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Park, Dublin to watch with enthusiasm the All-Ireland Hurling " THE fortnight in Sep.tembe~ " Final, being fought between Dublin is a popular chOlce wIth and Waterford. The All-Ireland many holiday-makers who Football Final (Galway v. Kerry) prefer to wait for a well-earned will be contested in Croke Park on respite until the tidal ~ave of Aug~st the last Sunday (25th) of the month. 1 vacation has spent Itself, leav~ng 1938SEPTEMBER lJ38 Ireland will meet Australia in space in traYel and acco~modatIOn Cricket (15th, 16th and 17th) and at the whim of the tOurISt. Sep­ !sUN MON lUES WED THU FRI SAl Switzerland in Association Football tember may mean a gradual closi~g (18th), while a Motoring Inter­ in of summer days, but the splendid """'-- ~ """'. """:>. 1 2 3 national-the Phoenix Park Grand opportunities of holi~ay amusement Prix Race-will be held on the loth. and enjoyment remam open. There 4 5 b IV 8 q 10 The Irish Amateur Open Golf i better bathing, and the cooler Championship takes place at New­ days are more suited to w~lking, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 castle (Co. Down) from 5-9th, and climbing, motoring, golf, tenms .and the Irish St. Leger at the Curragh the hundred and one occupatIOns 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 on 21st. which diversify an Irish holiday. 25 26 27 28 29 30 ~ But these are a mere tew of the events-Shows, Patterns, Races, Galas, Regattas, Tournaments and Events in Plenty. Sports which crowd the Irish September, 1938, has many an pttincipal Calendar for September, 1938. attraction in its scheduled Calendar of Events. On the first Sunday Contents PAGE PAGE Mountaineering in Ireland- Where to Shoot in Ireland. By Capt. j. B. Drought 303 Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford and the Slieve Blooms. By ClauiJe W. Wall 310 Ghosts of Old Ireland. By Maurice N. Hennessy 305 Radio Eireann 313 Take Souvenirs of your Irish Holiday. By F. R. Casserly 307 A Directory of Irish Hotels 315 Notes and News :: Ireland on the. Plant Hunting By Car. Bookshelf. By W. M. Letts 309 301 I~RISH TRAVEL September, 1938. NOTES AND NEWS . Ireland for Motorists Poems from U.S.A. As Others See Us Ireland for Motorists. to discover from him the whereabouts of a crock of gold . Irish roads this summer there are more cars worth riches untold. from overseas than in any previous year. O Reliable reports show that the number of motoring Ireland v. Switzerland (and other Internationals). parties touring this country is unprecerlented. The Sunday, 18th of September is the date and Dublin utomobile Association, which handles the majority the venue fixed by the Football Association of Ireland of tourist-cars, has experienced an abnormal volume for the International Match between Ireland and 'of work, and the number of vehicles cleared to date Switzerland. This Association has also arranged a shows an increase of some 22% on last year. The Royal match between Poland and Ireland for .Sunday, 13th Irish Automobile Club has also handled a greatly November. increased number of cars. Another international contest which will attract • During the last few year~ this country has become much interest and a large attendance is the Cricket increasingly popillar with the motoring holirlay-maker. match between Australia and Ireland, scheduled for Continental and American cars are frequent, but the aturday, 17th September, in Dublin. vast majority still come from Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The total number of cars from Great Britain Our Wayside Trees. and orthern Ireland touring this country in. 1935 A ~ovel photographic competition is being run by was 5,500. In 1936 there were 7,500 and last year the the Irish Roadside Tree Association which offers prizes number pad risen to 9,800. for a photograph of a road in Ireland, with trees, showing Motorists are probably the most. discriminating of how uc~ trees enhance the beauty of the land cape. holiday-makers. Owning their own tI;ansport, they The pnzes-lst, £3 3s.; 2nd, £2 2S.; 3rd, £1 TOS.­ enjoy great freedom of choice in the matter of resorts are attractive, and no entry fee is required. For and types of holiday. Only a region offering a unique particulars of entry, all would-be competitors are directed 'Comb;nation of attractions secures the continued to apply to the Irish Roadside Tree Association, 6 patronage of the motoring tourist. Ireland is such a Merrion quare, Dublin. Closing date-21st September: Tegion-a country where motoring is not a nervous strain but a joy. The roads are smooth, uncrowded and picturesque. The varied beauty of the country AS OTHERS SEE US. lies within a conveniently small area. Moreover the "Something Nice" from Mrs. Moody. absence of congestion or irksome restrictions greatly "I must say that Ireland is the most attractive, enhances the enjoyment of a motoring holiday in pleasant and pretty country I have ever visited." Ireland. (Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, famous tennis star, when interv,iewed by the "New York Times.") Poems from U.S.A. Some very charming verses on Jreland from the pens Kilkee. of D.S. writers have recently come under our notice. "I must congratulate all these concerned in the Elsewhere in this nun1ber of Irish Travel we quote a make-up and contents of this year's Kilkee Folder. very attractive little item-" Once I found a Lepre­ " In connection with the other literature sent me I -chaun "-taken from'" Songs of an Irish Summer" can only say that it becomes more interesting reading which won the Society Prize of the South Carolina every year. Your various booklets contain a hive of Poetry Society for the author, Miss Katherine Drayton information which cannot elsewhere be got in the same Mayrant Simons-a really gifted poet. Several of degree of simplicity and accuracy." these prizewinning poems have appeared in the (The Town Clerk of Kilkee, in recent letter to the Charleston Evening Post, while another poetic sketch I.T.A.) from the same pen-" Croagh Patrick "-was recently Kind Hearts. published in the New York Times. A :former Poetry Editor of the Portland Evening "It is unlikely that any article, essay or book on News, Portland, Maine, has written, for the Irish Ireland has been written or ever will be written, in Tourist Association, two very lovely little poem in which the friendliness of Irish people is not mentioned. memory of a visit to Ireland, and we hope to give our Their are the kindest hearts in the world. In scattered readers an opportunity of perusing these, at an early hamlet, clustered village,' progressive town and prosperous city there awaits for the stranger a welcome date. By the way, to hark back to the Leprechaun, this he will never forget. :pll<t}l1i.arly, Irisll fairy is an interesting one and many "The greatest charm of the Emerald Isle is the it tale of IDre and legend has been woven about him. charm of the dwellers. within it.'" A merry little goblin, he is by trade a shoemaker but (Louis V. Coffin, in the" Northern Daily Telegraph" the mortal who finds him at work may be lucky enough -6/8/38) 302 September, 1938. IRISH TRAVEL Where to Shoot In~ Ireland By Game Coverts in the Maam Valley, Connemara. Capt. J. B. Drought F my own post-bag is any draws in there comes in season distance of the coast, by reason of criterion, with every passing plenty of other bog and moorland the excellence of the shore shoot­ I year enquiries about Irish game to offer that variety which ing, which incidentally is free shootings grow in volume. Dut is essentially the spice of Irish except in very rare circumstances.