Connemara the Famed Holiday Resort Amid the Western Lrish
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Connemara The Famed Holiday Resort amid the Western l rish Highlands ’ g ' T h e C ompany s Hot el at R ecess (C onne h v n been e tro e b fire al l mara) a i g d s y d y , e e reference t o same sh ould be d el t d . W rele Stat on ment one M arconi i ss i , i d at a e ( 2 not now i n ex tence. p g , is is ‘ ' F or fuller information see th e C omp a ny s N ew I us ra G i B k ll t ted u de oo (Pri ce 6d . ) F OR EWOR D Modern travelli ng f acili ties have placed the WEST or IRELAND Wi thin easy reach of al l parts of t h e Un o ited Kingdom , and there is no l nger any reason why this magnificently endowed dis triet of the Homelands should not become one o o of our i s of the m st fav ured all Hol day Re orts . BRITISH VISITORS coming t o Ireland have the choice of m any ways 'but for CON NEMA R A and the West the DIRECT ROUTE is to Holyhead on the N s e and e London and orth We tern Syst m , thenc l by fast steamer to Dub in . Th e Channel- crossing may be made either by the ' or E Irish Mail the Irish xpress , and is reduced t o a minimum by the great efficiency and rapidity of the large and splendidl y- equipped e fle on al s . passeng r e ts these speci ised service A three hours ’ sea trip brings the vi sitor to o o Dublin , a hands me city entered thr ugh a beautiful Bay ' and thence the way to the West — — a matter of four or five hours is direct by the a n Midl nd Great Wester Railway , starting from the Bro adstone Station . —f This j ourney is rendered pleasant by the up t o and a n and ' date comforts c teri g provided , by the ar of s r v ied charms of many the cenes trave sed . f h which o fer , as it were , a foretaste of the ric er glories at its end . CONNEM A R A A ND THE WEST or IRELAND Thi s fair land (of Connemara) oners as glori ou s a panorama as ever was spread out t o call ’ fort h man s a orat ion and fi l l h i s d — D . PEA R D . heart wit h glad nes s . R F you would wander a little from the beaten e f ne r on and track , in s arch o w imp essi s e n e e o a a k en e j oym nt of a h althful h lid y , ou o e t o onn a a th e ro n and o y will c m C em r , c w gl ry of the famous s eries of West of Ireland Tours . e no o e rt f Un o Ther is th r pa o the ited Kingd m , and a o certainly very few pl ces abr ad , where such extraordin ary variety of scen ic loveliness and maj esty is comprised in the one d istrict . D BEAUTI F UL NAM E or BEAUTIF UL ISTRICT . P r o n and e e u ple m u tain , shady val , deck d with th e tints of Iris lakes as clear as th e cloudles s sky fl e whose s himmering light they re ect and soft n glistenin g strands that merge impercept ibly into the vast expanse of the great Atlantic ' t ower in f s and n fiord s g cli f where the eagle builds , sile t , o al n o of No sheer and cavern us , riv li g th se rway — i n their venerable grandeur these are some of ' e t of t ma i c l and o n e as the f a ures his g , c mmi gl d , th e s r s r of N at e it were , with matchle s a ti t y ur in n onn h er moments of sublimest inspiratio . C e ' a a a - o n t o th e e u t m r , says well kn w au h r , is b a iful f ul n ame o a very beautif district , about which 2081320 r there has always clung a. special atmosphe e of ' n wild sport and roma ce . THE A PPROACH . Connemara is conveniently reached from Gal ‘ wa t e os t s o s l o a t y , whi h r m vi it r wil pr ceed f er an agreeable j ourney through Central Ireland by t h e i l n M idland Ra lw ay from Dub i to the West . ' Travellers wil l find particulars in the Company s of o Time Tables and lists T urs , and a great deal of att r active information and practical suggestion is cont ained in the Official Handbook and Guide which the Midl and Railway m anagement has published for th e benefit of tourists wh o wis h to a and take their holiday in a systematic f shion , there e t n In by obt ain all th grea er adva tage from it . the present Booklet we are concerned with only o the more striking features of C nnemara , advising n o t o l of stra gers , h wever , make a fu ler study the itinerary by means of the Handbook already mentioned . It is en ough t o s ay that where N ature has been ’ s n s s a o bounteous ma h re has not been forgotten . Within recent years the whole district h as been thoroughly opened up for comfortable travel l n s th e en s s of o or ing , tha k to spl did y tem t urs gan e a o n and o is d by the Railw y C mpa y, the l cal enter prise which has a hospitable welcome for the n e o o o t stra ger , sup ri r h tel acc mmoda ion, and cu i si ne o o on , and c mf rts the very best modern l . A s e o o ines ngler , sportsm n , g lfers , visit rs of n on every ki d . have g e away in raptures at what e e and f r they hav se n what has been done o them , o i on p uring bless ngs , at the same time , the heads T e of their entertainers . h caterers of Conn emara know h ow t o d o things in style . See com an ion Boo let und er t h at t it le. p k , oto ] awr Ph L ence Du n . by [ , bli ON LOU H C OR R B L I co . W G , GA AY . oto by ] Lawrence Du Ph [ , blin . F LLS A T O G HT ER RD c A o . W U A , GAL AY . u n . [ Lawrence, D Photo ] bli by ’ W Y . R H OTE c o . R Y CO. S E C ESS , . L GAL A ( La wr en ce, Du n . Photo by ] bli W Y E SIII xD ILL A C O . LA K , GAL A — O DL AN GLI G . NLA B UN ESS N I ND . n h as ee of th e Me tion b n made anglers , and here , at th e o , o _ utset let us qu te a passage in which an enthusiastic fisherman des cribes the unique oppor tun i ti es which exis t i n Connem ara for th e enj oy n t e e s s me t of h g ntle port . Thi country of ' on a a a . e en . P . C nem r , s ys Mr St ph Gwynn , M , in n Hol i d a o o i s o his charmi g y b ok , c nta n m re trout and s on - ree e alm b ding wat r than any equal area. n in these Kingdoms . All alo g the coast is — a succes sion of small short rivers for the moun — t ains come down very Close t o the sea and thes e i s e e fl n o rivers , alm t v ry case , ow through a series of little lakes i n which the sea trout abound as they a n n r e i n bou d probably owhe e els the world . on t o o But , in additi the white tr ut waters , there a ho s a s must be nearly t u and l ke , big and little , o ow o o s n which h ld br n tr ut nly , and fi hi g in these ' can always be had . A N D BY EA THE S . ‘ o e s s ame auth or More v r , ays —the , there is th e sea everywhere the s ea along the most s calloped and indented coastlin e that can possibly be on e s e s c c ived , a a tudded with uncountable on A a st li islands , which the tl ntic coa e s ome dis n e off a on t h e n a ta c , but l g fri ge Of G lway Bay are on o o i n nestled in al g the sh re , ch k g up the bays , and affording limitless opportunities for the sea h i s C s i s angler to try hance about them .