goat path, the lichen, ferns, About midwy i~ t~e hill is ;iLuated Se Cauragh's and various varieties of wild flowers and the naked \Vell, or the . 'VIslllng Well, J as it is called, the summit of the hill all lend their variety and charm ~\'aters of WhIcI: are supposed to be miraculous. to the scene. The snow-white swans gliding grace rhere are the nuns of an old chapel beside the well fully over the placid surface of the water, the which should be visited. different varieties of seagull, heron and redshank We are tol.d t~at this chapel was built by St. busy on the shore almost at your feet, the shadows Cauragh. Tlus salllt was expelled out of the monas cast upon the hills as the sun sinks behind the Rock t~ry. ~f Kells by St. Co1umbkil for breach of of Tyfarnham in the west, the rich, sublime grandeur, dISCIplIne. He wandered forth through the country, 27 (Continued on page 30) Life and Landsc in many moods in I bove:-Fnchanging ConnGmara gives us this picture of the County Gal'way turf seller, -ha still canies his rope-bound load of fuel to the markc/- as did his forefat/lers. The hoto is by a reader of IRISH TRAVEL-.ITr. P. ]. Cahir, of Clare. Left: thatchi this pi / Doneg in the Donegal Teelin i spinnil!~ flourish {,eft:-"This is the ILOlIse, sir," says the jar-vc:y of the side-car 'Z,'hieh brought our 'i!isitor 10 Clogher Head, in CounL:y Louth,-a sea side resorl uJhich is Ilotcd for iLs Ileat collages (did picluresque 'vie'Zl's. Ti,e photo is by Eugell Selllleff Lall, photographer of Ihe film, "Irish Hearls," pe mallY of the scenes of 'Zvhich 'were "shol" /11 this dislrict. land Turf Carrying, Hunting, and Village Scenes. sho,o's a l~ new t I s y e ~f (' ~ is featured tn re of Teelin in ~,'~~~~ MOu t ' -,-,.;Jii, n atns hem' ,ql. ~ \, ~ '//1, • 'ctures 1 quc valley, and a, group of ~I'len stroll along the village road. n a d'lstnct. whose hand industries- weaving, k In'tl'tng, embrOldery,. etc., (An I.T,A. Photo.) I RI 5 H TRAVEL 011Clllbcr, W35 LOUGH DERREVARRAGH AND ITS THE POINT OF THE RAHANIANS From this point a splendid view of the lakc can he ENVIRONS obtaiued. Away down to the right is Coolnre Beg, (CulIlil/lled from page ~7) lknscly \\"ooded to the water's edge, while the low Iyillg shore of Derragh stretches to the Bog of an outcast, despised and shunncd by his fellow-lllcl\. Clonarc directly opposite. On the left-hand shore At ICllgth hc reached Knockion and selected this you see the beautifully wooded demesne of Donore, lone and desolate situation, far a\\"ay fr0111 the eyes the residence of Sir WaIter Nugent, while directly of the world, to pass the remainder of his life ill undcr Soho the River Ioney flows out of the lake to prayer and fasting. join the lordly ~hannou at I~ough Ree. After some time he became seriously ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to God for one drop of water to quench his thirst, when, 10 and OTHER ATTRACTIONS behold! he heard water trickling out of the rock Those who appreciate beautiful scenery, associated at his head. He put out his hand and drank freely with a sense of quietude and peaceful repose, cannot of the miraculous water, with the result that he was do better than come to Derrevarraglt. Not all those cured almost immediately. After this he built thc \\'ho visit the lake do so for the scenery alolle, for chapel and became a great saiut. Thousands of there are various other forms of sport and amusements people used to visit this well on thc festival of the to he had. Who has not heard of the May-fly fishing saint-the second Sunday in August. It was known on the \Vestmeath lakes? It is a household phrase through the midlands as "Canragh's Sunday." in fishing circles throughout the length and breadth of Ireland, and ewn across the Channel and on the FAUGHANSTOWN Continent. This lake is noted for its large trout, ranging up Proceeding up thc lakc, the old village of to twelve and a half pounds, averaging about three Faughanstown is soon reached. pounds, and the average catch for a boat is from six It is beautifully situated on the shore of the lake. to ten fish in a day. As many as thirty-two fish were A famous monastery was founded here by Saint caught in one day in 1932 by Mr. G. O'Neil, of Dermod, who is the patron saint of the parish and Bamoson I.odge. ,,"hose festival is observed on the 10th January. His There is also very good wildfowl shooting to be holy well, "Tabar Diarmada," lies a short distance had. Besides, there is an inexhaustible store of from the graveyard and used to be frequented on the material to offer the antiquarian, the botanist, the day of his festival by pious pilgrims from a great artist and photographer. Ample accommodation can distance. This old monastery was beautifully be obtained at Multyfarnham, Castlepollard, Crooked situated. It was encompassed by the wildest and wood and ~Iullingar. most gorgeous scenery on which the eye could gaze. The view of the lordly lake as it stretches its colossal ~fijJE!j;-- proportions from Coolure to Crookedwood, the splen did panorama which presents itself across the bright IRISH TOURIST DIRECTORY, 1936 waters from Mornington to Multyfarnham, and the Where to Stay and Where to Shop in Ireland thousand associations connected with the locality, literally defy description. The Irish Tourist Association is now compiling the W3G issue of its well-known Irish Tourist Directory. MORTIMER'S CASTLE The Directory contains a comprehensive list of hotels, boarding houses, rc:staurants, garages and other busi This old castle was built on a beautiful eminence nesses in the Irish Free State, as also a list of golf overlooking thc lake, convenient to Faughanstown. courses and a synopsis of general information of in It was the residence of Edmund }.1ortimer, Earl of terest to visitors. It will prove an indispensable .:\Iarch. It was chosen by him as his retreat in, the guide to the traveller,-be lw on business or holiday reign of Henry IV. He and his Lady Philippa re hent,-and the system of distribution ensures that tired here that they might be out of harm's way it reaches almost every visitor to Ireland. after King Richard was deposed. The ruins of this old castle-for it is little else-cover at least half INFORMATION WANTED an acre of ground. It speaks for itself, as in its ruins you may yet behold the magnificence and Hotel proprietors and all others cOllcerned in the grandeur of its former greatness. Directory are invited, in their own interests, to supply particulars of what they can offer the tourist in Ireland. uch information is required immedi KILTOOM-" CIL TOMA" ately, as the publication is well under way at present Further on again you come to the green sloping and will be considerably expedited by the prompt and hill of Kiltoom. There was a chapel founded here accurate supply of such items. This Directory is by by one of St. Patrick's disciples lIal1led MacDichal. far the best advertising medium at the disposal of He was afterwards succeeded by Saint Fichtna and those who cater for the traveller. They should write, Saint Nimiah. The site of the old church is still without delay, for further particulars, forms, etc., pointed out in the old graveyard convenient to the to the Irish Tourist Association, O'Collnell Street, yellow rims. Dublin. ~O ;\'ovcl/lbcr, jJJJ:j 1 R ISH TRAVEL IN THE A Directory of Hotels IRISH FREE STATE Abbreviation.: B-number 0/ bedroom.. Fr.-From. NOTE.-In practically all cases, the prices quoted in this list are either •. all the year rou nd" or .. season" rates. In many cases llotels here included quote .. off season" charges lower than those published, for example, Hotels in Seaside Resorts. ABBEYFEALE (Limerick). BETTYSTOW N (Meath). CASTLEGREGORY (Kerry). LEEN'S, Main St.; B. 12; Day 10/·; wlek 00/· XEPTUXE; B. 16; Day 12/6; week 84/·. FITZGERALD'S; B. 6; Day 10/; week 42/- ACHILL ISLAND (Co. Mayo). NORTHLAND.'; B. 14; Day fr. 14/·; week to 63/-. ACRILL ilEAD, Keel; B. 22; Day 10/-; week fr. 73/6. O'COXNOR'S; B. 6; Day 7/- to 8.-; week 50/- to 60/-. BIRR (Offaly). 50)- to 55/-. AlIlETHYST. Keel; B. 20; Day fr. 12/6; week DOOLEY'S; B. 14; Day 14/-; week 90/-. CA VAN. 50/- to 60/-. BOYLE (Roscommon). FARNIIAlIl; B. 45; Bed and breakfast 6/b CLEW BAY HOUSE, Dooagh; B. 6; Day 9/-; ROY AL; B. 31; Day 14/-; week 84/-. to 7/6. week 50/-. BRAY (Wicklow). CHARLEVILLE (Cork). DUGORT IlOTEL; B. 6; Day 10/-; week 50/-. BELLA VISTA; B. 10; Day 12/6; week 63/-. ROYAL; B. 12; Day 10/-. ~PB6~~EEv§orb; B't8;BD~~ l~iek 50/ BRAY IlEAD; B. 60; Day 17/6; week 105/-. CLARA (Offaly). g3/ ' ugor; .; 1V-;ay -; week DALMORE (Private); B. 10; Day 10/-; week WILLIAlIlS'; B. 12; Day 10/0; week 70)-. -. 50/- to 60/-. MOU TA IN VIEW. Dugort; B. 10; Day 10/6; DUNALAN HOT~;L; B. 11; Day 9/_ to 10/-; CLAREMORRIS (Mayo). week 55/- to 60/-. week 63/- to 70/-. IMPERIAL; B. 16; Day 12/-; week 80/-. STRAND, Dugort; B. 16; Day 10/-; week 60/-. IlNNEL; B. 8; Day 8/-. CONW AY'S; B. 15; Day 12/-; week 63/-. l'ATTEN'S (Private), Keem; B. 5; Day 0/-; ESPLANADE; B. 40; Day 15/-; week 84/-. CLIFDEN (Galway). week 50/-. EAGLE; B. 12; Day 12/6; week fr. 63/-. ARDBEAR; B. 12; Day 10/-; week 6S/- to POST OFFICE IlOTEL (Private), Dugort; B FITZW1LLIAM; B. 9; Day 11/-; week 60/- 70/-. 6; Day 10/-; week 50/-. to 70/-. CgNl'RAI~; I~. 12; Day 10/-. VALLEY noUSE, Valley; B. 16; Day fr. GLENARM ; B. 10; Day 9/-; week 60/- to 65/-. I VY (Private); B. 8; Day 12/-; week 70/-. 12/-; week 84/- to 105/. HOLYROOD; B. 22; Day 14/-; week 84/-. JOYCE'S (late Lyden's); B. 16; Day 10/6; ADARE (1.imeriek). KINVARRA; B. 14; Day 7/- to 9/-; week week 60/·. DUNRAVEN AI~MS; B. 24; Day 17/·; week 49/- to 63/-. RAILWAY; B. 32; Day 15/-; week fr. 84/-. 04/6 to 105/-. MARINE; B. 20; Day 10/-; week 60/-. ROCK GLEN GUEST nOUSE; B. 6; Day AHERLOW (Tipperary). ROYAL; B. 21; Day fr. 12/0; week fr. 77/6. 12/-; week 73/6. RlVERSDALE; B. 5; Day 10/- to 12/-. STELLA lIfARIS; B. 6; Day from 7/-; week CLOGHANE (Kerry). ARAN ISLANDS (Galway). from 42/-. O'CONNOR'S; B. 6; Day 0/-; week 60/-. GANLEY'S, Kilronan; B. 12; Day 10/-; week WAVE CRE l' HOUSE (Dockery's); B. 8; CLONAKILTY (Cork). 63/-. Day 10/6; week 63/-. O'DONOVAN'S; B. 13; Day 1S/6; week 84/-. BA Y VIEW; B. 9; Day 7/6; week 50/-. WAVE CREST IlOTEL (GrahaIL's); B. 8' INCIIlDO~EY; B. 20; Day 15/-; week 84/-. CONNEELY'S (Kilmurve)'); B. 6; Day 7/- to Day 10/-; week 56/ to 63/-. 9/-; week 42/- to 50/-. BUN BEG (Donegal). CLONBUR (Galway). S1'. KgVIN'S; B. 0; Day 7/-; week 42/·. BRESLIN'S; B. 14; Day 10/-; week 60/-. MOUNT GABLE; B. 12; Day 10/-; week 63/-. ARDEE (Louth). BUNCRANA (Donegal). CLONEA (Waterford). RUXTON ARMS; B. 10; Day 10/-; week SOlo. LAKE OF SilADOW ; B. 16; Day 10/-; week OCEAN VIEW; B. 12; Day 12/6; week 70/-. BROPHY'S; B. 10; Day 0/6; week f3/-. 63/-. CLONEE (Kerry). ARDMORE (Waterford). BUNDORAN (Donegal). LAKK; B. 10; Day 10/-; week 60/-. O'KELLY'S CLIFF HOUSE; B. 18; Day 10/6; ATLANTIC; B. 20; Day 12/-; week 70/- to CLONES (Monaghan). week 63/-. 75/-. CRElGllTON; B. 14; Day 11/6; week 70/-. ARKLOW (Wicklow). ALLINGHAM (Private); B. 16; Day 14/-; CLONMANY (Donegal). 1l0Y ES; B. 17; Day 10/-; week 60/-. week 54/-. INNISIlOWEN; B. 10; Day 10/-; week 60/-. ATHENRY (Galway). CENTRAL; B. 57; Day 17/-; week 04/6 to CLONMEL (Tipperary). RAILWAY; B. 14; Day 15/-; week fr. 54/-. G~~tT NORTIJERN; B. 72; week 122/6. llEAR '; B. 32; Day 15/-; week 54/-. ATHLONE Westmeath). lIlRS. E. DALY (Private) Tourist House; ORMONDE; B. 30; Day 12/6; week 4/-. CENTRAL; B. 12; Day 0/-; week 63/-. B. 5; Day 9/-; week 60/-. COBH (Cork). IMPERIAL; B. 15; Day 10/-; week 60/-. AIRS KENNEDY (Private), 1 Bay View Tee.; EUROl'EAN; B. 12; Day 10/-; week 60/-. PRINCE ~j,' WALES; B. 20; Day 15/-; week B. 14; Day 10/6; week 63/-.. IMPERIAL 105/-. O'GORMAN'S; B. 25; Day 13/-; week 75/-. WESTBOURNE; B. 21; Day 12/6 to 15/-. ATHY. PALACE; B. 30; Day 13/- to 14/-; week 73/6 CORK CITY. LEINSTER ARMS; B. 10; Day 0/-. to 84/-. DESMOND; B. 20; Day 10/6; week 70/-. AUGHRIM (WiCklow). SHENE HOUSE; B. 14; Day 12/-; week 77/-. EDINBURGH (Private); B. 11; Day 11/3; ARDEE; B. 9; Day 7/6; week 50/·. BUTTEV ANT (Cork). week 63/-. lULL'S GUEST HOUSE; B. 15; week fr. 50/-. TAYLOR'S; B. 8; Day 0/-; week 50/-. IMPERIAL, Pembroke St.; B. 85; per Day AVOCA (WiCklOW), CAH IRCIVEEN (Kerry), 1\Ij[i'I~~~-6LE, MacCurtain St.; B. 100; Bed, VALE VIEW. Tbe Meetings; B. 10; Day HARP; B. 10; Day 8/6; week 50/-. Bath and B'fast, 9/6; Day 17/-. 10/6; week 50/- to 63/-. O'CONNELL'S RAILWAY; B. 17; Day 12/-; MUNSTER, Coburg St.; B. 3n; Day 13/-. BALLA (Mayo). week 70/-. VICTORIA, Patrick St.; B. 75; .Day 18/-; MeELLIN'S; B. 11; Day 13/-; week 03/-. CAMP (Tralee). week 115/-. BALLINA (Mayo). GLENFIELD ; B. 10; Day 12/6; week 74/6. WINDSOR, MaeCurtain St.; B. 30; Day 12/6; COMMERCIAL; H. 12; Day 10/6; week 63/-. CAPPOQUIN (Waterford). week 80/-. llURS1"S, Franeis St.; B. 20; Day 14/-; MORRISSEY'S; B. 10; Day 10/-; week 63/.. WRENN'S; B. 24; Day 10/6; week 60/-. week 84/-. COURTMACSHERRY (Cork). IMPERIAL; B. 30; Day 14/-; wwk 84/·. CARAGH LAKE (Kerry). ESPLANADE; B. 18; Day 10/6 to 12/6; week MOY; B. IS; Day 15/6; week 81/-. SOU'l'HEltN; B. 2 ; Day fr. 12/6; week 701-. 60/- to 70/-. CAPT. ALDRIDGE'S GUEST 1l0USE, Mount CARLOW (Carlow). COURTOWN HARBOUR (Wexford). Falcon. ROYAL, Dublin Street; B. 40; Day 15/-; OUNAVARRA; B. 20; Day 10/-; week from BALLINAFAD (Roscommon), week 94/6. 50/-. IJOLLYBROOK; B. 12; Day 12/6; week 84/-. CARNA (Galway). CROSSHAVEN (Cork). BALLI NASLOE (Galway). ~lONGAN'S; H. 30; Day 17/6; week 105/-. eROS HAVEN; B. 25; Day 11/-; week 70/- ~ IlAYDEN'S. KNOCKBOY ROUSE (Mrs. Betts); B. 6; 80/-. BALLINSKELLIGS (Kerry). Day 12/- to 15/-; week 70/- to 54/-. FOU TAINSl'OWN; B. 10; Day 10/- to 12/-; SIGERSON ARMS; week 55/-. CARNDONAGH (Donegal). week 70/- to 54/-. BALLYBUNION (Kerry). O'DOHERTY'S; B. 12; Day 13/6; week 70/-. CURRACLOE (WeXford). CASTLE; B. 30; Day 1/6; week fr. 04/6. CARRICK-ON-SHANNON (Leitrim). BENTLEY; B. 12; Day 10/-; week 45/- to 50/- CENTRAL; B. 28; Day 14/6; week 8-1/-. BUSH; B. 20; Day fr. 12/-; week 54/-. STRA D; ll. 22; Day 9/-; week 50/- to 60/-. IIlBElt IAN; B. 16. CARRIGART (Donegal). DALKEY (Dublin). BALLYCOTTON (Cork). CARRIGART (Maguire's); B. 40; Day fr. CLIF/: CASTLE; B. SO; Day 18/-; week fr. BAYVIEW; B. 45; Day 14/-; week 84/-. 12/6; week fr. 63/-. 04 . SEAVIEW; B. 33; Day 13/6; week 70/- to 0/- CASHEL (Tipperary). PRIV"\TE IlOTEL. BALLYLIFFIN (Donegal). RYAN'S CENTRAL; B. 14; Day 10/-; week CASCIA (Collemore Villas); B. 10; Day 10/6' BALLYLIFFIN; B. 12; Day 10/-; week fr. 60/-. week 63/-. • 50/- to 63/-. STEWART'S ROCK; B. 10; Day 10/-; week DELGANY (Wicklow). BALLYSHANNON (Donegal). 60/-. BURKE'S; B. 10; Day 12/-; week 65/- to 70/-. ROYAL, Main Street; B. 15; Day 12/-; week CASHEL (Gleneolumcille, Donegal). DINGLE (Kerry). fr. 60/-. McNELIS; B. 6; Day 7/-; week 42/-. BENNER'S; ll. 18; Day 11/- to 12/6; week BANAGHER (Offaly). CASTLEBAR (Mayo). 6~- to 70/-. SHANNON; B. 12; Day 10/-; we k 50/-. IMPERIAL; B. 20; Day 14/-; week 84/.. P~5/~AN'S, Main St.; B. 8; Day 8/-; week BANTRY (Cork). OUVANE, Reendesert; B. 10; Day 0/-; week CASTLECOVE (Kerry). DROGHEDA (Louth). 55/-. S'I'AIGUE IWRT; H. 21; Day 11/-; week 70/-. CENTRAL; B. 20; Day 12/6; week fr. 77/-. VICKlmy'S; n. 20; Day 13/-; weel; 84/-. WESTCOVE; n. 15; Day 10/-; week 56/-. WHITE ilORSE; B. 20; Day lI/6; week 70/., 31 IRISH TRA I'EL N01 ' em!JeT, 10.).; "The Spirit of Ireland" Ou r Book of the Month .. The Spirit of Ireland," by Lynn Doyle. B. T. Batsford. Ltd. 7/6. HE primary object of " The Spirit of Ireland" -to interpret Ireland for the English-speaking T tourist-is triumphantly achieved in this new book about Ireland by Mr. Lynn Doyle. But the Irish reader will no less appreciate this guidebook of rare quality. Lynn Doyle is known to, liked by, and equally at home in both Northern and Southern Ireland to-day. He is an observant and trustworthy eye-witness of all Ireland, and his shrewd, wise and witty summing-up of scenes and situations is always informative and often vastly LlInn DOllle, who wrote" The Spirit 0/ Ireland." amusing. Tor is imaginative vision lacking-a quality imperatively essential to one \\·ho would write truly of a much misunderstood and frequently mis WORLD BEAUTY SPOT represented country. And so to Killarney, where he expected dis The hall-mark of the keen story-teller is prominent appointment but found a realisation of beauty almost in these pages, and no opportunity is lost to bring beyond belief. "It is one of the \\'orld's beauty into relief, by \\'itty comment or humorous anecdote, spots, beautiful itself but gaining enormously by its the character of the places described in this pen setting. Situate anywhere, the Lakes would beguile; portrait of Ireland. situate where they are, they entrance." County Kerry he finds wild, savage, gloomy, awe-inspiring. STARTING OFF FROM DUBLIN " It is not every man's meat. I cannot describe it, that savage, stony grandeur mitigated by moments Starting off,-after an illuminating introduction of flashing sea and h'ight sand; those tiny homesteads dealing for the main part \I'ith the effect of history shouldering the rocks aside; and the thought of man's and tradition on the Irish character,-the writer patient will to live and unquestioning obedience to takes Dublin as the first centre of interest in the tour. the instincts of natural affection and loyalty." He lands the tourist at the North Wall,-a prelimi nary to an intensive survey of large Georgian squares, A" FORWARD-LOOKING CITY" city cathedrals, universities, broad highways, alleys, and other places, all of which combine with impres Next, Limerick and Clare, in the former of which sions of the folk he meets to formulate the conclusion he sees the Shannon like a silver spoon in the mouth that Dublin is " an easy place to live in," just as a of Limerick City. Clare and its people absorb his pretty girl may be " easy on the eyes." "If there is interest-particularly that famed Irishwoman of a pleasanter place in the world, post me a ticket." Cromwellian days, Maire Ruadh, wife of Conor O'Brien. Galway is found "full of thrills, thrills of the present and thrills from days gone by." WICKLOW, WEXFORD, CORK " Lightheartedly I entered Galway, and with sorrow Cork is reached via the south-east corner-lovely I left it. I entered it only once; but I left it twice." Wicklow and historic Wexford (in which scenery He finds it a " forward-looking city with a cheerful and history come into their due) and the grasslands business atmosphere, full of hope." The glory of of verdant Tipperary. And here at the last bend of colour entrances him in Connemara, where he was the V road that looks over the Golden Vale, he calls lucky enough to stumble on "what must be the to mind the words of an agricultural labourer from kindliest man among the many kindly people there." the harsh lands of the north who saw this sight: In Sligo. there were two feiseal111a in progress " Man, sir, I never kno\\'ed there was land in the during his stay. And there was Lough Gill, of \\'orld like thon. I won't tell myoId father about it course-" at least the equal of the Lower Lake of when I go back. He would cut his throat." Killarney." The way then winds through Donegal Cork itself he re-christens in the plural, thanks to "as full of fish and wild charm as Connemara its hospitality. He searches eagerly for the much itself "-to the Six orthern Counties, whose vaunted prettiness of the Cork ladies, but is forced description is preluded by a clear introduction to their to the conclusion that during his stay" all the raging people and history. There is Derry, where conflict heauties must have heen washing their hair." of ideas sometimes inflames feelings; there is the (':lee jJage :34) I RI 5 H TRAVEL DUNDALK (Louth). GLENGARRIFF (Cork). DROMAHAIRE (Leitrim). IMPERIAL; B. 17; Day 12/6; week 70/-. CASEY'S; B. 14; Day 10/-; week 63/-. ABBEY; B. 12; Day 12/6; week M4/-. WILLIAMS' (Queen's Arms); ~. 30; Day ECCLES'; B. 64; Day 18/-; week 105/-. DRUMSHAMBO (Leitrim). 15/-; week 63/-. GOLF LINKS; B. 19; Day 12/-: week 73/6 FLANAGAN'&, B. 20; Day fr. :1/-; week 70/- PJ MULLAGHMORE (Cliffoney, Co. Sligo). SLANE (Meath). KILLYBEGS (Donegal). AR~IS; BAY VIEW (Rogers'); B 3l; Uay 12/6; HANNON'S; B. 27; Day 12/-; week iO/-. CONYNGITAM B. 10; Day 11/6; week week 63/-. \1URRISK (Westport). 60/-. CROAGH PATRICK (Murrisk); B. 9; Day' SLIGO (Sligo). KILMACURRA (Wicklow). 8/6 to 10/-; week 50/- to 60/-. GRAND; B. 34; Day 14/6; week 95/-. KILMACURRA PARK; n. JO; J)a~' 1016: I]REAT SOUTHERN; B. 40; Day fr_ 17/6: week 63/-. NAAS (Kildare). NA -NA-RIOG: B. 8: Bed and brt. 8/-_ week fr. 105/-. KILMESSAN (Meath). WnELAN'S; B. 12; Day' 10/-; week 63/-. DIPERIA1,; B. 25; Day 13/6; week 9i/6. STATION; n. 5; Day 9/6; week 50/-. NAVAN (Meath). R.nr. AY'S; B. 12; Day 12/-; week 70/-. KILR USH (Clare). CEXTRAL; B. 14; Day 9/6; week 56 '-. SNEEM (Kerry). WILLIAM '; B. 24; Day 8/6; week 63/-. RUS ELL ARMS; B. 16; Day' fr. 9/-; week THE HOTEL; B. 10; Day 7/6 to 10/-; week KI NSALE (Cork). fr. 60/-. 55/-. MURPHY'S; n. 14; Day 10/-; week 60/- NENAGH (Tipperary). SPA (Tralee). KENT I,ODGE; B. 4; Day 7/- to 9/-; week KNOCKLONG (Limerick). O'MEARA'S: B. 24; Day' 11/6; week iO/-. RA ILWAY; B. 11; Day 9/-; week 63/- HlBERNJAN; n. 20; Bed and breakra. t 6/ 35/- to 42/-. NEWPORT (Mayo). STRANDHILL (Sligo). KYLEMORE (Connemara). DEVINE'S ; B. 5; Day 10/-; week 63/-. KYLEMORE ABBEY GUEST HOUSE; B. 20; STAR OF THE SEA (pri"ate); Day 10/-; NEW ROSS (Wexford). week 42/-. Day 12/-; week from 63/-. ROYAL; B. 18; Day 16/-: week 100/- to 110/-. LAHINCH (Clare). GLOBE; B. 10; Day 9/-; week 63/-. STRANORLAR (Donegal). COMMERCIAL (Pri"at~); B. 14; Day 9/ NEWTOWNBARRY (Wexford). KEE'S; B. 12; Day 9/-; week 42'-. week 50/-. MALL; B. 7; Day' 10/- to 12/6; week 63/· SW INFORD (Mavo). O'CONNOR'S; B. 9; Day 10/-; week 55/-. LAYTOW N (Meath). to 84/-. OMEATH (Louth). TEMPLI;MORE (Tipperary). AI,VRRNO no.; B. 14; Day 11/6; weell 70 HICKEY'S; B. 15: Da)' 10/-; week 49/-. to 75/-. GRA ND CENTRAL; B. 14; Day 10/6; week 70/-. THURLES (Tipperary). LEENANE (Galway). STRAND: B. 13; Day 10/-; week 60/-. ITA YES' ; B. 45; Day 14/-; week 84/-. LEENANE; B. 40; Day 17/-; week 94/6. OUGHTERARD (Galway). TIPPERARY (Tipperary). LETTERFRACK (Galway). ANGLERS'; B. 15; Day 12/- to 14/-; week DOBBYN'S, Bank Place; B. 20; Day 14/-; I,l~TTlmFR.ACK; B. 12; Day 12/-; week 70/-. 84/-. week 70/-. COR RIB (late Railway'): B. 20: Day 12/- to ROYA L, Bridge St.; R. 19; Day 16/6; week LETTER KENNY (Donegal). I /-; week 84/- to 126/-. f'ICIITRAL; B. ~; Day' 7/-; week 50 /-. 84/-. GALI,AOIlER'S; B. 12; Day 10/-; week 70/-. PARKNASILLA (Kerry). TRALEE (Kerry). MeCARRY'S; n. 10; Day 12/-; week fr. 63/-. GREAT SOUTTTERN; B. 60; Da)' from 20/-; BENNER'S; B. 40: Day 17/-: week 84/-. week 126/-. LIMERICK (Limerick). GRAND; B. 40; Day 14/-; week g4/-. PETTIGO (Donenl). DIPERIAL; B. 15/-; Day 9/-; week 50/-. ('RUISE'S. O'Connell St.; B. 45; nay 1~/·; FLOOD'S; B. 13; Day 9/-. week 105/-. TRAMORE (Waterrord). HOTEl, DES~roND; B. 20; Day 12,6; week PORTARLINGTON (Laoighis). GRAND; B. 55; Day 21/6; week 84/· to 126/-. 80/-. O'VON: SKI-ING Explore new mountains and valle~8 SKATING this season •.. cr088 the AtlantiC In comfort •.• visit great cities ICE HOCKEY of United States and Canada CURLING en route. It costs little more TOBOGANNING than winter sports in Europe! SNOWSHOEING IDEAL SPORTS CENTRES. DOG-TEAM RACES, United States sastern seaboard, Etc. Canadian Maritime Provinces, Lake Placid (Olympic Games venue), Laurentian Mountains, Montreal, Quebec. IN THE VANGUARD INCLUSIVE TOURS. Covering ocean voyage, rail fares OF NATIONAL and hotel accommodation from a fortnight to two months. Full injormatio1J, from C'ttnard JVhile Star Ltd., Dublin, CaM, Bel/ast, PROGRESS Liverpool, or local agents. • Cunard Wbi~ Star ELECTRICITY THE NATIONAL FUEL HOTEL PELLETIER for 21-22 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN VERY CENTRAL POSITION. GARAGE. TERMS MODERATE HOT AND COLD WATER IN ROOMS. ELECTRIC FIRES· POWER, LIGHT AND HEAT Phone 51520. Apply to the Propriet"ss. Economic, efficient and DUBLIN· UR Y'5 HOTEL and COLLEGE GREEN. J RESTAURANT. clean for all fuel pu rposes GRILL ROOM. COFFEE ROOM. RESTAURANT. TEA LOUNGE. AMERICAN BAR AND OYSER SALOON. -industrial, do m e st i c, Hot and Cold Water and Telephone in Bedroom•. 'Phone Nos. 22241-44. Telegrams: "Jury's, Dublin." commercial & institutional MOIRA HOTEL, TRIN~I,~L~~REET, • RESTAURANT OPEN SUNDAYS. GRILL ROOM. RESTAURANT. BAR BUFFET, O~STER BAR. ELECTRICITY SMOKE LOUNGE. A la Carte and Table d Hote Meals. BED AND TABLE D'HOTE BREAKFAST 7/6, Telephone 44 559 (Owned and Managed by JURY'S HOTEL, LTD.) SUPPLY BOARD 60 UPPER MOUNT ST. AMIENSop~::~.?.;:..R.STREET. Dublin. NORTH STAR HOTEL • • Fully Licensed. 50 Bedrooms. Most Central Position DUBLIN OMFORT RESTAURANT, Telephone LEANI,UrnSS. COFFEE ROOM. 45343 C IVILITY. SMOKING LOUNGE. A La Carte and Table d'Hote Meals. Re~~aurant Open on Snnday~; For Tariff apply Manager. Telegrams: NORSTAR, DUBLIN. 36 Xove11lber, 1.9.'35 IRISH TRAVEL ·1 IRELAND'S PRINCIPAL HEALTH and PLEASURE RESORTS; GO L FIN G, ANGLING, BOATING, ETC., DISTRICTS _ ARE REACH ED BY- HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE THE GREAT NORTHERN COBH and GAL'WAY RAILWAY to (IRELAND) BUNDORAN- NEW YORK Co. Donegal, lapped by the blue waters of the BY THE LUXURY SHIPS Atlantic. Famous as a Health and Pleasure " HAMBURG" Resort. " NEW YORK" ROSAPENNA & PORTSALON- " ALBERT BALLIN " Donegal HigWands, situated amidst scenery of unsurpassed beauty. ------" DEUTSCHLAND " and the new Motor-Ship "ST. LOUIS" WARRENPOINT, ROSTREVOR & NEWCASTLE-THE MOURNE DISTRICT "THE STEADY SHIPS" Mountain, Lough, Woodland and Sea. Par- :< The Liners of the Hamburg-American ticularly interesting to the geologist, botanist, and nature lover ------Line are the last word in comfort and luxury. Sports Decks, Gymnasium, DROGHEDA- Swimming Pool and Cinema are For the picturesque Boyne Valley, so provided. Every facility provided for intimately associated with the early history of Ireland the celebration of Holy Mass at sea. Women and children are looked after ENNISKILLEN - by Irish matrons. for Lough Erne-" The Killarney of the North." THE IDEAL ROUTE TO AND FROM PORTRUSH & PORTSTEWART- THE CONTINENT affordin~ passengers every comfort and luxury for Short Invigorating Health-Giant's Causeway Sea Trips from Dunluce-The country of the Macdonnell's. COBH or GALWAY HOTELS to MANAGED BY THE COMPANY AT SOUTHAMPTON, BUNDORAN, GREENORE CHERBOURG and HAMBURG and ROSTREVOR For particulars of Fares apply to ; obta!ne~ The Company's Guides can be from the General Passenger Agents, !raffic Manager, Belfast; or Dlstn~t Super mtendent, Amiens Street Station, Dublin. WM. H. MULLER & CO. (London), Ltd., J. B. STEPHENS, COBH. General Manager. Agents in all Principal Towns and Districts. I RI SH TRAVEL November, 1935 Spend your J-{olidays at AN Irish Free State Holiday Resort RESORTS SERVED HOTELS By Great Southern Railways ACHILL There are ARKLOW of AVOCA ATHLONE DISTINCTIO BALLINA BRAY UNDER GREAT SOUTHERN TWO ROUTES BANTRY RAILWAYS' MANAGEMENT BALLYBUNION BALLYVAUGHAN to and from BLARNEY BUNDORAN CASHEL CARAGH LAKE These Hotels are replete CASTLECONNELL with every comfort, and CASTLEGREGORY ENGLAND CORK are beautifully situated COBH 'midst the gorgeous COURTMACSHERRY DUN LAOGHAIRE PIER CLIFDEN scenery of the South and (KINGSTOWNl CONNEMARA CLOl\'1.IEL West. and HOLYHEAD DUN LAOGHAIRE DALKEY DUNMORE The Tariffs are moderate. DUNGARVAN ROSSLARE and FISHGUARD DINGLE FOYNES GLENBEIGH (for Combined Rail and Hotel By whichever route you travel you Rossbeij(h Strand). Tickets issued. GREYSTONES are sure of a fast, comfortable GLENDALOUGH GLENGARRIFF journey by the modern turbine GALWAY KILLINEY Railway Chain steamers of the LM Sand G.W. KEl\'1.IARE KILLARNEY of Hotels. Railways. Luxurious express trains KILI.ALOE KILKEE connect the Ports of both HOLY LIMERICK KILLARNEY LAHINCH HEAD and FISHGUARD with all LISDOONVARNA MALLARANNY PARKNASILLA the important centres of population IIIULI.INGAR lIULTOWN lIIALBAY KE [ARE and industry and the Holiday PARKNASII,LA ROSSLARE GALWAY Resorts of Great Britain. The trains SCHULL SLIGO of the Great Southern Railway TRAIIIORE MALLARANNY VALENCIA Company connect with the steamers YO GIIAL SLIGO WOODEXBRIDGE at Rosslare and Dun Laoghaire. WESTPORT Illustrated Guides to Holiday Rpsorts, Programme ofTours and Information respecting passenger services can be had Oll application 10 : Abm. Altham, Ltd., Burnley. M. K. Kendall, Ltd., 14 Eldon St., London, E.C. The American E>"l'ress Company's Offices. l\fr. T. R. Dester, Associated Briti, h Railways, J. Barter & Sons, Cork. Inc., 551 Fifth Avenue, New York. British & Iri. h Travel Agency, Ltd., 29 Cock- London, Midland & Scottish Rly., Euston, spur Street, London, S.W.I. London. Wm. H. Muller & Coy. (London), Ltd., Greener Thos. Cook & Son's Offices. House, 66-68 Haymarket, London, S.W.I. Dean & Dawson's Offices. Frames' Offices' Pickfords' Ltd. Offices. The Polytechnic Touring Assn., 309 Regent Great Southern Railways Information Bureau. St., London, N.W.I. 33 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin. L. R. tanton, Oldham. Great Western Railway, Paddington, London. Travellers Limited, 46 Cross St., :\1anchester, G. Heffernan, 21 South Mall, Cork. and 43 Temple Row, Birmingham. Hewett's Office, D'Olier Street, Dublin. Traffic Manager, Kingsbridge, Dublin. Irish Tourist Association, O'Connell St., Dublin. Twohig Travel Agency, 43 Dame St., Dublin The Irish Travel Agency, 8 D'Olier St., Workers' Travel Association, Ltd., Transport Dublin. House, Smith Square, London, S.W.I. hbU.bed by tbe Proprietors, IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, 15 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin. and printeJ by lhe llUSli WHEEL~lAN PIUNTING & PUBLISHING CO., LTD., 11-18 C.thnl Bmj!ha Street. Upper O· Connell Street. l>ublin.