VOL. xv. No. Jl. Hugust, 1940 THREEPE CE
GLENDALOCH. THE VALLEY OF THE TWO LAKES.
At Glendaloch, in the heart of Mountainous Wicklow, Saint Kev.in in the sixth century founded a monastery which subsequently became a renowned European centre of learning. Its ruins, now eloquent of former glory, lie in a glen romantic with the beauty of its dark wild scenery. IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940
CONNEMARA HEART OF THE GAELTACHT. Excellent \\'hite and Brown Trout fishing leased by Hotel-free to visitors-within easy walking distance. Best ea Fishing. Boating. Beautiful Strands. 60,000 acres shooting. Best centre for seeing Connemara and Aran BANK OF IRELAND I lands. A.A., LT.A., R.LA.C. appointments. H. and C. running water. Electric Light. Garages. Full particulars apply:- FACILITIES FOR TRAVELLERS MONGAN'S AT Head Omce: COLLEGE GREEN, DUBLIN : HOTEL:~ BELFAST .. CORK .. DERRY AID 100 TOWRS THROUOHOOT IRELARD; Carna :: Connemara IRELAND EVERT DJ:80RIPTION 01' FOREIGN J:XOHANG. I BU8INJ:8S TRAN8AO'1'J:D ON ARRIVAL OF LINERS I! Telegrams: :.\Iongan's, Carna. 'Phone, Carna 3 BY DAT OR NIGHT AT OOBH (QUEEN8TOWN) I CONNEMARA'S CHIEF FISHING RESORT AND GALWAY DOOXS.
'DUBLIN The , GreShaIll Hotel Suites with Private Bathrooms. Ballroom. Central Heating. Telephone and Hot and Cold Running .. I VISITORS TO Water in every Bedroom. .. invariably make their way to Clerys-which has Restaurant, gamed widespread fame as one of the most pro Grill Room, gressive and beautiful Department Stores in Europe. § Tea Lounge and Clerys present a vast Hall of modern merchandise Modern Snack of the very best quality at keenest prices. Bar. Here is always to be seen a really representative ~~. display of Ireland's leading products- ES~~li7hC VOL. XV. AUGL;ST, 1940. No. 11. =~======~ NOW FOR YOUR HOLIDAY atmosph~re HIS year, more than ever, vacation in the self- ame August and eptember are the holi people should lay up a store of in which they spend the anxious excellenc~ ~"ee~s day months par in Ireland. T health and trength against a days and of their working All the resorts ann all the hotels are year. ThIs IS a grave mistake. hard winter and an anxious future. ready.for your patronage ancj willing This summer, above all, they should Everyone should get a change of to waIt upon your whims. Decide air, atmosphere, people and ways make their annual vacation a source n?w upon your choice and go ahead of all-the-year round resistance from of life from time to time, to enable WIth the arrangements. "'hate\,er him to return refreshed, revitalised, which they may rlraw support and yo~ want for a holiday, Ireland has solace during the work-a-day weeks recreated in mind and bony and It m full measure. Just a. k the of winter which lie ahead. ready to cope with the everyday LT.A. if you are in any doubt about So far, owing to the tension and nemands of life which can prove a how or where to go. You won't uncertainties created hy European particularly se ;ere strain in times regret your decision when winter affairs, some holiday makers have of tress or emergency. doses in on the workinO' year been foolish enough to stick at home Now that tension seems to have hutting out for several harrl. ~onths during their valuable short respite eased, this is the time to "make a the prospect of Summer ann Summer from work and worry. They have hreak," to take your holiday and Holidays! dribbled away their fe v days of get right away for a com!",lete ('hange. Principal Contents Principal Contents Page (Continued) The Humours of Irish Travel Page Ry Lynn Doyle 263 ...... "'" ...... T. LT.A. £50 Photo Competition .... 277 -- ~ An Odd Way to Drogheda ...... 1 J A Pressman's Holiday in Ireland By The Travelling Jf(m 265 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 fly Dat'id Sears 2i8-2iO Curiosities Around Ireland 267 11 12 IJ 14 15 16 17 18 19 ~O 21 22 U 24 The Shannon Country Ireland, the Ancient-scene portra"cd By Tadhg Ff)rl'es, B.L. 280 for the Holiday-maker - 25 ~6 27 28 29 JO J1 Bj' Liam Goga71, .11. A. 269 Income Tax for Hotels Notes and News 270 ." III thi~ ~ountry, ralled Ireland, lot'ely By An Expat 2,3 wlth so spin~ual a loveliness, I found a The Gentle Art of Tipping Clare, Galway and Connemara-for l11~st extraordJnary melltal stimIIlus as ifin Hikers and Cyclists these ru;ns, lakes, mountains and bogs was By Sean HJaZv 2 5 th~ very essence of-what? Why, I'1'ery By Pmfessor T. Dillcm, U. C., thmf, needffll for comfort of mind mId soul. Of Interest to Hotels 287 Galway 273 ." Ireland a!ways catches at the imagina tlon ; both ltS history and its leuends Ireland's Leading Hotels 28!J Angling on Lough Melvin, beside fascinate."-(MARJoRIE BOWEN, fa';lOus A DIrectory of Irish Hotels 291 Bundoran By E.D. 275 novdist). 26I IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940 PRINCIPAL IRISH SEASIDE RESORTS (Classified Alphabetically under Irish Counties) CLARE. B:l.llvliffin. DUBLIN. C:l.hirdaniel. MEATH. Ball\'\ aughan. Bun2l0ran. Balbriggan. Castlecove. Bettystown. Kilkee. . , Bunbcg-. Dalke) . Castlegregory. Gormanstown. Lahinch.,I Buncrana. Donabate. CIC'ghane. Laytown. Lisrloom'ama ("tlantic Burtonpf'rt. Dun Laoghaire. Coomakista Pass. at Doolin, 4 miles by Carri~art. Howi:ll. Dingle. SLIGO. bus). I Clonmam·. Killine\·. Dunquin. Easkey. ]\hltown :\Talba\'. ' Cul-laff. . Malahide. Glenbcigh. Enniscrone. Spanish Point. " I Dt·rrybeg-. Monk"town. Inch. Mullaghmore Downings. Portmarnoc.k. Kenmare. Rosses Point. CORK. Dunfanaghy and Port- Rush. Parknasilla. Strandhill. Ballycotton. nablagh. Shankhill. Rossbeigh. Baltimore. SkHries. Sneem. WATERFORD. Bantn'. Dunglol'. Valentia. Annestown. Bereh1l.\'pn. Glencolmcille. GALWAY. Ventry. Ardmore. Cape Clear. Gortahork (and Fa!- Aran Islands. \Vaterville. Bunmahon. Cast1etownsllend. carragh). Carna. Clonea Strand. Cobh. Greencastle. Clifden. LOUTH. Dungarvan. Courtrnacsheri'\'. Inver. Inishbofin Tsla,\d. Blackrock. Dunmore. Crosshaven. . Killybegs. Inverin. Carlingford. Tramore. Garrettstowll. Kerrykeel. Kinvara. Clogherhead. Garryvoe WEXFORD. Malin Head. Lcenane. Grep.nore. I Ballymoney. Glandore. Malinmore. Letterfrack. Giles' Quay (Dundalk). G1eng'lriff. Cahore. Milforcl. Renv)'le. Omeath. Curracloe. Inchydoney. ,,,. t h! (T Rosmuc. Kinsale. ~YJoun c ar es. ana- Roundstone. MAYO. Courtown. talion). Salthill. Duncannon. Leap. Achill Island (several Kilmuckridge (Upton). Monatrea Moville. Spiddal. centres). R05s1are. Schull. Narin and Portnoo. Belmullet. Whiteg?.te. Portsalon. KERRY. Blacksod. WICKLOW. Youghal. Ramclton. Ballinagowl. Killala. Arklow. Rathmullan. Ballinskelligs. Lccanne\'. Bray. DONEGAL. Rosapenna. Ballybunion. Malrann)" Brittas Bay. Ardilra. Rcsbeg. Ballyferriter. Newport. Greystones. Arranmore I~land. Rossnowlagh. Ballyheigue. Old Head (Louisburgh). Wicklow. HANDBALL-the oldest Ball Game ROUND THE RESORTS. A reader, lr. John K. Clarke of Prussia Street, Rl'sort News this monfu strikes a particularly good note of Dnhlin, "Tites a follows to the Editor, Iri~h Tra7'cl- prospects for August and S"ptember. These are fue big holiday months in Ireland and hotel:: and boarding houses are usually " It was with much interest I read fue article 011 Handball "packed out, for the duration." Here are some sample <" ~11 the July, 1940 issup. of Irish Travel and trust it is but returns:- ....,I...I'o.....,~I~I·,the forerunner of man". ROSSLARE has plenty of visitors and no rain. There are ./ " What a pity we do not hear more of this grand old more excursion parties than ever beiore, while the By LYN DOYLE Lynn Doyle, well known throughout Ireland, north and (A Radio Tal7c, bToadoast fTom Radio EiTeann in the south, for his witticisms. Retired Bank Manager: author of many works including "The Spirit of Ireland"; "Irish Holiday" Series " Me and Mr. Murphy , '; "Ballygullion"; "Lobster Salad' ,; "Rosabelle' " etc., etc. HAVE been requested, by an angler, who told the waiter in his look out for; in Ireland, anyway. optimist, to talk about the Connemara hotel: "I will e.-xpect this scrap of conver ation was told I humours of travel in Ireland. my dinner at even o'clock me an hour and a half after that Yet he was quite right. We in precisely. You will have ready for dinner. c. Thim half-lobsters was Ireland, were born under the genial me a grilled fillet of steak, one inch grand, Peter; but a man with your influence of the moon; and can thick, three quarters of a pound in delicate stomach should have laugh; even when things are seriou~. weight, done over a charcoal fire, abandoned them to the enemy. At the present moment Ireland IS and turned only once." When he How are you feeling after it?" probably the only place in Europe, came back from his fishing (at that " Feeling, Michael, is it? " where the tourist may expect remote stage of Ireland's touri t answered his friend, "I feel a if laughter. history) of cour e he found bacon I'd swallowed it claws and all, and What is the reason of this and eggs on the table. He "'as them twanging on my intestines interesting, and consoling, fact? It very angry. "Did I not order a like a harp, this minute." isn't the scenery. There's nothing grilled fillet of steak," he said to the amusing about a mountain, waiter, " and give you full particu The People. especially if you fall off it. A river lars ?" "You did, then, sir," It is the people that make your isn't funny; above all during the returned the waiter; "and I told holiday in Ireland a succession of process of coming down from the the boss; and gave him all the smiles; their ways, their habits of heavens. or, indeed, even, is a measurements. 'Glory be to God, thought, their peech; that easy, trout stream. A trout thinks you Mick,' says he, C if there was a bit diverting outflow of words; uncal should tickle him; not he tickle of meat like that in the house, culated and unforced ; pure surreal you. wouldn't J eat it myself.' " ism; a sudden gush from the It is not the animals that amuse uncon cious mind. The gift is not you in Ireland, particularly if you Dinners. racial; it is not the possession of are a motorist. The cattle on the Thanks to our Motor and Tourist one only of the strands of our out of the way roads are convinced A sociations, it is a very different nation. It is, rather, due to our that your car will bounce off them. story now. I \';on't labour the mixture of races; due, perhaps, to It was only last year that an English point, but this I will say: I attended their mutual antipathy; to long touring friend, fond of exploring a public dinner in a hotel on the practice in their attempt to score byways, told me plaintively that Donegal coast of Ireland less than over one another. Perhaps it is U an Irish bttllock had no imagin a month ago. I have blethered at due to the lonely lives of the ation n. many dinners in my time; but I dwellers in a thinly populated never sat down to a better, or to a i land; to their patient, una isted Thirty Golden Years Ago! better-served dinner than that par thinking about life - and their ~or is it the hotels that will ticular one, in my life. neighbours; to thrir intense kno"' divert you. Thirty years ago, they But a dinner is seldom a funny ledge of a very small portion of the might have. About that date T thing', after its down. It's the world. heard the story of the English people that eat it, that you want to The native folk move about little. 2 63 (Contillued overleaf) IRISH TRAVEL /IUgllst, 19-1-0 I met an almost incredible case of profound, genealogical; and had you. Here is an example, from this quite lately. There are two formed opinions about them; as another easide dweller on the little streets in a beauty-spot I they doubtless had about her. And indented shore of Cork: "Terrible kno\\" of in one of the peninsulas J, truly, do not think, that in any times are in it, these days," she of Kerry. The more distant of the other country in the world than said. "Ye ," I answered, gloomily, two is about three hundred yards Ireland, you would be so likely to " Terrible." from the sea. An old woman was di cover a chance acquaintance, of "To think," she went on, "th~t standing in a doorway, and I spoke an old woman leaning over a half I should live to see yo,ung ween:ll1 to her as I went past. door, who could so delight you with walking about this little town with ,. Have you many visitors thi coloured, twisting talk. men's breeches on them." As com summer?" I asked. "Ach, I pared with this outrage, the "'ar couldn't tell you, dear," he Home-made Philosophy. ,,'as nothing! an ",ered. "I haven't been on the I don't for a moment sugge t But a deeper philosopher le~ned strand of this town for seventeen that every Irishman, or woman, over a gate with me, a month S1l1ce, vears." ::\" orth, South, East, and West, is a neal' lovely Lough Gill, and gazed - nut though she was old, she \vit or a humorist or a philosopher. at a cow. . wasn't tupid. And, though she But I do say that character, and " Look at her" he said "eating can't have been highly educated, envimnment, and history have pro her grass, and doesn't c~re who's she had a gift of rich picture duced in the Irish nation the most head or tail in the world. I making words. And though she entertaining companions, be they wonder," he said, "if you an' me hadn't been on the strand fOl' seven guides, motor-drivers, waiters, rail an' the rest of us ate grass, would teen yeal'S, she had lived perhaps way-porters, longshoremen, or what we all have sense, too?" seventy, in one street of the town, not, that ever gave variety to a It's with uch philosophers th~t and knew everyone in that street; holidav. I lean to the home-made you'll mix during your holiday 111 and, I should say, everyone in the philos~phers, myself. Their point ]reland. You won't have to eat to\\"ll : knew them \vith a knowledge of view will sometimes surprise grass. One of the oldest and CARRICK COUNTY DONEGAL SLIEVEMORE HOTEL best known Hotels in' the W<'St ot Ireland SLlEVE LEAGUE HOTEL DUGORT, ACHILL ISLAND Unrivalled Coastal Scenery. Fishing, Boating. Excellent Safe Bathing, Fishing and Boating, the Hotel:~'s~ Licensed, has 30 Bedrooms recently renovat Cuisine. Hot and Cold Water. Garage Frl'e. Fully throughout. A.A. and R.I.A.C. Appointments. Licensed. For particulars, apply ,,:.\ Telegrams: SHevemore Hotel, Dugort, Achill. J. MALONEY, ProprietT &educed Terms May and June. Apply-Proprietress. HOLIDAYS AT HOME? ~. You can now TRAVEL FREE I Wt'?~V!L' ON EITHER P. J. CARROLL & Co. Ltd., DU_ DALK (not the Rly. Coys.) stating Stations on Gt. Northern GREAT NORTHERN or Gt. Southern Rlys. vou wi,h to travel from OR and to. A POSTCARD will be sent you showing numbers of .. Sweet GR. SOUTHERN RLYS. Afton .. or .. Kerrv Blue .. coupons required'. IF YOU SMOKE 11 SWEET 'FTON OR KERRY BLUE August, 1940 J N. J SIfT R.A T' EL ALL THE MORE ENJOYABLE FOR BEING SO ODD An Odd Way to Drogheda By THE TRAVELLING MAN T was an odd way to go to Drogheda but it was all a few palms and a ukelele to mImIc the shore of a the more enjoyable tor being so odd. To begl11 Southern ea - or a cinema version of one. \. The I wIth, it was a Sunday in summer and every wise reader may say that he never could see that ukelele man who is fit and free to travel and can afford to pay beach 01- other imaginary transformations, but that is for the fare or the petrol surely wants to " go places" exactly why I am writing It down for him here - to on a summer Sunday. For the time being at any rate, create the illusion on his next crossing.• Travel with 1 wa a Dubliner and the Dubliner who cannot find a out the creative imagination is only stasi. As well trip to please him on a Sunday mu t be altogether a sit by the garden gate at home and gaze at the growing very hard man to please. That variety of motor-trips vegetable on parade.) from the bus-base at O'Connell Bridge is itself almost Hut here's Laytown, and the train dra\\'n up along a holiday in advance when contemplated. side that flowery thatched house at the end of the But, no! Tt wouldn't be a bus to-day. There \\'as village street. And the long beach below there, and that d Iightful cheap train-journey to Laytown with the sea whitening away to an almost transparent sky the coa tal run along north County Dublin and into line, for the sun is to-day, welcomingly, without a Louth, with the sea and the sands looping in and out single cloud, A huge beach, a non-stop beach say between the green fields. After ~Ialahide, there's rather, running far north and outh into the indecipher something spacious and romantic always, too, about able heat·haze that dissolves into a mysterious horizon crossing that viaduct over the shallow water and the at either end. (There were no camel-caravans in the flats where the low shore, on the left hand, needs only distance to create that other illusion of a small Sahara, and no rounded cu hion of green to indicate palm trees and an oa is though these too in a traveller's imagin J ation might have blo somed out of the void.) T Anyhow the route ahea WYNN'S consider comfort of paramount importance, and provide accordingly for patrons. Central to places of interest and amusement; afternoon tea, ~-6; orchestra, -; -10; liberal table; excellent cooking and service. Terms moderate. Make the restaurant your next rendezvous. ... is only one out~t[l,u(ling feature of Ireland's mOf;t modern hotel-the f'larellce. \Ve consider Otll' guests' requirements of paramount importance; and nothing that can the least impair our reputation for firflt-cla s catE'ring at reasonable chargf'S, i. overlooked. • STRAND HOTEL The Esplanade BRAY Co. Wicklow * .1 I'iew of one of OUl" Lounges. • The cooking is of the highu t standfl,rd, Rpecially pl'er.al' d by expert chefs. Only the most up-to-elate equipment is ufled in the kitchen, whieh conduces to cleanline>ls, rapidity of service and ideally cooked meak 'Yrite for tariff; you'll find it rea~onable. TELEPHONE - BRAY 209 Phone 76178 Excellent Cuisine. Riding School attached. Special Terms for a long stay. The CLARENCE HOTEL, DUBLIN CAFE OPEN TO NON-RESIDENTS. Under new personal supervision of Proprietress, Ireland's most modern Hotel l\IRS. BRIA T SHEVLIN. O'Keeffes 266 Curiosities Hround Jretand SAME SIZE AS NOAH'S ARK A WHISPERING ARCH g~~liners and visitors to DUblin know well this thoroughfare beside The gentleman on the left is speaking - via this " O~e~l Bridge - Westmoreland Street. But how many know its as C~lOSlty "-that it has the same measurements in length and breadth whispering Arc.h on the door of St. Kieran's College, ad Noah's Ark in the long ago of history? Kilkenny - to the gentleman on the right. Is the third gentleman an eavesdropper? No! You must keep your ear close to the orifice to get the message OLD MASS BUGLE sent on its travels from the other orifice at the speaker's side. DISCARDED CRUTCHES A curious heap of discarded crutches and bandages - see right of picture - testifies to the curative properties of Doon Well in Donegal ~ad of a bell this old-fashioned bugle once to l\roned. the people of the Nier Valley, near Clonmel, and to the faith of its pilgrims. On Summer Sundays, hundreds ftock behi ass ill the old church of which but the wall- from all parts of Donegal to pray at this holy well below the Rock nd this local couple - remains. of Doon near Kilmacrennan. IRISH TRAVEL Attgust, 1940 VICTORIA HOTEL PATRICK ST. CORK MOST CENTRALLY SITUATED. Electric Elevator. H. & C. Water in all Bedrooms.• ~ A.A. and R.I.A.C. Appointments. ~ HEADQUARTERS OF ROTARY. Telegrams: (( Victoria," Cork. Phone 293. THE "EIMEAR" When in Dublin. be sure IO RESTAURANT znspecI 99 CLANBRASSIL ST. DUNDALK PARTIES OF ANY NUMBER CATERED FOR. FULLY LICENSED .. POPULAR PRICES OPEN 0 SU DAYS. HELY'S BALLROOM AVAILABLE. £6,000 STOCK OF HIGH-CLASS Phone: Dundalk 224. A. MAGUIRE, Proprietress. FISHING TACKLE Which includes over 150,000 Trout Flies, 5,000 CASTLETOWNBERE (Ber.haven) ~ Salmon Flies, 500 Salmon and Trout Rods, as well as many hundreds of Reels, Lines, Baits, BEREHAVEN HOTEL Casts, Fly BOOkS, Boxes, Nets, Gaffs, and Angling . Sundries. 1Iodernised; Redecorated; Re-furn,ished. Over looking Sea. Bathing, Hill Climbing, Golf, HARDY'S TACKLE AT PRE-WAR Fishing, T<:nnis. All Beds have spring ~nterior - DUTY FREE PRICES - mattresses. Ace. for 30 guests. From 3 Gns. MRS. O'SULLlVAN, Proprietress. RELY'S DAME STREET STRAND HOTEL, Rosslare, Co. Wexford Beautifully Situated overlooking the Sea and Splendid 18 Hole Golf Links. ~n'e of the NO RATIONING .• .. NO BLACK-OUT finest and EXCELLENT CUISINE and WINES m 0 s t com Spring Interior Mattresses and H. and C. Running t Water in all Bedrooms. Sea Water Baths. fortable Sea Electric LIght throughout. New Sun Veranda. side Hotels in Spacious Accommodation. BlIIiards, Table Tennis, :: Ireland :: DancIng, Hotel Cinema (TalkJes), Croquet Lawn, Darts, Putting Greens and Three Hard Tennis Courts. Good Safe Bathing from Hotel. LT.A., R.I.A.C. and A.A. Appointments. Free Garage. Wires: Kelly, Strand, Rosslare. 'Phone: No. 16 RossIare str. 268 ... August, 1940 lHISll THAVEL ~ ANTIQUARIAN ADVENTURE IN A TOUR OF IRE ~ ~ , V 3lrelanb/.... The Ancient Scene portrayed for the holidaymaker him. And yet these are by no means the only writers who possessed this kind of vision; how few realise that our early books are full of travel literature or that medieval Ireland, thanks to its hospitality and [A Broadcast 'l.-'alk sound road policy was an easy place to get round. We will not call them topographical poems; that is too by Liam Gogan, academic; but no country possesses such a poetic handbook of travel like oui- metrical Dinn-sheanclws, .lll.A., in the "hish a series of poems running to hundreds and dealing with the principal places of Ireland. They begin with Holiday" Series] n~etropolitan Tara and follow a rough and ready cIrcular tour of the whole country. 1\1any of them are delicately drawn pictures devoted rather to special The Round Tower adjoining epi ode connected with the place than to natural the Cathedral at Kildare. EOPLE who happen to be familiar \\"it~ those little books The Glamour of Cork, Th.: Glamour P of Dublin and their fellows will appl-eciate fully the value of associated hi~tor)' in creating interest in places. Tl10se the author describes so skilfully cease to be mere empty locations - so many banal abodes and become, under his magical touch, centres of human activity, passed and gone it is true, but none the less real and vivid for all that. This country is overflowing \Vi th such human and romantic associations which attract the deepest and most prolonged human interest. Foreigners, perhap , appreciate them more than ourselves. How many Americans have come to regard Ireland as a second homeland? Tt is as if having created spiritual vested interests here they have come to look upon it as their own. ] f you read Dear Dark Head by Helen Landreth or The Crosses of Ireland by Kingsley Porter, both pure Americans, you will s e what I mean; Ireland has grasped and taken these two fine minds to itself. Poem of Place-names. 1n the Ireland of to-day we are perhaps not respect ful enough of the touristic idea and we neglect to develop it in all possible directions; Sir Waiter Scott had the rights of it and beyond all romantic writers of his day realised the vital bonds that e-xist between men, places and events. Ireland was then a depressing place, yet as we read his impressions we see how both Liam Gogan, M.A., Keeper of the Art and its cenic and historic values became an open book to Industrial Department, National Museum, Dublin. 269 IRISH TRAVEL August, 19-W NOTES AND NEWS Carlton Cinema Prizes .. Baltimore and Sherkin .. Gala at Arklow Ten-Day Tour Prizes. and diving are among the eagerly contested events of the day. RIZES in the Carlton Cinema novel Essay Contest on " My Favourite Ten-Day Tour vf Ireland" Baltimore (a every schoolboy knows) is one the very edge of the Atlantic, in the midst (one might say) of P were presented in the cinema on the night of Carbery's Hundred Isles which dot the ocean all around July 5th by Mr. Brinsley Mac amara, one of the adjudicators. The prizewinners were:- this part of charming County Cork. The hills aroun.d Baltimore command a magnificent view of the Atlanttc First Prize (Three Guineas): MISS CLAIRE WI1.SO.·, for many miles, while the high cliffs roll back its br~akers, 8 Leinster Street, Dublin. endlessly, time and time again. Like BaltImore, Second Prize (Two GUineas) : MRS. KITTY O'DOHERTY, Sherkin-which is one of the Hundred Isles-grows 30 Claude Road, Dublin. more popular among holiday-makers from year to year. Third Prize (One GUinea): MASTER NORMAN C. Its sih"er strand is a big attraction. Motor Boats a?d MCGRATH (aged 9), 43, N.C. Road, Dnblin. other boats ply frequently from Baltimore to SherkJ?, Consolation Prizes were awarded to :--Mrs. Annettc, while there is ample satisfactory accommodation III Barlee, Dundrum, Co. Dublin; V. C. London, Limerick; both places. Miss 1. Fitzgerald, 31 Sandford Road, Dublin: 1. Other Events for August in this district include the O'Brien, Blessington, Co. Wicklow; P. J. Currivan, Local Sports on August 14th, at Baltimore, and the IS Auburn Tee., Athlone; and Mr. P. l\IcNamara, 2 Regatta at Schull (easily accessible by boat) on August Shandon Crescent, Dublin. 15th. Boat Trip of interest in the neighbourhood are Speaking at the ceremony, i\1r. D. Barry, Secretary, to Clear Island, Fastnct Rock and Mizen Head. LT.A., said there would be a special welcome for people G.N .R. Traffic Superintendent. ~,. from the orth at 26-County resorts this sea on. Irish Congratulations to our good friend Mr. P. A. Foley, J holiday-makers would now have to" See IrtJland First." who, since the beginning of July, took over the importa~t Much Variety. office of G.N. Railway Traffic Superintendent. HIS official title is now Dublin District Superintendent, but A large number of entries was received from all o'"er Ulst~r Ireland and particularly from Dublin, and the adjudi his new responsibilities will extend to three cators read through them all very carefully before countie as well as covering the organisation of rail consulting together a to the final results. Much and road transport hy G... Rlwys. of both passengers and goods in Eire. No light task, this! variety was shown in the choice ofTen-Day Tours, some ye~rs entrants favouring motor trips, others" plumping" for We find it hard to realise that it is almost eight cycling or horse cara,"anning and yet others voting for since Mr. Foley secured his previous promotion, WIth the old " Shanks' mares." All parts of Ireland were his appointment to take charge of the G.N. Railway explored in the entries, showing an amazingly intimate goods traffic in the Dublin district. It seems but a knowledge of "off-the-heaten-track places," hidrlen, short time since we congratulated him upon that reward yet lovely to explore. Some of the writers made the of efficient and courteous service. . Mr. Foley, in replacing Mr. J. H. Scott-to whom we mistake of going outside the limitation of 300 words prescribed, but even so, their contributions were original wish many happy years of well-earned leisure--becomes and interesting. It was a grand result from a novel chief of the department in which he was for several years familiar to and appreciated by traveller on the . contest and we hope many other competitions of a Company's system. Similar nature will bring Ireland for Holidays well to the fore in the minds of her workers. The Carlton Praise from a Prima Donna. Cinema and the Evening Herald deserve special praise Margaret Burke Sheridan, the prima donna from Mayo, •V for their co-operation in this achievement. after twenty years' absence in Italy where she achiever! Gala at Arklow. fame and won the applause of the most critical audiences On August Bank Holiday, Monday, 5th, the Arklow in the opera houses at Rome, aples, :\filan, Florence wimming Club holds its Annual Gala and Aquatic and the other great centres, told her unseen audience Sports in the Dock. Among the events listed are the over the air recently how she came to "rediscover" R80 yds. Men's and the 220 yds. Ladies' Championships her native Ireland. She had been acting in Venice in of Ireland, which are sure to draw a big crowd of " athelia" and after the opera had joined a party of onlookers and competitors. This annual event is always friends at supper in the Piazza san Marco. Among the looked forward to with great eagerness by the Visitors company was the famous painter Augustus John, R.A., who sat next to Miss Sheridan. There was an exhibition and the Club is working hard to make the 1940 Gala a great success, well up to the standard of previous of pain~ings at Venice just then and the conversation Galas. turned to them. Suddenly Augustus John began to praise Connemara as an ideal region to inspire the artist. "Hi~ Baltimore and Sherkin. praise of my native west rang a bell somewhere in my The annual Regatta, held on August Bank Holiday heart," said :Miss Sheridan. So, that summer, "after at Baltimore, is one of the mosi: popular events of the twenty years in golden Italy," she returned to Ireland for south coast. Rowing (with the pick of Carbery's a holiday and" re-discovered" Connemara and Wicklow oarsmen at their keenest), sailing events, swimming and the other lovely places. 27° A ugttst, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL IRELAND . ... .-(Continued from page 269) d~scription. They are the medieval counterpart of the from Latin ostiarius, which means gate-keeper and so plctures portrayed for us by the contemporary author; we may suppose that he examined your credentials ill both cases the writers are fully conscious of the before guiding you to the comfortable guesthouse for glamour value of antique memories. the night or to the scriptorium to inspect the illumin ated manuscripts and decorated shrines. Waterford Kingdoms of the Past. possesses the finest of these, at Ardrnore; those An ideal country geographically for the home-born holidaying in Dublin can study those at Clondalkin, tourist and holiday maker, Ireland is no less so when Swords and Lusk but they are nearly everywhere and we consider it from the point of view of ancient you will find whole groups at Clonmacnoise and :emains; our countrysides are dotted with them but Glendaloch. In addition we possess whole districts, many of them of grea4 natural beauty, which are so many kingdoms Antiquarian Adventure. ?f the Past, rich not only in antique monuments but Then we might concentrate on our limitless lakes 1ll memories of the Celtic gods, our Gaelic heroes and and rivers carrying with us our portable canoe in Christian saints. Sligo teams with megalithic monu search of antiquarian adventure by water. Crannoga ments of the early metal ages; Louth is full of or lake-dwellings dot many of our lakes. They appear memories of Cu Chulainn; Kildare still remembers a eyots or small islands a few hundred yards from Fionn Mac Cumhaill and St. Brigid. Such centres of the shore. They were not as a rule ordinary habit for?1er vivid life and activity deserve to be visited, ations but in times of storms and stress the local thelr monuments examined, their memories fostered. chieftain often found it politic to change his abode for a time to his lake-girt fortress High Crosses: Round TOIWers. either travelling over a narrow anc Their very names become things easily defended causeway or punt to conjure with when once you get ing across in his dug-out canoe or to know them intimately: Tara, basket coracle. Very little can be Di neach, Aileach, Glendaloch, seen to-day in these artificial islands Guagan Barra, the Boyne Valley, . ave perhaps a few protruding piles . liabh na Caillighe, Howth, and so or the dim shadow of a sunk dug on, many of which T have described out. Many another prisoner of from time to time in talk from Chillon eked out his dreary days in Radio Eireann and in "Trish some of these crannoga leaving his Travel." But that is not all; if for chain-bound skeleton to tell the tale. places we substitute monuments we Souterrains or earth houses, other have the same wealth of subjects. forms of early refuge places Take for example these dignified abound, notably in Cork, and their and magnificently carved monu investigation will add interest to ments, our ancient high crosses your holidays in that or other which have been so fully studied by attractive regions. Irish and foreign scholars; few have thought of mapping- their Dolmens, Many Tons Weight. tours to these imposing indicators We must forget neither the much of Irish Christianity, beg-inning say earlier nor the much later monu with that naive and barbaric g-roup ments in our travels. Take the at Ahenny in Carlow, following Gll dolmen or table-shaped tomb. to the crosses in the g-reat ri1onastit: These are often very impressive, city of St. Ciaran by the River consisting as th€y do of one boulder Shannon. and thence to Monaster weighing many tons sunnounted on boice in the lovely Boyneland. The three or more supports. These you round towers furnish other ports of will often find erected on lofty sum call and no Trish landscape pretend mits and you will wonder when you ing to be antique can claim to be reach it how primitive Irishmen complete without one. In anciept were able to perform the relatively times they pointed the way to the considerable engineering f eat weary traveller but to-day whaf involved, and still more at the hiker maps his route according to power of the primitive religious their distribution? As a rule the belief that whipped them on to round tower is part of some old \. this achievement. They were tombs monastic city to which it served as and from their lofty seat the spirit belfry, treasury and refuge. Tts of long-dead chieftains still domin name U cloig-fheach" means bell ate the fertile lands they once ruled house or campanile. the keeper ·of Great High Cross, magnificiently carved, over. Periodic offerings were made the tower was called the aistire, at Clonmacnoise along the Shannon side. (Continued overleaf) 27 1 IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940 IRELAND -Continued from page 271). to his spirit and relics of these customs have in some have left us including walled-towns. They were also places survived to our own time. great abbey builders and many of these became ce~tres Skipping incontinently over the centuries and omitt of medieval pilgrimage for devotees of all n~tlO~s; ing for the moment such ancient monastic sanctuaries Christ Church, Holycross, Trim and so forth-pllgnm as Sceilig Mhichil and Inis Murray in the western ages that have ceased while the earlier ·ones to St. ocean we come to the vision of the colourful warriors Patrick's Purgatory and St. Patrick's mount live on. of Norman Britain assailing our south eastern ports What a wonderful palimpsest of history is the Rock in their little war galleons like the Bague and Ban of Cashel : here we see the lovely Cathedral of Cormac from which Baginbun is named ut dicunt. They had mac Carthaigh, now disparagingly called Cormac's a well-planned strategy of conquest consisting of a Chapel overshadowed by the stately Gothic Cathedral chain of small but impregnable positions. A very with their attendant monuments, the record of two steep mote or hill was piled up and on top was set a hostile civilisations in stone, now equally wrapt in the small timber castle; for the men-at-arms and their sleepy glamour of praeteritial things. Nor should the horses below were several bailies girt about by firm tourist neglect to inspect the fine mansions which owe and pointed palisades. You will find them all over their inspiration to the architects of the Renaissance the Leinster area, high rounded knolls often covered of which we possess so many. . in foliage; the timberwork has disappeared but you The Irish Tourist Association has, through Its can easily reconstitute it in imagination. journal and guide books which bear comparison with the best produced elsewhere, enabled us to maintain Le~es in Stone. contact with the monumental interest of every region These were only a temporary measure and soon the in Ireland. Those who wish to go more deeply must great baron de Lacy was replacing the motes by consult the special books which I am glad to say are massive fortresses of stone in the best French medieval found in most of our libraries. A great need. of manner; at places like Trim, Kilteel, Loughrea, specially documented map and guide-books exIsts, Drogheda and Kinsale we can study at leisure the however, but no doubt these will become available in legacy in stone that the Norman and later conquests due course. ROSAPENNA HOTEL (Recently acquiro(l hy ~Ir. H. "M. S. rATIlBltWOOD) RE·OPENED JUNE 15, 1940, ...... -•..•..•- . Situated in its own grounds of 700 acres in the heart of the Donegal Highlands, offers unique advantages for 1940 Holiday. FOR THE SPORTSMAN: Golf (tS-hole champIonship course). Angling, Tennis, Swimming. FOR THE FAMlLY: No Ratfonlng. Excellenl Beaches and safe sea Balhlng. FOR THE ARTIST: Beauly, colour and scenic effect. Unsurpassed AccommooaEon. H. and C. Running Water in all Bedrooms. Moderate Tariff. Special En Pen.,ion Terms. Plan YOllr Holiday now. Rosapenna is the ideal choice. ...... ~ - -e - ...... ••• FOR PROSPEOTUS AND ROOM RESERVATIO.VS APPLY: THOS. COOK & SON, LTD., 118 Grafton St., Dublin. Resident Manaoer: W. A. B. DOUGLAS, F.R.G.S., 'Phone: 21306/7. MR. GRAHAM IIfQORE, W. M'CALLA & CO., LTD. 27 Royal Avenue, Belfast • 'Pbone 20910 Rosapenna Hotel, Co. Donegal. 41 /43 VI~torla. St., Belfast. HEWF:TT'S TRAVEL AGENCY, LTD., D'Oller St., Dublln. 'Phone: Downin08 4. 'Phone: 22894. 'Phone: 43578/9. 272 August, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL SPECIAL TO CYCLISTS AND WALKERS Clare, Galway and Connemara (A Bt'oadcast Talk ft'om Radio Eireann, by ProfessoT C Thomas Dillon, of UniveTsity College, Galway). ./ cA I ~ 10. fine morning to find that your holiday is over before By Kylemore Lake. you have decided to move on. HAVE no motor car except those of my friends Let us assume, however, that you have escaped from and they, alas, are ~ot always available. I will this Calypso's isle and that you find yourself ready one I therefore address myself to people of my own day for a twenty-five mile run. You will take the road class, the cyclist and the walker. to the north along the coast through Quilty to Spanish Point, another well-known bathing place, and to I have an idea that a good way to spend a holiday Lahinch. Everybody knows Lahinch. It is a Holy would be to take a bicycle to Kilrush on the northern City of one of the great religions - golf. Anybody shore of the mouth of the Shannon and to cycle from may wander with impunity along the sandy beach; but there northward round the coasts of Clare, Galway for a non-golfer there are parts that are as dangerous and Mayo, turning inland whenever. the scenery a. Mecca is for an unbeliever. Once when I wandered justified such a course and finally makmg for home into a Lahinch Hostelry for some purpose, I was asked whenever your tIme is up. what was my handicap. I had the presence of mind to ay that I had forgotten to bring it with me and while First Stop Kilkee. they were trying to puzzle out the meaning- of -this Jf you take a holiday of this kind your first stop wil! statement I made my escape before they realised that be Kilkee, a few miles from Kilru h, right out on the T was an unbegolfer. edge of the Atlantic. Kilkee has the most wonderful bathing places with sea water uncontaminated by Lahinch, Ennistymon, Lisdoonvarna. rivers, with rocks and cliffs carved into all sorts of Golf or no golf you must sojourn a while in the hapes by the waves. T have known so many people Lahinch district. Later, you might push on to who want to go back to Kilkee for every summer Ennistymon, a couple of miles away, where you can holiday and never to see any other part of the world get first class hotel accommodation amici beautiful that there is a real clanger that you will wake up one . urroundings. Above all, you mus1 make an excursion " Kilkee .. .. , with rocks and cliffs carved into all sorts of shapes." Loch Fee, in Connemara. 273 IRISH TRAVEL August, 19--10 to the Cliffs of Moher about fifteen miles away. You might take the road by Uachtarard, Clifden, Letter certainly cannot leave Clare without seeing this truly frack, Kylemore, Leenane and Louisburg to Westporl. magnificent and awe-inspiring sight of the cliffs rising You may break the journey at any of the places I have for hundreds of feet straight out of the sea. You can mentioned. You will pa s mountain and lake scenery not yet continue your journey by the coast road rOlmd and at times you will touch the coast and pa s round to Ballyvaughan because there is another sight you bays studded with island and with wood and must see, or rather I should say another experience mountains on their shores. that you must enjoy, before leaving Clare and that is On the other hand you may go round the western Lisdoonvarna: and so I suggest that you should climb hore of Loch Corrib, through Uachtarard, :\1aam up on to the plateau on which Lisdoonvarna stands. and Cornamona on round the eastern shores of the With al1 this cycling and bathing there is of course lake through Headford, in either case entering Mayo nothing wrong with your health; nevertheless you at Congo Here you may visit the Abbey and the great must visit the Spa at Li doonvarna. You will find cairn on the battlefield of Maghturadh and the under yourself back in the eighteenth century. As you go ground river and look at the view from the top of down the slope leading to the Spa a fiddler will strike Loch Corrib and if you have time take a boat to In e up a tune and play you on your way and when you get Goill where you will see the tombstone of St. Patrick's down you will find a band consisting of a piano and a sister. From Cong you will go along the shores of violin and other instruments discoursing music. Loch Mask and then between Loch Mask and Loch Synthetic music would be quite out of place here. You Carra at the foot of the Partry mountains and you will pay a penny to pass through the turnstile into the make for either Westport or Castlebar. A lovely but pump room and there you may drink as much of the much longer route is by the coast - Spiddal, Carna, water as you like. There's no danger that you'll Roundstone to Cli fden and so to Leenane and fini h it. . Westport. The Corkscrew. Achill and Loch Conn. rf and when you have had enough of the bracing air I have now brought you into the heart of Mayo and and the health giving waters from the spa or from everywhere you turn you will find beautiful cenery. other places in Lisdoonvarna, you wil1 push on Two ights, however, you must not miss. One .IS to\\'ards Ballyvaughan. From the edge of the plateau, Achill with its magnificent mountains and cliffs, l~S if you are fortunate in having a clear day you will seaside resorts and its ho pitable people. The other IS have a magnificent view across Galway Bay and then Pontoon, half way between Castlebar and Rallina. you wil1 go down the famous Corkscrew Hill. Take Pontoon is a bridge between Loch Conn and Loch care that your brakes are in good order for this part Cullen and standing on that bridge and looking acro s of the journey. Down at sea level again you will Loch Conn, you will ee what I believe to be the most make you way through Kinvara and Oranmore into hea uti ful view in Treland - i\T Ollnt Nephin with Loch Galway City. Conn at its foot. Galway and Loch Oorrib. Gastronomy. T am not going to say much about Galway and the A few words in conclusion. The tourist tours on district round it. If, however, you are going to spend his stomach and so you will naturally want to know any time in the town you should try to get two books: how you are going to be fed on your travels. Well of onc of these - Hardiman's History of Galway - is cO\l1'se no country will ever have a solid reputation for not easy to obtain. Tt was reprinted some years ag-o good cookery in' all its hotels until the whole popu.1 by the," Connacht Tribune" but the reprint is already ation has become gastronomically-minded. I am afrald ~tolen rare. Mv own copy was quickly from me. The that we are still far from this happy state in Ireland; other book is Wilde's Loch Corrib, recently reprinted nevertheless it can be confidently stated that good by the Three Canriles Pre s. Loch Corrib is in my hotels with good cookery are to be found to-day all opinion not half developed as a holiday resort, Thi over the country. Early in May last year I called with g-reat lake. the second in size in rre1and, dotted with a couple of friends at a hotel in Connemara. The islands and surrounded by woods and mountain , is an eason had not yet started and there was only one ideal place for sailing- - that is if you are nn !!uest in the hotel. We a'ked if we could have some experienced vachtsman. for the lake can be dangerouslv thing to eat and the waitres said certainly; but would saually-or for motor boating-. picknicking- or camping. we mind waiting for a ql''1 rter of an hour as no lunch tf') say nothing of fishinl!. Of cour e from here up tn h;.ul heen cooked that da\' Tn about twenty minutes Donep'al vou are in a fi herman's paradise. Even T the lunch was erved. 'Ne had all done some travel who have passed the p'reater part of my life in thece Jin~ on the continent and we all agreed that we had reg-ions without ever having cast a fly on the water never been served with '1 better meal in any hotel. cannot help noticinl! the general excitement when the This may be an isolated ca e; but it seems to me to mav fly is up and T have seen the l!littering eve of the show that we are reaching' a very high standard of fisherman as he searche. for a victim for his latest efficiency. Tf by any mis hance you should happen on storY. a bad hotel it i5 onlv fair to the many good hotel and ~eedless to say YOU may f!0 sea bathin!! at Salthill boarclinJrhouse keroers in the country that you should and a couple of miles out at Rarna or Furbough. let it be known. T am, however. morally certain that Connemara. on your tour in the west you will meet not only with There are so many ways that T mig-ht direct vou out hospitality which g-oes without saying, but also with of Galway thaf T am somewhat emharrassen. You g-ood food and good lodg-ing. AUyllst, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL PIKE WILL NOT LIVE IN THIS LEITRIM LAKE ~ngIing on 1fltlbtn j BESIDE DORAN By E. EFORE entering into the seasons. It is drained by the not heard of the remarkable Gill fishing possibilities of Lough famous Drowes river which wends aroo, a species of fine fighting trout B Melvin, it might interest the its way to the broad Atlantic and with a gizzard resembling that of a followers of the "Gentle Art" to discharges into Donegal Bay at a fowl's, and whose anatomy is still have a brief description of the short distance from Bundoran. puzzling naturalists? It is claimed Lough itself, now recognised as one that only one other lough contains of the foremost of fishing loughs in Venue for National Competitions. this beautifully coloured and well Ireland. The fact that this lough has, on proportioned fish. The rare big several occasions been selected for Sonaghan, or Black Trout is also a The Lough lies in the bosom of the holding of the ational Trout denizen of this lough. a picturesque valley formed by the Fly Fishing Competitions, proves The tourist angler will find in a Leitrim hills on the south-some of that it is classed as one of the best the e reaching an altitude of almost visit to Melvin a warm welcome, a venues for trout angling in the variety of port. and enjoyment not thirteen hundred feet - and a country. spacious tract of undulating country easily surpassed nor equalled else on the north. Pike - those voracious enemies where. of the salmon and trout fry - will The headquarters for most It e,.xtends for a distance of eight not live in its waters. and this anglers is Beautiful Bracing Bun miles between the cosy villages of peculiarity accounts for it wealth doran. Donegal's foremost sea I inlough, County Leitrim and Gar in fully developed fish. Who has resort. rison (near Devenish) in County Femlanagh, .and has an average breadth for two and a half miles. ON LOUGH MELVIN It is about two miles from Bun doran, Co. Donegal. Studded with ","ell-wooded islands, all of deep historical interest, and reflecting the g-rand range of the Leitrim hills in its placid waters, Lough 1\1 el vin has unrivalled attractions for lovers of scenic beauty. 1t possesses the distinction of having- the much discussed bound ary line of truncated Ireland rUll ning in a north \I'esterly direction for three fourths of its leng-th; but no line of demarcation is discernible and, like the hearts of brother anglers who e.xperience the joys and thrills of a day on the loug-h, "all its waters mingle in peace". The lough is fed by numerous streams cont~ining excellent spawn ing b d . which fact accounts for the remarkable abundance of "Moving Out" in the big Angling Competition held on salmon and trout to be found in all Melvin last Whitsuntide. 275 IRISH TRAVEL Augusl, 19-10 The Ideal Outdoor Film With a spool of Gevacrt Pall' hromosa Special Roll~ Film in Your camera you are ready for anything. With its panchromatic qualitie~. all colours are-render('d in true monochrome, and :llthcugh practica.lly unlimited eXp0sure latitude is available, it is outsta.nding for its fine grain, per mitting very clear enlaTJ.'cment~ of miniature negatives. Have you entered for the" IRISH TR AV EL " Photographic Competition? GEVAERT PHOTO PRODUCTS 49 Clarendon Street DUBLIN August, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION PHOTO COMPETITION, 1940 •• £50 IN PRIZES The m.ISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION is off. ring £50 in Prizes through the" IRISIT TRA n:L JJ Photo Special £5 Gevaert Prize. graphi~ Competition, this summer. Entrants in the LT.A. Photo Competition (a above) The prizes will be awarded as follows :- may also enter, at the ame time, for the special £5 FIRST PRIZE £10 (onc award). prize offered by Mes rs. Gevaert Ltd., for the best SECOND PRIZE ... Four awards of £5 each. photo taken on Gevaert Film and printed on Gevaert THIRD PRIZE Twenty awards of £1 each. Paper. 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B. 6 No employee of the Trish TOl11~ist A.sociation IS eligible to compete for these prizes. To be filled up only by those Competing foOr Address all entrios to : the Geva.ert Prize. THE SECRETARY, T also wi h to enter for the Special Gevaert (Photo Competition), Prize. I have used Gevaert film and paper for Ill)' entries and T enclose empty Gevaert Roll IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, Film carton in voucher thereof. 14 UPPER O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN. SIGNED . 277 IRfSH TRAVEL August, 1940 The casual friendships of Ireland are among our greatest national treasures pt+~ssman;s fjoliday in It+~land By DAVID Along the road, somewhere in Clare. J EARLY twenty years' experience of working bu ine's and if you have a bad headache and depleted for a daily newspaper in Ireland ha made me pockets in the morning you have nobody to blame but N familiar with each of the thirty-two counties and yourself. I have never in circum tances such as. I I can say truthfully that tha familiarity has served to refer to met anyone who wished to sponge on me; ]n increase my affection for my own country and its fact the reverse has often been the case and man)' people. Hence the knowledge that this ummer and times I have found great difficulty in paying my share possibly for several years to come I shall have to spend on these occasions. Once in a small western town J my holidays in Ireland perforce causes me no concern. completed my business by six o'clock. Tt was a dark. Many of my most enjoyable holidays, and for that cold Xovember evening and about 8 o'clock T strolled matter some of the least expensive I have had, were illto the bar of the hotel. There was one other spent in Ireland and I expect to have a great time customer there and after a while we got chatting. when my leave starts this year even though Ireland has When he discovered J wa on my first visit to the town little in the way of novelty to show me. I know all and had nothing to do he took me under his wing. its most famous beauty spots and tourist resorts, and most of the lesser known ones. A Night Out. Who he was or what he was I don't know. T pre- A Friendly Race. sume he told me his name, but if he did I have for- I find it one of the compensations of journalism that g-otten it just as I am perfectly sure he has forgotten T know Ireland so well that I don't care where in it mine. Tt transpired that we both prefer the cask to T take my holidays, because I know, T can, and will, the bottle, and as our immediate abode distained to sell enjoy myself anywhere in this island. That sounds a anything- on draug-ht. we adjourned to another place strange and rather fatuous claim as if I hadn't intelli- within the meaning of the act. We went in my friend's g-ence enoug-h to have an opinion of my own but in car which was outside the door sugg-esting that thoug-h fact. it is Quite sincere. Perhaps I can explain it. Tt he was obviously a local man he did not live in the i" simply that I know and like Irish people, I think we town. When closing- time came he announced that the ;11' the friendliest race in the world, so that I know nig-ht was young and tInt his golf club had won a that no matter where I go I shall g-et on well and meet famous victory that day and some of the members people who will be very pleasant to me. This i not were sure to be there still. It is a g-ood many years due to any illusions I have as to my personality but to ago, but perhaps the cl,,!) had better be nameless, the the one law of human conduct I have found to be law being what it is, .0 all I will say is that we got into universal in its application. and that is, that if you like the car and drove several miles to the club. Our the other fellow it invariably turns out that he likes arrival was a gt'eat SUCf'ess. The party was in full you. The casual friendships of Ireland are among- our wing- but they were tired toasting- each other, and ~reatest national treasures, they make no demands on fig-hting- the battle over again, and they welcomed the anyone and thev leave nothing' but pleasant memorie diversion. So far as I could gather it occurred to -often this is literally true because a nig-ht's diversion every man present. simultaneously, that the ideal way jf the company is good and in high spirits can prove to crown the felicity of the day was that he should expensive, but anything- you spencl is your own stand a drink to the strang-er from Dublin. T was an 278 IRISH TR,AI'F.L ,1lt,l/IISI, ]940 the ice is broken, and once we get on talking terms we find ourselves very quickly invited to join in any fun that's going. There is plenty of fun everywhere in Ireland once one gets in with the right crowd and any normal person who is prepared to be friencl1y will quickly tind hi friendship reciprocated, for it i no idle boast that the Irish are the friendliest and most hospitable people on earth. A Piece of Advice. ~Iy advice to the holiday maker i·: Go anywhere in Ireland with your mind made up to try to be as pleasant and friendly to others as they are to you. Read a guide book and pick out the type of resort you prefer, but if you love the Irish landscape as 1 do that is a small matter, because though some places are more .I think I will go back to Achill and bathe and beautiful than others every part of Ireland has a laze in the sun and collect folk-tales." beauty and interest of its own. When you have made your choice go with confidence, because if you are alien, lone and lom, west of the Shannon, and I mu t genuinely prepared to be friendly, genuinely willing to be sent home with a proper appreciation of western meet people on equal terms, making no demands on hospitality. them, and seeking no favours, you will find Ireland the The point I would like to stress about this story wa most delightful holiday re ort in the world. the extreme casualness of the whole affair. To my friend Where Shall I Go? Where shall I go myself of the evening I was just a ? \Vell, I won't go to Caher man with nothing to do who would probably be lonely and civeen thi time because now bored if left by myself, and so I like to get to bed once every out of sheer kindness of heart 24 hours and on the only t\n> he devoted his evening- to occasions 1 was in Caher CI\een I never got to bed at entertaining- me. He had no all. Such hospitality is some particular interest in me and what overwhelming for a man if we had a delightful ev ning who has passed the 40 mark! together it must be remem bered that he would have Twould like to take a boat and enjoyed himself every bit as g-o dO\I"I1 the Shannon but my much at the club had he gone friend Dick Hayward tells me there alone. 1 do not suggest that if T tIT that without a that there is a man waiting in rig-id schedule 1 will never get .I might even try to make up my mind finally past Carrick-on-Shannon. In every hotel in Jreiand to as to whether Glengan-iff -- his new book (( Where the entertain casual visitors or that every Irishman one meets will prove a congenial Ni1 1CY Shanllon Flows JJ he notes it as one of the most companion, but 1 do claim that such an experience hospitable to\\'ns in Trelall(l. r agree! Clare is ruled while infrequent is by no means so rare as to call for (Confinued on page 28J). astol11' hment though it does command gratitude. 1 have been shown remarkable kindness, and people have gone out of their way to give me a good time in scores ofTri h towns. What is the secret? ~rerelv to be friendly in a quiet unobtrusive wav. The En!!Jish are proverbially cold and di tant to strangers; it i. often a form of elf defence b cause if one lets some English people talk their conversation consi L of boring- detail of their family history and various ailments. Trish casual conversations rarely touch on personal matters. As a race we are sen itive about boring- others with our own troubles or indeed boring- others in anv way. One can always respond pleasantly to a friendly remark in 1reland because if you don't \\,:111t to pursue the con versation the other person is quick to sense that and the chat peters out by mutual consent. No Irishman wants to force his company where it is not wanted but it is . urprising how many of us prove r:ol1g'enial once -- or Killarney is t'he mosE beautiful spot in Ireland." 279 IRISH TRAVEL Auqust, 1940 CUILCAGH IS THE CRADLE OF OUR GREATEST RIVER Shannon Country [A R adif) Ei1'cann talk by TA [)GH FORBFJS, B.L., in thf "Iri8h Holiday" series on Monday, Jtlly 22nd.] Dean Swift's house, near Quilca and the Shannon Pot OU woukln't find it easy to simple inadvertence, that wonder little-known to the holiday traveller. Y huy a pi':h.:re-pvstcard within fully interesting little region in With the small rounded hills every a dozen ~iles of the south which the youn~ , hannon tries out where in it the landscape has a sort slope of the Cuil-:agh mountains. its strength never seems to haye of ring 0' roses quality, with the You m;ght say, of course, ""'hat come on to the happy traveller's views always doing a dance-move difference does that make to the map. ~ince the greatest electricity ment a you turn and turn round place and the scene?" Not yery venture, of conrse, the Shannon and ronnd the winding roads. 1 mllch indeed. except that thf' natural has been brou •• At Limelick the Shannon is now the fUll-breasted, strong, deep liver widening to the ocean in the ever-widening service of man." 280 August, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL down to Carrick-on- ha.llnon, that Longford. I think we would wa nt stream as far as Athlone, as a pleasant river-port, with a run over to have a look, too, at the house at warning to the arrogant intruders to Boyle easy to accomplish in an Eclgworthstown in which ~laria up there. Evervbodv has heard of hour or two. No one could pass Edgworth wrote those . tories that tlle heauty of .the 'lower eml of that way surely without taking a raptllred the admiration of Sir LoulSh Derg, or rather of the beauty ]f)ok at Lough Key from that hill on Waiter Scott and Turgenieff over ohserved towards the nnrth from thr the road to ligo outside Bode town. in far Rnssia. lower enll. It was there that Brian There's nothing in Ireland- to beat had his famous home at I(incora that miniature of beauty ann if you A Scroll of History. that MacLiag the bard lamented get it at sunset you will see the sort Lough Ree of the island. is like and !lIangan turned into moaning of pageant that will make you long a scroll of history with the mins of and proud English verse. to be an artist and take it away in old renown all over them. And the a picture for ever. key town for it, of cour e is Athlone, The Lower Shannon. a centre of history and geography, And from here the, shall we say, Goldsmith and " Leo" Casey. in fact the true centre of Ireland. mechani~ed Shannon of the electri It will be hard to le3.Vf~ cnunty There will be time for a look at city and the turbines and the canals Longford behind. without a turn Clonmacnoise where the broken and trailrace begin. The story of aside to see Lough Gowna and that edged silhouette of the ancient that lower Shannon is the latest little known lovely district in the monastic buildings and the famous chapter of an Ireland emerged at north of the county. For all the round tower make one of the finest last out of the slow middle ages. books that have been written about spedacles out of the past of Ireland. Down past the busy city of Limerick the discovery of Ireland, I think the mechanisation grows. Foynes Perhaps I ought to have suggested there is material for many more In and Rineanna are the new foci of it. . earch of the unknown regions like that other detour to Rathrroghan The wonderful Shannon that came this. There's history too, for, at just now while we were in Ros indecisively out of the obscurity of Ballinamuck, you are on the site of common but I did not want to the Cuilcagh mountains more than the most important of the '98 overload the journey with history, two hundred miles away in the qHiet battles. Longford, of course, too, although there must be many hinterland of the hills is now the is the county of the Goldsmith and travellers who will like to sce that full-brea -ted, strong, deep river the Leo Casey country. The man ancient place of hurial of the Irish widening to the ocean in the ever who wrote the" Rising of the ]o(\n" kings. widening service of man. The wasn't such a great p'oet as thl' man Anyhow here we are hurrying . hannon is not the least of our great who ".-ent away to London and won down towards Lough Derg, Briar. 1)05 essions. Too brieflY I have world-fc:me, but love went out to the Boru's home-lake where that fleet tried to list t he infinite variety of it. patriot and lesser poet, as it always of three hundred small boaL was Take the road some day yourselves, will, and the memory of him is vivid rigged, that time he led the naval listeners, ann grow proud of the still in the ancestral places in demonstration of his pOWl'r up- scenes on the way. A PRESSMAN'S HOLIDAY IN IRELAND (Continued from page 279) The out becau e I am fated never to see the Cliffs of ~Ioher. Three times casual acquaintances bundled me into ANGLER'S their eat'S to sec the cliffs of loher but \re never got Compiled by the Department of AgriCUlture (Fishcries there. Perhaps 1 will 6"0 back to my native county Branch), Dubliu. The attention of Anglers is invited \Vexford and fancy myself again in Flanders as I to thc rccently published THIRD EDITION of this revisit the fascinating Baron)' of Forth for thi- is the u~eful hand-book, price 2/6, or post free 2{10. least typical part of our island. I might go again to While, for purposes of identification, it was thought the Aran Islands where they don't make poteen because advisable to ret.e1.in the original title, there are no guards on the Islands to prevent them and hence no romance in the manufacture but I think I \I"ill go back to Achill and bathe and laze in the sun "The Angler's Guide and collect folk LaIes about Graine O'Maille whom 1 reg~rd as one of the great women of Irish history; or to the Irish Free State" [ mIght go to Donegal where once a ,,"oman \\"ho didn't the text has been thoroughly revised in the light of the know my name and had never -een me before lent me latest information available. This volume, which runs a bicycle in the middle of the night merely because I to 252 pages and contains reliable advice upon the choice of a district for tlle pursuit of any particuhr cla.~s of -aid the car T was travelling in had broken down and angling, includes one large, lincn-mounted folder map of I had to get help. Failing Donegal and the magic of Ireland. together with three detailed area maps. the soft contours of its fairy hills I may turn to the places the average holiday maker has never discovered To be obtained through any bookseller or direct from: - the Nier Valley above Clonmel, the Glen of AherIow, the old military road into the Wicklow Hills, Government Publications th~ rolling lazy Ledwidge country in Co. Meath. I mIght even try to make up my mind finally as to Sale Office whether Glengarriff or Killarney is the most beautiful 3-4 COLLEGE STREET .... DUBLIN spot in Ireland. 28r i RIS 11 TRA VEL August, 19-1-0 MORAN'S HOTEL TALBOT STREET • DUBLIN Two Minutes from Amiens st. Station. HOT AD COLD RUNNING \VATER IN BEDROOMS. BED, BREAKFAST and BATH r 8/6 FULLY LICENSED. EXCELLENT CUISINE. GRAMS: l\!ORAN'S HOTEL, DUBLl~ PHONE: 45244. F. A. MORAN, Proprietor. BENNER'S HOTEL IMPERIAL HOTEL BALLINA TRALEE First-class Commercial and Tourist. Visitors are assured of best Hotel Comforts and Attention at Moderate Charges. Hot & Cold running water in all Bedrooms. Fully Licensed. Garage. Officially appointed A.A., R.LA.C. and LT.A. Fresh Farm Recently Modernized. Personal Supervision. Produce. Milk Fed Chickens. Home Made Preserves. Jams and Bread. Own Country Produce. The same management and the same Service at 12,000 ACRES ROUGH SHOOTING. THE MOY HOTEL, _BALLINA. (adjoining the IMPERIAL HOTEL). ~ ITA., ,\.A. and R.I.A.C. APPOI TED. Phone 22. \ P1'oprietor-JOSEPH McMONAGLE. KERRY MOTOR WORKS IN CO NECnON BALLINA. famous for its free Trout fuhing, is situated on the River Moy, half way between North and South Ireland, on the western coast, in the Illidst of lovely scenery, where WITH HOTEL. the finest salmon fisheries in Ireland are-- close to Lough Conn, which rival., Killarney for beauty and i., unequalled for free fi.,hing-Salmon, Trout, Pike and Perch. The Vi.,itor may spend a delightful week here as it i., Tel. No. 32. Telegrams: "Benner's, Tralee." within easy reach of Donegal. Sligo. Achill and Connemara, having every comfort at moderate charges. FOUR COURTS HOTEL 'PHO~E 23021-2 DUBLIN 'CH.\l\lS.: EXCEL. Dl·BLIx. I 100 ROOMS WITH H. and ~. WATER. ErJEUTRIC EI.iEVA'l'OR. RE-DECORATED NEW LOUNGE. EXCELLENT CUI !NE * A TRIAl.; WILL CO VI UE. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. 282 /Iugust, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL Income 'Cax for the· By AN INCOME TAX EXPERT) ~ Persons Liable to Assessment to Income Tax. This article is not intended as an exhallstilJe trelttise The following are liahle to asse. sment :- to enable taxpayers to deal with their 1 /tcom e TaT (a) All persons resident in Eire, whether citizens affairs themselves. Rather, it is an () Taxable Income. the actual profits of the first completed year's trading. This is the balance of income after various allowances The third and sebsequent years' assessments are all applicahle to the particular circumstances .of the on the basis of the profits of the preceding years as individual have been denucted from the gross Income, outlined above. such reliefs comprising personal allowances and allow Where a hotel business is discontinued, the last year's ances in respect of children and depenclents, earned assessment may be adjusted to the actual profit of that income relief, etc., etc. (see below). portion of the year from the previous April 5th to the date of cessation; but the Commissioners of Inland Rates of Income Tax. Revenue have the right to adjust the a sessment for For the Income Tax year ending April 5th, 1941, the year before the last to the actual profits made in the standarrl rate of Inr.ome 1 ax is 6/6 in the £. The that year. first £100 of an individual's taxable income is charged at harf the standard rate, namely 3/J in the £, and the Deductions and Allowances. remainrter at the full standarrl rate. (I) EARNED I COME ALLOWANCE. A deduction equal Schedule D. to one-fifth of the net earned income, subject to a The income accruing from pr0fits of a Trarle such as maximum deduction of £300 in the case of any individual a hf)tel business falls within SCHEDULE D of the Income will be allowed. Tax Acts. (n) A PERSONAL ALLOWANCE of £120 may be claimed, or .{220 in 1he case of a married man whose Basis of Return. wife is living~with him or is wholly maintained by him. The amonnt of int:'ome to he retnrned for assec;sment is neither the ;:Jctual income at the year nor the income (Ill) WIFE'S EARNED INCOME. A husband who em which a person expects to make in the year: it is a ploys his wife in any capacity in his business must pay " statutory" income, of which the amount must be her a bona fide salary in order to daim the payment in computed from ascertained figures. These are in his accounts as an allowable expense under SCHEDULE D. general, the figures shown by the accounts of the business It must be remembered however, that the wife's for the year immediately preceding the year for whic.h salary has to be returned with the husband's income. the return is made and the computation from them IS The only advantage to be gained by paying a salary tf) be made according to the prescribed rules of which arises from the fact that a further Earned Income the following is an abstract:- Allowance of five-sixths of the sal FOREIGN TRAVEL and FOREIGN EXCHANGE THE NATIONAL BANK is in an exclusive position to facilitate travellers. It has anunrivalled organisation for the transaction offoreign busine.ys and the procure ment offunds without the least difficulty and at the most favourable rates in any Oity of the World. Throughout its network ofBranches, which is the la1'gest in Ireland, Travellers' Oheques, Dollar Bills, etc., can be exohanged on the most favou1'able terms, and visitors to Ireland will be gladly accorded every possible facility during their stay in the oountry. THE NATIONAL BANK LIMITED ESTABLISHED 1835 DUBLIN: 34 & 35 College Green LONDON: 13-17 Old Broad Street, E.C.2 246 OMces throughout Ireland and 26 OMces In London and Great Britain generally. Agents and Oorrespondents throughout the World. ONE OF THE FINEST HOTELS ON THE IRISH COAST BALLYCOTTON County Cork BEST SEA FISHING IN EUROPE. FAWCETT'S HOTEL OVERLOOKING BALLYCOTTON HARBOUR Fl'LLY LICENSED. HOTEL MAJ ESTIC This bracing resort, situated on the Atlantic coast Is Ideal for holIdays. TRAMORE The hotel has a roof garden, private FOR A HEALTHY, HAPPY HOLIDAY! tennis (hard court) and free garage. A.A., R.l.A.C. & LT.A. App. There Is a frequent bus service from The Hotel is situated in an unrivalled position facing due south, standing in 1'ts own grOlmds Cork (25 miles). overlooking Tramore Bay. A.A., R.LA.C. AND LT.A. APPOINTMENTS. HOT AND COLD WATER IN ALL BEDROOMS, LUXURIOUS LOUNGES AND SMOKEROOMS. Recreation lIall for Badminton, Deck Tennis, Dancing, etc· Officially Approved by Hard Tennis Court In Hotel Grounds. Licensed .. Free Garage .. Private Car Park. The British Sea Anglers' Association. Tel. 23. (OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROl.TND) Telephone: Ballycotton. 5. Write for Illustrated Brochure. .Ilugust, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL 'Che Gentle Hrt of 'Cipping Gratuities or a Service Charge System? INCE the beginning. of last silent workers who, though unseen By SEAN c. HEA~ and unnoticed, have been solicitous April, the L.M.S. Hotels have I S been working on a ten per for the welfare and comfort of the cent. service charge replacing the visitor? Their sphere of action In this article" a mere guest" system of individual rewards may be the out-of-the-way-kitchen (whose opinions do not neces vulgarly termed "tips". The or trunk room; but they have done sarily coincide with ours) introduction of this service charge, their bit valiantly in building up the writes pithily upon a much so familar to travellers in all parts sum total of care and attention argued problem. of the Continent, strikes quite a extended to the guest during his or novel note in our hotel economy her stay. Under a tipping system, and its application has met with such members of the menage as the make a particular individual reward both success and satisfaction, in cook, kitchen-maid or charwomen to one or two attendants. Hence, this particular instance. come off very badly; whereas under whether from gratitude, appreci the pool percentage or service ation of specially good attendance, EmbaITaSsment. charge system, they get their share expectancy of a return visit or One could write volumes on the as well as the more obvious (perish the thought!) mere craven pros and cons of that vexed question attendants. inferiority complex, you find your "Tipping or a Service Charge". Paying Twice Over! self paying some of the service There is so much to be said on all charge twice over. ides and so many conflicting com This points to the superiority, on ments are contributed by both grounds of fairness and justice, of Conclusion. guests and servitors or, if we may the pooling scheme. But practice On the whole, I would say that use a coined phrase, by tippers and does not always confirm the theory. the ten per cent. plan distributing tippees. Some visitors to hotels Tourists in far-off and not-so-far the pooled tips fairly and squarely where the gratuities system reigns off Continental resorts where the among the staff is from every view confess to a state of acute pool per centage has been in vogue point, the best system yet applied. embarrassment as the time of for many years, can tell of uncom Tn theory, it is uperior to the departure draws near and they are fortable experiences arising from individual reward; in practice, it faced with the problem of what to this self-same ten per cent. extra. tends to lose sight of its purpose give and to whom to give it. They One experienced traveller whom I if it is not carefully administered. even hold that it can cast a gloom know very well maintains that the There are those who oppose it on upon the last day or two of an sy tem as far as 'abroad' is con the grounds that it merely perpetu otherwise cloudless holiday. Other cerned means merely the addition ates the evil of tipping in an guests take it all in their stride as of an extra ten per cent. to his hotel indirect and less crude form. They men-of-the-world, accustomed to bill (without solving his tipping declare that such' extras' in what knocking around and quite com problems at all). He finds it ever garb they may be administered petent to judge when, where and in almost impossible to convey to the take from labour its true dignity; what denomination a 'pourboire' servants that he has entrusted their the labourer is worthy of his hire should be tendered. They main tips to the management ~ and the and should never be presumed to tain that service and attendance are larger the bill, the larger the depend even to a slight degree upon all the better for the expectancy of number of foreign 'serviteurs' the gratuitous "offerings" of the a tip as a parting gesture from the lined up on the doorstep or along public. It certainly is incongruous departing guest. the hallway to speed him hopefully that in some cases a hotel servant upon his way. Hence, unless he be (a waiter, for instance) can make Fairness. truly strong-minded ot quite certain more in tips than is earned by the Apart from the embarrassment of not returning to that particular man who tips him; or that largesse and indecision which may in some hostelry, he may be submitted to has helped porters, waiters and such cases precede the tipping- or the galling experience of paying employees to climb ere long to the gratuity-giving process, there is the twice for the same thing, once to dizzy heights of proprietorship. question of fairness which naturally the management (in the extra per But such cases are remote and out troubles the g-uest with a sensitive centa~e) and once to each of the of the ordinary. Generally speak conscience. (Believe me, the species tipped attendants. Personally, I ing, one finds it hard not to reward is by no means extinct!) Such believe this an exagg-erated case but an attendant who 'has done one servants of the establishment as the there is no doubt that even when well '. He, on his part, would be porter, waitress or waiter, chamber you have paid an additional service inhuman (or perhaps superhuman) maid and "boots" are obvious charge on your bill there may arise to refuse such a mark of < tippees '. Rut what of those a need for making or a wish to appreciation. 285 IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940 MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK, LIMITED.. PRINOIPAL HEAD OFFICE: DUBLIN 66, South Mall, OFFICE: Cork. 7-10, Dame St. Capital Subscribed 1 £1,875,000. Capital Paid-Up : "'"1750,000. Reserve Funds 11,000,000. Deposits, etc.. 24,589,000. Havin~ a<; m'lny as 129 Branche5 an~ 86 Sllb-Branches ani being":represented in every County in Ireland the Munster & Leinster Bank Ltd. IS placed in an advantageous position to afford banking facilities of every description. It specialises in Foreign Exchange transactions and Executor and Trustee business and has Agents and Correspondents throughout the World. LAKES OF KILLARNEY. SKIBBEREEN Eldon Hotel der New Management THE GLEBE HOTEL This old-estabhshed Hotel has be .n r~centlv renovated and (LT.A. A.A. R.I.A.C.) \ red~corated throughout.' Standing in its own grounds. The best Hotel , f New Beds with Interior Spring Mattresses Installed. for Value and Comfort. l.,,~ Pef'sonal Supervision. Corn/Mt Guaf'anteed. WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET. ~ FULLY LICENSED. Proprietress-R. MURPHY. Athenry Hotel:: Athenry CORKBEG HOTEL Whitegate, co. CORK. Under new management and recently improved. All Electric, Licensed, H. & C. In all bedrooms. 150 acres ot pleasure grounds, sbeltered gardenR, bracing sea breezes, . Up-to-date rJ/'d Fully Licensed. Headquarters f private ba.thing beach and pool. Hard tennis court. Beautiful Dance Pavilion. Boating, Flsblng, Shooting. United Hunt Touring Parties. District. Terms from 10/" per day. Brochure. Terms apply: MANAGERESS. PHONE: WHlTEOATE 5. CRUISE'S ROYAL HOTEL The WINDSOR HOTEL Wires' LIMERICK Phone: 'Crulse's, Limerick" 221 and 897 Limerick'lI oldest and most comfortable Hotel. (At>JOINING R~~~~Y TERMINUS) ~ H. and C. in all Bedrooms. Several Private Bath- ~ • room Suites. Bedside Lights. Central Heating. Flot and Oold Water in all Bedrooms RENOWNED FOR ITS EXCELLENT AND LIBERAL CUISINE. X/OHT PORTER IN ATTENDANOE - 0 ciaJ.I a inted b A.A.., R.I.A .0. I.T.A.- TELEPHONE No. 391. CARAVANS FOR HIRE. ATLANTIC WE WANT TO KNOW particulars 01' hOl'Se and/ol' YOUGHAL. motor t'al'avans for hire in your dish·iet. Wc get • Overlooking sea.• Adjacent to Rail Sta ion. Close to plenty of inquiries about this type of popular Golf Links. • Excellent CUIsine. • Free Garage. holiday! And we can put your information to 'Gram.~: !\n...NTIC. P. J. MEADE, nduable use. Send details to the Se('retary, 1.'1'A" 'Phone 2. A.A., R.I.A.C. & LT.A. Proprietor. O'Collnell Street, Dublin. 286 ~. ~;.9't .1uyusl, 19-W '{:2. . I RI S HTR /I fI EL REST TO HOTELS OF .. llesorts IDlproveDlen .... S.S. Washington .. Local Election Successes IMPROVING BUNCRANA. UNCRA..~A gives a lead to many uiher scasidc resort~ in its recent move for improvement and developmcnt. Plan> B including the erection of a pavilion and other publ1c conveniences on the shore front at a cost of £1,000 and the improvement of the water supply at a cost of £:l,(WO have been submitted to the Commi,sioner of Buncrana, Mr. J. McLysaght, and work on these commendable schemes will commence as soon as the plans have been approved by th<, Department. LOCAL ELECTION SUCCESSES. Cork City has a new Lord Mayor, Alderman William Desmolld, proprietor of Desmand's Hotel, Cork. Mc Desmond ha been a member of Cork Corporation for a quarter of a century. Alderman James Aylward, a Director of the IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, was elected Mavor of Waterford for the third time, while Alderman R. Corish, T.D., a Director of the l.T.A. since its foundation,' was re-elected Mayor of \Vexford for the twenty-first year in succession. In Galway, the County Council chose as it, chairman, Mr. Eamon Corbett, re-elected for the 13th consecutive year. Mc Corbett is also a Director of the LT.A. Some of the large crowd of U.S. citizens who sailEd S.S. WASHINGTON. from Galway on the S.S. Washington on July 7th. Here For the convenience of V.S. citizens embarking on the s.s. they are seen boarding the tender at Galway Docks. .. Washington" on her special second journey from Galway (on Sunrlay, July 7th), the LT.A. opener! an Information Bureau at the Railway Station, Galwa)', where information regarding MORE BROCHURES WANTED. hotel and guest house accommodation in Galway and vicinity The LT.A. wants more hotel brochurcs for di,tribuiion. was widely disseminated. Almost all the 1,600 passengers These little leaflets are set out in a special rack in our Dublin availed of this service, while the embarkation was the largest Bureau and prove to be most popular among the hundreds of ever earrierl out on a liner in an Irish port. Marked tribute was holiday callers. As a result, 0\,1' stocks are running low. If YOll paid to the kindness of the Galway hosts and not one complaint have not sent us a good supply (or if you have not yet sent us of overcharging was receiverl. Many of the travellers descended any at all) send along a bundle, now I \Ve can make very good on Galway shops and bought up supplies of Connemara products u~e of them. -' bawueens: handwovens, Connemara hats, multi-coloured Mrs. A. Carolan (Naper Arms Hotel, Oldcastle) writes us that belts. tweed ties, native moss dyes, as well as Irish linen and she has just installed hot and cold water in the hotel bedrooms crotchet and Irish china and pottery. and is arranging for the instalhtion (If a telephone. INCOME TAX FOR THE HOTEL_KEEPER-(Continued from page 2 3) or deriurtions which may b claimed time on account of the wear and tt'ar of si.lch ')]ant or Expenses e machinery and (b) any sum realised by its sale. ' are :- For depreciation in wear and tear of plant and machinery For repairs of premises occupied for the purposes of the used for the purposes of the bU3iness. trade. For. any o~her disbursements or expenses wholly and For the supply or repair of implements, utensils or articles exclUSIvely Imd out for the purposes of the business. employed, not exceeding the sum actually expended for No Deductions. such purposes. No deductions arc allowed in respect of the cost of new furni For bad debts or debts douhtful to the extent that thev ture or eqLlipm~nt, which are not replacements, whereas expendi may be estimated as bad. .' ture on all repmrs, renewa.ls and replacem.ents of hotel equipment chat'!~eable aga~st pr~)ftt For the rent of premIses used solely for the purpo..;es of are as thl'. gross of the year in which they are II1cnrre.d. eIther wdl dedll~tlOn be allowed in respect the business and not as a placc of residence, or of any sums pald as salanes tn propnetor~, nor for any interest For a proportion not exceeding two-thirr!s of the rl'Ilt in capital nor for drawings by proprietors HOt' for any loss not of any rlwelling-house or premises partly used for the ~onnected with nor arising o~t o~ the trade; nor for any sums purposes of the busines~, unless in a particlllar case it is mvested or employed as capItal m the traek, etc., or in rp'ped proved that some greater sum ought to be allowed as a of capital withdrawn therefrom. deduction. Losses. The Annual Value (usually the P.L.V., plus 25%) of any Losses can be carrieel fon~'ard for Income Tax purposps, from premises within Eire separately assessed and charged under year to year and set off agamst subsequent profits up to a time Schedule A and used solely for the purposes of the business Ii~it of six years. A~tematively,.there. is a provision to give and not as a place of residpnce, or relief to the taxpayer l1J the year l1J which a loss is sustained. For a proportion not excl'eding two-thirds of the Annual This is granted under s ction 34 of the Income Tax Act 1918 Value of any dwellinghollse within Eire partly nsed for the and i~ effect is to obtain a refund of tax or, in some c~sps, a purposes of the business (unless in a particular case, it is redu.ction of an assess~ent. For example, a trader's adjusted proved that some greater sum mi~ht be allowed\. profit for the year endmg 31st March, 1940 amountin'5 to £600 For so much of any amount expended in replacing would be the amount of the assessment for the year 1940-'41. obsolete plant or machinery as is equal to the cost of the If, however, he incurred a loss ot £650 in the trade year ended plant or machinery replaced, after deducting from snch 31st March, 1941, he may have his H)40-'41 asses ment reduced cost (a) the total amount of any allowances malic at any to" nil " and may carry forwa~d a loss of £50 to ihe year 1!l40-',j,2. ABBOTSFORD HOTEL, HOTEL MONATREA 72 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN YOUGHAL. Oentrally situated. convenient to all places of Interest. Gool'. A.A. RLA.C. eaterllllr. Bedrooms, large. brlgbt and airy. with hot and Own Grounds Overlooking Sea.. Home cold running water In each bedroom. Free Garage. 'PhOlle. Youghal BED AXD BREAKFAST, 8/- •• FULL WEEKLY TARIFF, ea/- Resident Proprietress. Garage. MRS. E. J. O'DONOVAN, Proprietress. rRISH TRAVEL August, 19-W JURY'S HOTEL & RESTAURANTg~~B DUBLIN. FIRST for COMFORT CUISINE and SERVICE Restaurant CORK. HOTEL METROPOLE Grill Room Tea Lounge Finest Unlicensed Hotel in Ireland. ~ Alnerican Bar HOT AND COLD WATER IN ALL ROOMS. A la carte and Table d'Hote Meals. "BEAUTY REST" BEDS THROUGHOUT. Afternoon Teas a SpeCiality. HOT & COLD WATER and TELEPHONE In BEDROOMS Lift to all Floors .. Hairdressing Saloons Free Garage Bed, Bath and Inolusive for Breakfast Terms Telegrams: Telephone: 30 Cars. 9/6 .. JURY'S, DUBLIN." Nos. 22241-44. 17/~:-::YJ Tele(lf'(lTM : For Tariffs apply Manager. .. Hotel Metropole. Cork 800 (5 lineal GREAT NORTHERN DUN LAOGHAIRE RAILWAY HOTELS (Klngstown), Co. Dublln For COMFORT, CUISINE and SERVICE / .Ross's Hotel Ltd. EIRE* m':::::B :::~:OUB ~r BUNDORAN, Co. Donegal The Hotel is centra.!ly heated and is On the shores of Donegal Bay. idea.! either as a. Winter or Summer Championship Golf Links. Residence, combining as it does f!fVery home comfort with the amenities of GREENORE, Co. Louth a. first class hotel On Carlingford Lough. Golf Links. ELECTRIC LIFT. MODERATE RATES. MRS. M. COLDWELL, NORTHERN*IRELAND Managing Director. ROSTREVOR, Co. Down A.A. AND R.I.A.C. APPOINTMENTS. On Carlingford Lough. Golf Links. TELEPHONE: 81195 ~ 81196. Mild and sheltered. TELJWBAIIlI: .. ROBSOTEL. Dux L.lOOB.•.nU:." 288 3Jrelanb'5 lLeabing ~oteI5 Leenane Hotel, Connemara. Jury's Hotel, Dublin. Moran's Hotel, Dublin. Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh. Gresham Lounge, Clarence Hotel, Dublin. Hotel Metropole, Cork. Ross's Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. Mongan's Hotel, Carna. Butler Arms, Waterville. Strand Hotel. Rosslare. ~Shford Castle Hotel, Congo Southern Hotel, Caragh Lake. Lake Hotel, Killarney. . Shanganagh Castle Hotel, Shankill. ~Jt:lf ~~£~~:~-~~'lil'nMHmH" . ~". ' • Mo,"" ~...~ ~:.~ ~...... Royal Hotel, Valencia. Portmarnock Hotel. Great Northern Railway Hotel, Bundoran. Great Northern Railway Hotel. Greenore. Inchvdoney Hotel. Eglinton Hotel, Salthill. Imperial Hotel, Ballina. \Iotel Carlisle. Dun Laoghaire. J N. IS 11 TRA VEL ,lu!J/ls1, J(j-IO Hotel Carlisle DUNLAOGHAIRE SHANGANAGH CASTLE KINGSTOWN .. co. DUBLIN Hotel and 'PHONE DUN LAOOHURF" 81810. R.I.A.C.. A.A. AND I.T.A. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. Restaurant FIRST-CLASS CATERING. FULLY LICENSED AFTERNOON* TEAS A SPECIALITY. Bathroom Suites, Garage, Moderate Tariff HIGH ELEVATION ABOVI; ON MAIN BUS ROUTE SEA LEVEL. Dublin, 10 miles. Bray, 2 miles FINEST POSITION FACING PIER AND HARBOUR. SEA BATHING, GOLF, Three Tennis Courts SPECIAL WINTER TERMS. Receptions, Garden and Dinner * Parties and Dance'S Catered for Renovated thro~hout. Hut and cold runnt~ w.ter in all bedrooms. Up·to-date beds and sIde li«ats. All modem comIorts. Gas fires. Excellent cuisine and service. Lock·up garages. Ideal for a restful holida\. Own Farm·Prrdu.,.,. Reception., Garden and Dinner Pal t.es catered for. TELEPHONE: SHANKHILL 81 MODERATE INCLUSIVE TARIFF ON APPLICATION. ALL ELECTRIC INCHYDONEY EVERY MODERN CONVENI ENCE HOTEL CLONAKILTY Co. CORK Phone 16 HOT AND COLD WATER IN ALL BEDROOMS RECREATION ROOM BILLIARD TABLE LICENSED FREE GARAGE The Hotel, situated on a promontory, enjoys an uninterrupted view of the Atlantic, with a long sandy beach on either side.. RENOWNED CUISINE Two Tennis Courts and Golf Links on the grounds. I1lustrated Brochure and Tarrlll from Manageress. 290 IRISH TRAVEL A DIRECTORY OF IRISH HOTELS Abbrwialialls: B-'Tlumber 0/ bedrooms. Fr.-Fram. NOTE.-In practically all cases the prices quoted in this list are either" all the year round" or " season" rates. In many cases Hotels here Included quote "oft season" charges lower than those puhllshed-for example, Hotels In Seaside Resorts. ABBEY FEALE (Limerick). BALLINAFAD (Roscommon). GLENHAZEL (Meath Rd.); B. 9; Day 7/- to 9F; LEEN' . Main St.: B. e; DdY 10/-; Week 70'-. HOLLYBRooK ; B. 15; Day 13/6: Week 84/. Week 45/- to 60/-. ABBEYLEIX (Laolghis). • BALLINGEARY (ork). HOLYROOD ; B. 22; Day 12/-; Week 84/-. DE VESCI _~R'IS; B. 10; Day 12/6; Week 01-. ARD NA LAOl; B 11; Day 7/6; Week 40/-. KINVARRA; B. 2B; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. BALLINAMORE (LeitrIm). • \IARINE; B IS; Day 10.'6; Week 60/-. ACHILL ISLAtiD (Co. Mayo). D ~/6 \\' k RAILWAY; B. 14; Day 10/-; Week 50/-. RATHCLAREN HOUSE (Killarney Rd); B. 12 ; ACHILL HE \0, Keel; B. 22; ay L; ee Day 1~/6' Week fr 63/ 75!- to SO,-. BALLINASLOE (Galway). RHH N~I\ SEER (E' I -d) B AMETHYST, Keel; B.22; Day 12/6; Week 84/-. HAYDEN'S; 13. 30; Day 12/6: Week 70.'-. '55/- -~o·io/-. 'spana e; . 10; Week BURKE'S (Pri"ate), Dugort; B. 5; Day 10/- to O'CARROLL'S; B. 16; Day 10/6 lo 12/6. ROYAL; B. 20; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. 12/-; Week 50/- to 60/-. BALLINEEN (Cork). SYDENHA\r (Pulland Road); B. 10; Day 10/-; Dl'GORT (Dugort); B. 7; Day 10/- to 12/-; HURLEY'S; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 60/-. Week 63/-. We<'k 50!- to 60/-. BALLlNROBE (Mayo). STRAND; B. 20; Day 15/-; Week 84/-. GRAY'S, Dugort; B. 8; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. RAILWAY; B. 20; Day 12/6; Week 6~/-. VERONA (\brtello Terrace); Week 45;- to 63;- KEEL Bp. Y; B. 7; Dav »/6; Week 52/-. WAVE CREST HOUSE (Dockery'<) B 8 D McDOWELL'S, Dugort; B. 14; Day 12!6; Week BALLINKELLIGS (Kerry). 10/6; Week 6O!-. .; .;I ay 63/- to 70'-. SIGERSON ARMS; B. 8; Day 9!-; Week 55/-. WHYDAH (Mr<. McTigbe); B. 10; Week 45;-. MINA N, K"el; B. 9; Day 10/-; Week 55/-. BALLYBUNJON (K ) MOUNTAIN\'IEW, Dugort: B. 11; Day 10/6; CASTLE; B. 4:~rYr:iav 19/6; Week 105. BRITTAS BAY (Wicklow). Week ,,5/- to /JO/-. CENTRAL; B. 29; Day 14/6; Week 90/-. ROCKFlELD; B. 16; Day 12;6; Week 84;-. SLIEVEMORE (Dugort); 30 B. Day fr. 14/-; IMPERIAL; B. 15; Day 10/6; Week 70/-. McDANIEL'S; B. 12; Day 10/- to 12/6 ; Week Week 7:./- to 86'-. SAVOY', B. 11', Day 8/- to 10/-', Week 45/- to 63/- to 84/-. STRAND, Dugort; B. 16; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. SWEENEY'S (Achill Sound); B. 14; Day 12/6; 63/-. BUNBEG (Donegal). Week 70/-. STRAND; B. 22; Day 12/-; Week H/- to 77/- BRESLIN'S; B. 16; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. PATTEN'S (Private). Keem; B. 5; Day 9/-; WEST END; B. 26; Day 10/- to 12/-; Week. FRIEL'S (Seaview). Private; B. 12; Day 9/- Week 50/-. 70/- to 75/-. Week 55/-. RICHVIEW. Keel; D. 8; Day 9/- to 10/-; Week BALLYCOTTON (Cork). BUNCRANA (Donegal). 45/- to 55/-. BA YVIEW; B. 45; Day 11/-; W..k 84/-. BAY VIEW; B. 18; Day 15/-; Week 63/.. ADARE (LImerick). CONGRESS; B. 15/-; Day 10/~; Week 63/- to LAKE OF SHADOWS; D. 24; Day 12/-; Week DUNRAVEN ARMS; B. 40; Day 23/~; Week 70/-. fr. 63/-. 136/6. FAWCETT'S; B. ~2; Day 15/-; Week 84/-. LOUGH SWILLY; B. ~O; Day 14/-; Week 84,/-. ADRIGOLE (Cork). BALLYFERRITER (Kerry), BUNDORAN (Donegal). GLENBROOK; Day 8/-; We COUNTY KERRY The HOTEL GLENBEIGH Licensed. Free Garage. Ideal centre for Touring the Kingdom of Kerry. :: Extensive Grounds. SUB-TROPICAL GARDENS in the midst of delightful Mountain Scenery. Lakes and Sea. Finest and Safest Surf Bathing at Rossbeigh silver sand beach. 3 Miles long Golf Links, Dooks, 9 holes. Excellent Salmon and Sea Trout FiShing on Upper and Lower Curagh Rivers reserved to our Guests. Extensive good Rough Shooting and finest Cock Shooting on Lickeen Estate. Riding Stables Attached. Moderate Terms. Personal attention. 'Phone: Glenbeigh No. 4. 'Grams: Glenbeigh Hotel. r.T.A., A.A., R.r.A.C. EVANS'S TOWERS HOTEL:: GLENBEIGH r.T.A. A.A. R.r.A.C. COUNTY KERRY. Boating, Fishing, Shooting. Golf at Dooks. Finest Sea Bathing at Rossbe' h Strand. Delightful Mountain Scenery. Electric Light. H. & C. Running Water. Moderate Terms. mOMAS G. EVANS, Proprietor. Portmarnock Hotel FOR ALL EVENTS PORTMARNOCK, CO. DUBLIN Fully Licensed leave it to Finest Position Facing Sea EXCELLENT CUISINE DOBBYN'S HOTEL PERSONAL SUPERVISION TIPPERARY Electric Light Throughout. PRIVATE TENNIS. FREE GARAGE. .. Close to Portmarnock Golf Course of 18 Holes. A.A. .. R.I.A.C ... I.T.A. MODERATE I CLUSIVE TARIFF 0 APPLICAnON. Phone: Grams: 42 Tipp. Dobbyns, Tipp. Telephone Ma!ahide 3. 2<)2 August, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL CASTI.EMAINE (Kerry). CROSSHAVEN (Cork). PELLETlER. Harcourt SI.; B. 2~; Day 13/-; THE HOTEL; B. 7; Day 7/-; Week 42/-. CHURCH BAY; B. 10; Day 8/-; Week 50/-. Week 73/6. CROSSHAVEN; B. 25; Day 14/-; Week 84/-. PHOENIX Park, Parkgate SI.; B. 10; Day 9/- ; CASTLETOWNBERE (Cork). FOUNTAINSTOWN; B. 10; Day 12/-; Week Week 63/-. BEREHA\'liN; B. 20; Day 10!-; Week 63/-. 84/-. POWER'S, Kildare SI.; B. 26; Day 12/-; Week CROSSMOLJNA (Mato). 73/6. CAtI~~~~~~':,~~'l~,~r~lrnsT HOUSE; B. 11; ANGLERS' NEST (Private); B. 8; Day 11/-; REGENT. D'Olier SI.; B. 32; Week fT. 70/-. ROYAL HIBERNIAN. Dawson SI.; B. 130; Day fr. 12/6: Week fr. 73/6. Week 70/-. ~2'6; 1~6/-. WHITE HOUSE; B. 5; Day 10/6 to 12/6; Week Day fr. Week . CURRACLOE (Wexford). ROYAL EXCHANGE. Parliament St.; Day 14/6; 63/- to 73/6. STRAND; B. 22; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. Week 94/6. CHARLEVILLE (Cork). DALKEY (Dublin). RUSSELL (St. Stephen', Green); B. 49; Day ROYAL; B. 11; Day 10/-. CLIFF CASTLE; B. 30; Dav 18'-; Week 105/-. 15/-; Week 84/-. ~IRS. T. JACOBS (Private); E. 6; Week fr. 63/-. ST. ANDREW'S (Exchequer St.); B. 50; Day CLARA (Offaly). 10.'6; Week 73/6. \\ ILLIAMS'; n. 12; Day le/6; Week 70/-. D~~~S\rgN(~~~~~); ST. GEORGE. Parnell Square; B. 22: Day 11/ B. 12; Week 52/6 to 60'-. Week 63/-. CLAREMORRIS (Mayo). CONWAY'S; B. 22; Day 12/6; Week 75/-. DINGLE (Kerry). SHELBOURNE, St. Stephen's Green; B. 152; BENNER'S; B. 21; Dav fT. 14/6 ~ Week 84/-. Dav 22/6 to 24/·; Week. 136/6- to 163/·. CLJFDEN (Galway). SLATTERY'S (Private). 22 Lr. Hatch St.; B. 9; ARDBEAR; B. 12; Day 11/-; Week 70/-. DOWNINGS (Donenll. Day 10/6; Week 65/- to 73/6. CENTI, \L: B. 10; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. BEACH; B. 16-; Day 12/-; Week 63/-. STANDARD, Harcourt SI.; B. fi7; Day fr. 16/6; IVY (Pri\·ate); B. 10; Day 14/-: Week 84/-. Week 94/6. DROGHEDA (Louth). SWISS HOTEL; Bed and Breakfast 6/6 to 8/6; JOYCE'S (late Lyden's); B. 17; Day 10/6; CE 'TRAL; B. 20; Day 12/6; Week 72/11. Week 63/-. ~1: Day 12/6. LA VELLE'S, Main St.; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week WHITE HORSE; B. Day 12/6; Week 70/-; TESS-ERN, 15 Lr. Mount St.; B. 13; Day 7/6; DROMAHAIRE (leitrim). Week 47/6. R.~tWAY; B. 30; Day fT. 15/-; Week fr. 84/-. ABBEY; B. 12; Day 12/6; Week 84/-. UNIVERSITY, 23 Hatch St.; B. 12; Day 10/6; ROCK GLEN; B. 12; Day 15/-; Week 94/6. Week 70/-. DUBLIN CITY. VAUGHAN·S. 29 Parnell Square; B. 37; Day CLOGHANE (Cork). ABBOTSFORD (Pri ate). Harcourt St.; B. 30; fr. 12/6; Week 84/-. O'CONNOR'S; B. 6; Day 10/-; Week 65/-. Dav 12/-; Week 73/6. Wfr'.;.~~~0~/6.parnell Square; B. 17; Bed and CLOGHER HEAD (Louth). BARRY'S, Gt. Denmark SI.; B. 35; Day n/- ; STAR OF THE SEA; B. 10; Week 35/- to 42/-. Week 70/-. WESTERN (N. Frederick St.); B. 11; Day 9/6; BELVEDERE, Nth. Gt. George', SI.; B. 20. Week 5fi/-. CLONAKILTY (Cork). Day 12/6; Week 70/-. WICKLOW, Wicklnw SI.; B. 35; Day 17/6; O'DONOVAN'S; B. 12; Day fr. 12/6; Week BUSWELL'S, Molesworth SI.; B. 40; Day 12/- ; Week lI0/6. fr. 70/-. Week 73/6. WYNN'S, Lr. Ahbey St.; B. 64; Day 17/6; INCHYDONEY; B. 31; Day 15/- to 21/-; Week CALEDONIAN, 5th. George's SI.; B. 19; Day Week 105/-. 63/- to 105/-. 12/6; Week 84/-. DUNDALK (Louth). (Sce also Mount Pleasant). THE RETREAT; B. 5; Day 10,6; Week 63/ CARLTON, Harcourt St.; B. 14; Day 10/-; Week IMPERIAL; B. 33; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. to 70/-. CE~T'RAL. DUNFANAGHY (Donegal). CLONEA (Waterford). Exchequer SI.; B. 105; Day fr. 15/-; PORT-X.\-BLAGH; n. 3~; Day 14/-; Week 84/-. OCEAN \'IEW; B. 12; Day 12/6; Week 70/ Week fr. 95/-. CLARENCE; B. 70; Day 20 -; Week fr. 105/-. AR..'\'OLD'S GUEST HOUSE; B. 19: Day fr. CLONEE (Kerry). ' 10/6; Week 63/- to 84/-. LAKE; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. CLERKI1'I'S. Eccles St.; B. 18; Day 10/6; • MUSKOKA"; B. 7; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. Week 70/·. CLONES (Monaghan). SHANDON; B. 27; Day 10/- to 15/-; Week COUNTY, Harcourt SI.: B. 31; Day 13/6;. Ir. CREIGHTON; E. 10; Day 14/-; Week 77/-. Week 84/-. C3i-. CLONEVAN (Wexford), DELAHUNTY'S. 26 Nortbbrook Road; B. n; DUNGARVAN (Waterford). CAHORE HOUSE; n. 9; Day 11/6 to 15/-; Day 8/6 to 10/-; Week fr. 42/-. DEVONSHIRE AR~IS; B. 17; Day 14/-; Week Week fr. 63/-. DOLPHIN, Essex SI.; B. ~O; Day 18/6. 84i-. LAWI.OR'S; B. 15; Day 12/-; Week 80/-. OLONMANY (Donegal). DROMID (21 N.C. Rd.); B. 9; Day 9/-; Week INNISHOWEN; B. 11; Week 50/- to 60/-. DUNGLOE (Donegal). El~6i:>D. Lr. Lceson SI.; B. 26; Day 9/· S\VEENEY'S; B. 17; Day 10/-; Week 80/-. CLONMEL (Tlpperarl), tn 10/-' Week 63/- to 70/-. DUNKINEELY (Don~gaI). HEARN'S; B. 3~; Day 16/-; Week 84/-. EDEN VALE, Harcourt St.; B. n; Day 10/6; ORMOl\DE; B. 39; Day 15/-; Week 100/-. HILL'S; B. 10; Day 12/6; Week 84/-. Week 6.~/-; DUN LAOGHAIRE (Dublin). COSH (Cork). EGAN'S, Pamell Square; D. 15; Day 10/6; ALEXANDRA. Gresham Tee.; B. 16; Day 12/6; COM~IODORE; B. 52; Week 94/6. Week 63/-. Week 63/-. EUROPEAX; B. 12, Day 12/11; Week 84/-. ELLlOTT. Harcourt St.; B. 12; Day 11/6; ARDEEN; B. 21; Day ir. 12/6; Week fr. 8~/-. DIPERIAL: B. 23; Day 15/6; Week 84/-. Week 73/6. AVENUE; B. 30; Day 15/-; Week fr. 78/6. ELVA,66 Parnell Street; 13.11; Day 7/6; Week BELLEVIEW; B. 20; Day 15/-; Week CONG (Ashford. Co. Mayo). 45/-. 84/· A HFORD CASTLE; B. 30; Day 20/- ; Week to 120/-. FINN'S. 1-2 Sth. Leinster Street; B. 16; Day CARLISLE; n. 21; Day fr. 15/-; Week 84/- to 126/-. 1:3/6; Week fr. 50/-. nOlo. COOTEHILL (Cavan). FlTZPATRICK'S (Wes!land Row); B. 12; Day MINERVA. Gre,ham Tce.; B. 11; Day 12/6; COURT VIEW; B. 30; Day 12/6; Week 70/ 10/6; Week fr. 50/-. Week 70/-. ISLAND \'IEW; Day 6/- to 7/-; Week 35/- to 42/-. FOUR COURTS. Inns Quay; B. 100; Day 15/-; OCEAN (Private), 4 Adelaide Street: B. 8; Day Week 84/-. 1~/6; CORK CITY. GALWAY ARMS. Parnell Square; R. 12; Day 10,- to Week 60/· to 70/-. CENTRAL, Princes St.; B. 9; -Day 10/-; Week PIER; B. 25; Day 12/6; Week fr. 60/-. 7/6; Week 49/-. 9~16. GRESHAM, O'Connell St.; B. 120; Day fr. 22/6 ; ROSS'S; B. 73; Day fr. J.7/6; Week fr. D~MOND, Pembroke SI.; B. 20; Day 13/-. Week 147/-. REALT-NA-MARA, 10 Windsor Tee.; B. 8; HOSKING'S, Princes St.; B. 15: Day 9/-; Week GRAND (Westland Row); B. 14; Day 9/6. Day fr. 10/-; Week 63/- to 70/-. 56/-. GROmlES·. Cavendish Row; B. 9; Day 8/6; ROYAL MARINE; B. 80; Day fr. 18/6; Week IMPERIAL, Pembroke SI.; B. 68; per Day 21/- ; Week fr. 50/-. 126/-. Week 147/-. GROSVENOR. Wes!land Row; B. 23; Day 15/-; SOUTHERN; n. 0; Day 10.'-: Week 63/-. KINCORA, Cook SI.; B. 24; Bed and Breakfast Week 84/-. SYDENHAM. CorriS' Ave.; B. 6; Week fr. 63/-. 6/6. IVANHOE, Harcourt SI.; B. 46; Day 1516; WAVE CREST; B. 17; Day 12/-; Week 73/6 METROPOLE. MaeCurtain SI.; B. 100; Day Week fr. 75/-. to 84/-. 17/-; Week 105/-. JURY·S. College Green; B. 100; Day 20/-; DUNLEWY (Donegal). MUNSTER, Coburg SI.; B. 21; Day 13/-. . Week 112/-. DUNLEWY; n. 12; Week 50/- to 60/-. TURNER'S, Oliver Plunket St.; B. 12; Day 10.'- ; LENEHAN, Harcourt SI.; B. 25; Day 10/6; ~lcCLAFFERTYS; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 50/ Week 63/·. Week 70/-. to 55/-. VICTORIA. Patriek SI.; B. 80; Day 20/-; Week MAcDER.1\IOTT, Harcourt St.; B. 25; Day 12/- ; DUNMANWAY (Cork). Wi~'l!;SOR. Week 70/-. RAILWAY; B.12; Day 10/-; Week 60/-. MarCurtail1 St.; R. 30; Day 13/-; MARIS, 20 Lr. Fit7.william SI.; B. 15; Day 12/-; RAILWAY; B.12; Day 10/; Week 00/. Week 84/-. Week 6.~/- to 73/6. WRENN'S; B. 24; Day 11/-; Week 63/-. ~lEATH, Pa=ell Square; B. 20; Day 7/6. DUNMORE EAST (Waterford). COROFIN (Clare). MOlR..... Trinity St.; B. 20; Day 13/6; Week 72/6. STRAND; p" 16; Day 10/ ; Week 55/ . T. G. STUDDERT, Clifden House; B. 8; Day MONT CLARE (Clare St.); D. 8; Day lI/6; DUNQUIN (Dlngle, Kerry). 10/6; Week 73/6. Week 73/6. RAVANAGH'S; B. 9; Week 35/- tn 45/-. MRS. G. E. STUDDERT, Cragmoher; B. 8; MORAN'S. Taloot St.; B. 50; Day 14/-; Week Week 73/6. 84/-. EASKEY (See Roslea). DEVANEY'S; D. 10; Day 9/-; Week 63/-. COURTMACSHERRY (Cork). NOONAN'S. Ormond Quay; B. 30; Day 8/- ; ESPD\NADE; B. 20; Week fr. 70/-. Week 50/-. _ ELPHIN (Roscommon). NORTH STAR, Amiens St.; B. 50; Day 12/6; GOLDSmTH AR\IS; B. 12; Day 12/6; Week COURTOWN HARBOUR."(Wexlord). Week 84/-. 74/- to 84l-. BAYVlEW; B. 11' Day 10/- to 12/6; Week ORAN, 42 Lr. Baggot 51.; B. 10; Day 10/6; ENIlIS (Olare). 50/- to 60/-. Week 52/6. BOLGER'S MARI E; .B. 22; Day 12/6; Week CAR.\IODY·S. Ab\><,y SI.; B. 25; Day fr. 15/-; ORMOND, Ormond Quay; B. 100; Day 17/ Week fr. 84/-. Week 105/-. cJPJRTOWN; B. 17; Week 63/-. OLD GROUND; B. 30; Day 18/-; Week 90/-. O'BRl!':N·S. Parnell St.; D. ~o; Day 8/-; Week QUEEN'S. Abbey St.; B. 36; Day 11/6. LEVUKA HOUSE; B. 9; Day 8/- to 10/-; Week 50/-. 52/6 to 73/6. PARKSJDE. N.C.R.. Phoenix Park; B. 20; ENNISCORTHY (Wexford). TARAVIE; B. 17; Day 12/6 Week fr. 50/-. Day fr. 10/6; Week fr. 63/-. RAILWAY; B. 20; Day 12/-; Week 84/- 293 IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940 TRY- CASEY'S HOTEL GOLF LINKS GLENGARRIFF HOTEL Co. CORK GLENGARRIFF It has- EXCELLENT CUISINE, TELEPHONE: 9. /f;J- OWN FARM PRODUCE, Every Convenience. First-Class Cuisine. PERSONAL SUPERVISION, MODERATE TARIFF. MODERATE TARIFF. There is - Electric Light Throughout. Boating, Fishing, Golf, within easy Open all the year round. Special distance. 3 Minutes' walk from the Sea. New Lounge added. Off-Season Terms. Apply: J. A. DEASY, LT.A., A.A., R.LA.C. Appointments. Free Garage. Proprietress. Fully Licensed. OUGBTERARD, co. GALWAY. GALWAY CORRIB HOTEL J1 Five minutes' walk from Lough Corrib. Best Free Salmnc Fisbinll in Ireland; also Trout, Pike, and Perch. Garage; Molors for Hire WHITE STRAND GUEST HOUS Excellent situation and special terms for winter residents. A.A., R.L".C., and LT.A. appointments. Also, Lough Corrib Hotel. GRATTAN ROAD • E. A. SWEENEY, Proprietor. OVERLOOKTNG SEA. SELECT. CENTRAL. LARGE LAWN. PERSONAL SUPERYISION. ~------TRINITY STREET EVERY COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE. MOIRA HOTEL, DUBLIN RESTAURANT OPEN SUNDAYS. GRILL ROOM. RESTAURANT. BAR BUFFET. OYSTER BAR. MRS. WALSH, Proprietress. SMOKE LOUNGE. A la Carte and Table d'Hote Meal. Telephone 44658. Owned and Managed by JURY'S HOTEL, LTD. NEWELL'S HOTEL Dublin. NORTH STAR HOTEL'~~~i::~~~: DELGANY, co. WICKLOW. Fully LIcensed. 60 Be4roolDl. MOlt Central Position. Sea and Mountain Air. Beautiful Large Secluded Gar OIlFORT. RESTAURANT. Telepbone LEANLlNESS. COFFEE ROOM. 45348. Hourly Dublin Bus Service. TERMS: 48/- weekly. CIVILlTY. SMOKING LOUNGE. 'Phone: Greystones 17. A la Carte and Tabl. d'Bol. Meall :: Restaurant Open on Sundays. For Tariff apply Manager. Telegrams:" NORSTAR. DUBLIN." HOTEL PELLETIER \/ 21-22 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN...... rJJ VERY CB.TRAL POSITION. GARAGE. A Private Hotel on Sea Front. Convenient to all Sports. TERMS MODERA TE BOT AND COLD WATER IN ROOMS. ELECTRIC FIRE S Individual AttentIon Good Catering. Phone 61620. ..4pplv to Ih~ Proprid,.,.• 294 () ugust, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL ENNISCRONE (Sligo). GORTAHORK (Donegal). KILLINEY (Dublin). SCURMORE; B. 30; Day 1~/6 I" 1~'-; Weck MeFADDE. 'S; B. 11; Day 10/-; Week 63/-, COURT NA FARRAGA; B. 12; Day 17/6; 81/- to ]26/·. GOUGANE BARRA (Cork). Week 105/·. ST. GERMAINE'S GUEST HOUSE; B.8; Day ENNISKERRY (Wicklow). CRONIN'S; B. 10; Day 8/6; Week 50/-. GOUGANE BARRA; B. 11; Day 9.'6; Week 9/- to 11/-; Weok 55/- to 70/-. COOKSTOWN (Private); B. 0; Day 11'- to 10/6 ; MRS. O'REGAN, I> Sbanganagh Tee.; B. 5:; Week 65/- to 63/-. 63/-. Week 47/6. LEICESTER AR~IS; D. ]0; Day 10,6; Week GRAIGUE-NA-MANAGH (Kilkenny). 60/-. Cml~IERCIAL; B. 5; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. KILLORGLlN (Kerry). POWERSCOCRT AR~IS; B. 12; Dav ]0/6; BRANDONDALE (Guest-House); B. 8; Day RAILWAY; B. 12; Day 11/-; Week 63/-. Weck 63/·. 10/6; Week 63/-. KILLYBEGS (Donegal). ]~; SUMMERHILL; B. \Vc'ck 60/-. GREENCASTLE (Donegal). BAY VIEW (Roger.); B. 27; Day 12!6; Week ENNISTYMON DRUMAWEIR; B. 16; Day 12/6; Week 73/6. 63/- to 70/-. THE FALLS; n. 20; Day Ir. 1616; Week 94/6 FORT HOTEL; B. 26; Day 15/-; Week fr. 63/-. FINTRAGH HOUSE; B. 9; Day 12/- to 14/-; to ] 571u. Week 73/6 to 84/-. GREENORE (Loutb). WHITE HOUSE; B. 14; Week 60/- to 84/-. FERMOY (Cork). GREAT NORTHERN; B. 30; Day 16/-; Week GRA~1D; B. 20; Day 15/-; Week 84/- to 10,,/-. KILLESHANDRA (Cavan). 105/-. CASSIDY'S; B. 10; Day 10/6; Week 60/-. ROYAL; B. 25; Day fr. 12/6: Week fr. 70/-. GREYSTONES (Wicklow). FlNEA (westmeatb). GRAND; B. 56; Day fr. 22/6; Week fr. 84/-. KILMUCKRIDGE (Gorey. WeXford). LAKE VIEW; B. 8; Day 10/-. LEWI 'CENTRAL; B. 36; Day 101-; Week 70/-. THE HYDRO; B. 15; Week fr. 10,,/-. FOYNES. RAILWAY; B. 16; Day 12/-; Week 73/6. KINSALE (Cork). MURPHY'S; B. 14; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. ARDANOIR; B. 4; Day fr. 13/6; Week fr. 73.'6. GWEEDORE (Donega:). CREEYEEN; B. 6; Da)' 7/6; Wcek 35/-. THE GWEEDORE'; B. 20; Day 1816; Week KNOCK LONG (Limerick). COOLGREANY; B. 6; Day 916 to 10/6; Week 10,,/-. RAILWAY; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 63/-. 50/- to 63/·. KYLEMORE (Connemara). WOODVIE\\'; B. 8; Day 5/·; Week 35/-. HEADFORD (Galway). KYLE~IORE ABBEY GUEST HOUSE; e. 20; GALBALL-Y (LImerick). MeCORMACK'S; B. !); Day 12!-; Week 84/-. Day 12/-; Week 70/-. GALTEE; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 55/- to 63/-. HOWTH (Dublin). LAHINCH (Clare). GALWAY (Galway). CLARE~lON r · B. 32; Day 15/- to 17/6 ; Week ABERDEEN ARMS; B. 32; Day 15/-; Week AMERICAN. Eyre Square; B. 10; Day 10/-; 84/- to 105/-. 84/- to 105/-. Week U;l- to 70/-. DALRIADA; B. 12; Day 9/-; Week 50/- to 57/6. CLAREMONT ; B. 22; Day 12/6; Week 63/-. ATLANTA; B. 18; Day 9; Week 55/-. ROYAL; B. 16; Day 12/6; Week 60/- to 7316. LARAGH (Annamoe, Wicklow). BAILEY'S, E}Te Square; B. 35; Day fr. 13/-; ST. LAWRENCE; B. 30; Day 15/-; Week 94/6. LARAGH HOUSE; B. 50; Day fr. 16/6; Week Week fr. 84/-. WAVERLEY (Summit); B. 28; Day 12/-; Week fr. 94/6. CENTRAL, Newcastle Rd.; B. 12; Day 10/-; 70/- to 80/-. Week 50/-. LAYTOWN (Meatb). INCH (Anescaul. Kerry). ALVERNO; B. 15; Day 12/6; Week 75t-. ENDA, Dominick St.; B. 16; Day 13/-; Week STRAND; B. 11; Day 10/-; Week 55/- tQ 60/-. 70/-. LEAP (Cork). EYRE. Eyre Square; B. 12; Day 10/- to 11/-. INNISCRONE (Sligo). See ENNISCRONE. SHEAHAN'S; B. 0; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. Week 63/· to 70/-. GIBllN'S, E}Te Squar.; B. 9; Day 9/-; Week INVER (Donegal). LEENANE (Galway). 45/-. DRUMBEG; B. 28; Day 15/-; Week 84/- to LEENANE; B. 40; Day fr. 18/-; Week fr. 94/6. GREAT SOUTHERN, Eyrc Square; B. 78; Day 105/-. LETTERKENNY (Donegal). fr. 24/-; Week fr. 147/-. KENMARE (Kerry). KELEHAN'S, Newcastle Rd.; B. 6; Day 8/·; GALLAGHER'S; B. 12; Day 10&-; Week fr. DUNKERRON CASTLE (Guest House); B. 9; 50/-. Week 40/-. Week fr. 73/6. McCARRY'S; B. 11; Day 12/-; Week 63/-. CURRAN'S, Eyre Square; B. 24; Day fr. 6/-; GREAT SOUTHERN; B. 25; Day fr. 24/-; Week fr. 42/-. Week fr. 129/6. LIMERICK (LImerick). IMPfiRIAL, Eyre Square; B. 20; Day 13/-; MURPHY'S; B. 10' Day 8/-; Week 42/-. CENTRAL; B. 10; Day 1016; Week 63/-. Week SOlo. LANSDOWNE ARMS; B. 26; Day 12/6; Week CRUISE'S, O'Connell St.; B. 50; Day 18/-; O'NEILL'S, Eyre Square; B. 24; Day 9/·; Week 105/-. Week 50/-. ~LE'S (Private); B. 15; Day 7/6 to 9/-; DESMOND; B. 20; Day 12&6; Week SO/-. ROYAL, Eyre Square; B. 50; Day 15/-; Week Week fr. 52/6. GEORGE (ROYAL), O'Connell St. ; B. 33; Day 84/-. O'SULLIVAN'S; B. 13; Day fr. 7/6; Week 18/·; Week 105/-. WESTERN, Prospect Hill; B. 17; Day 10/-; fr. 50/-. GLENTWORTH, Glentworth St.; B. 60; Day Week 60/- to 63/-.1 fr. 15/-; Week fr. 84/-. WHITE STRAND (Guest House), Grattan Road; KERRYKEEL (Donegal). HANRATTY'S, Glentworth St.; B. 20; Day 12/-:; Day 101- ; Week fr. 50/-. CAMPBELL'S; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. Week 70/· to SOlo. GARRETSTOWN STRAND (Cork). KILBEGGAN (Westmeatb). IMPERIAL; B. 20. ATLANTIC: B. 20; Day 15/-; Week 70/-. VOLUNTEER (Buckley's); B. 12; Day 10/-; McCARTHY'S, Cecil St.; B. 6; Day 9/-; Week O'NEILL'S; B. 24; Day 14/-; Week fr. 63/·. Week 42/-. 63/-. NATIONAL, Baker Place; B. 2,,; Day 10/6; GEESALA (oear Balllna, Mayo). KILDARE (Kildare). COSGRAVE'S; B. 10; Day 10/6; Week 60/ RAILWAY; B. 12; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. Week 70/-. to 60/-. RAILWAY, Parnell St.; B. 25; Day 12/-; Week GLANDORE (Cork). KILGARVAN (Kerry). 70/-. KEE •AN'S; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 55!-. CLO:o MIDLETON (Cork). RATHNEW (WIcklow), SWINFORD (Mayo). . MIDLETON AR~IS; B. 8; Day 12/-; Week 75/- NEIVRATH BRIDGE (Hunter's\; B. 18; Day O'CONNOil:s; R. 14; Day fr. g,-; ""'ek 6;1/-. 14/-; Week 80/-. . MIDDLETOWN (Derrybeg). ROSAPENNA (Donegal'. TEMPLEMORE (Tipperary). FRJEL'S (Errigal View); B. 12; Day 8/-; Week ROSAPENNA; B. SS; Day fr. 21/-. HICKEY'S: B. 14; Day 10;-: "'eok 40/-. 50/-. THOMASTOWN. . MILFORD (Donegal), Rd!;BEG (Donegal). NORE VIEW; B. 15; Day 8/6; "erk 42:-. III1LFORD (}1cCreadie's); B. 16; Day 15/-; DAWROS BAY; B. 26; Day 12-'6; Week 70/-. THURLES (Tipperary). Week 105/-. ROSCOMMON (Roscommon'. HAYES'; B. 40; Day 14/-; Week 84,-. MILLTOWN (Kerry). GREALY'S; B. 17; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. TINAHELY (Wicklow). LmlBARD'S; B. 12; Day 7i6: \\-eek 42/-. ROYAL; B. 23; Day 15/-; Week 73/6. MURPHY'S; B. 7; Day 8/6; \\'eek .,2/6, MITCHELSTOWN (Cork). R08CREA (TIpperary). TIPPERARY (Tipperary). . CmlMERCIAL (Fitzgerald's); B. 12; Day 91- to CENTRAL; B. 14; Day 11/6; Week 70/-. DOBBYN'S, Bank Place; B. 30; Day 12,6, 10:6; Week 60'- to 70!-. ROSLEA (£askey). ~ Week 70/-. MONAGHAN (Monaghan). KENNY'S... Hotel Seafield "; B. 14: Day 10!-; ROYAL, Bridge Street; B. 31; Day 16/6. ORIEL; B. 10; Day 12/-; Week 63/-. Week tr. 42/·. TRALEE (Kerry). MONASTERADEN (Sligo), ROSSBEIGH (Kerry). BEloINER'S; B. 40; Day fr. 13 '6; Week 90/" LOUGH GARA: B. 11; Day 12/-; Week 73/-. IMPERIAL; B. 10; Day 10/-; \\·..·k roO -. • SLlEVE CORRIG: B. 10; Week 52/6 to 63/-. IIIEADO'H.ANDS IN (Mrs. Peet,; B, 15, MONKSTOWN (Dublin). ROSSES POINT (Sligo). Day 1016; Week 63/-' SALTHILL; B. 30; Day 21/-; Week 11516. GOLF LINKS; B. 18; Day 141·: Week 84/-. PARK; B. 15; Day 9/-; Week 55!-. MOUNTCHARLES (Donegal). ROSSLARE STRAND (Wexford). TRAMORE (Waterford). SEA~IOUNT; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 50,·. ETCHINGHAlII'S; B. 16; Day 91-; Week 60/-. GRAND; B. 55; Day 21/-; Week 126/-. MOUNT PLEASANT (Dundalk, Co, Louth). GOLF; B. 30; Day 12/-; Week 70/-. HIBERNIAN; B. 20; Day fr. 10/-; Week 63/-, MOUNT OLIVER; B. 13; Day 1O,G; Week HARBOUR VIEW; B. 8; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. DE LUXE; B. 14; Day 12/-; Week fr. 70/-, fr. 63/-. STRAND; B. 40; Day fr. 13/6; Week fro 84/-. MAJESTIC; B. 84; Day fr. 15/-; Week 84/-. MOVILLE (Donegal). ROSSLARE HARBOUR (Wexlord). lItU'RPHY'S ATLANTIC; B. 22; Day 12/-. lIIcKINNEY'S; B. 14; Day 7/6; Week 45/-. PIER; n. 20; Day 12/6; Week 63/-. RAILWAY; B, 20; Day fr. 10/-: Week fr. 60/-: SHALLOE'S ATLANTIC; B. 18; Day 12/6, TREACY'S; B. 15; Day 8/-; Week 50/-. ROSSNOWLAGH (Donegal). MULLINGAR (Westmeatb), Week 63/- to 70/-. CENTRAL; B. 12; Day fr. 9/-; Week 63/-. COOLMORE HOUSE; B. 8; Day 12,'6; Week TRIM (Meath). 63/-. CENTRAL; B. 12; Day 9i-; Week 50/-. GREVILLE ARlIIS; B. 15; Day 14/-; Week ROUNDSTONE (Galway). fro 63/-. KTNTON'S; B. 9; Day 10/-; Week 70/-. TUAM (Galway). MIDLAND; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 50!-. O'DOWD'S; Day 10/- to 12/-; Week 63/- to 70/ CORA: B. 8: Day 12/6; Week 70/-. MULLAGHMORE (Cllffeney, Ce. Sligo), SHAlIIROCK; B. 10; Day 1O!-; Week 60/-. TULLAMORE (OlfaIy). HANNON'S; B. 27; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. ROUNDWOOD (WIcklow). BOLGER'S; B. 21; Day 9/- to 10/6; Week 45/ MURRISK (Westport). KEENAN'S; B. 7; Day 7/6; Week 42/-. to 63/-. CROAGH PATRTCK (lIIurrisk); B. 9; Day 9/-; ROUNDWOOD; B. 12; Day 10/- ; Week 50!-. H_'\.YES'; B. 25; Day 12/6; Week 81/-. Week 50/-. ST. ANN'S HILL (Cork). TULLOW (Carlow). NAAS (Kildare). ST. ANN'S HILL HYDRO; B. 44; Day 15/-; SLANEY; B. 9: Day 10/-; Week 60/-. NAS-NA-RJOG; B. 14; Week fr. 50/-. Week 94/6. UPTON (Wexford). Sce Kllmuckrldge. OSBERSTOWN HOrSE; B. 12; Week fr. 63/ SALTHILL (Galway). URLINGFORD (Kilkenny). TIlIImNS; B. 6; Day 12/-; Week 50/-. AUORA HOUSE; B. 8; Day 13/-; Week 84/-. HARRINGT0N'S; B. 9;' Day 8/6; Week 42/-. DAWN; B. 8; Day 9/-; Week 63/-. NAVAN (Mealh). VALENTIA ISLAND (Kerry). CENTRAL; B. 20; Day 12!6; Week 75/-. EGLTNTON; B. 62; Day 18/6; Week 115/6. EIRE; B. 20; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. ROYAL: B. 30; Day 12/- te' 14/-; Week 73/6 NENAGH (Tipperary). FAY'S; B. 8; Day 8/6; Week 50/- to 60/-. to 94/6. CARlIfEL; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week 70/-. WATERFORD (Waterlordl. 1~; KINCORA; B. 16; Day 11/- to 12/-; Week 70/-. HTBERNIAN; B. Day fr. 11/-; Week 70/ STELLA MAR1S; B. 21; Day 11/-; Week WI- ADELPHI; B. 25; Uay fr. 12/-; Week 70/-· to 84/-. to 70/-. GRANVTLLE; B. 68; Day 14/-; Week OV6. O'MEARA'S; B. 24; Day 11/6. BANBA (Miss Geragbty's); B. 22; Day 15/-; II1ETROPOLE; B. 15; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. NEWCASTLEWEST (Llmerlek)_ Week 84/-. WATERVILLE (Kerry). CENTRAL: B. 11; Day 10/6; Week 60/-. ORIENT LODGE; B. 10; Day 8/-; Week 50/-. BAYVIEW; B. 37; Day fr. 12/6; Week fr. 70/-. NEWPORT (Mayo). ROCKLAND; B. 19; Day 1&/-; Week 94/6. BREEN'S (Private); B. 10; Day 10/-; Weel< 63/-. DEVl E'S; B. 5; Day 10/-; Week 70/-. STRAND; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. BUTLER ARlItS; B. 70; Day fr. 12'6: Week NEW ROSS (Wexford). SUMMER-SET; B. 14; Day 14/-. 73/6 to 105/-. ROYAL; B. 18; Day 16/-; Week 84/- to 90/ TOURISTS': B. 18; Day 12/- to 14/-; Week FOLEY'S; B. 16; Day 10/-: Week Ir. 60/-. GLOBE; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. 60/- to 70/-. SOUTHERN LAKE; B. 31; Day 13/6; Week fr. OLDCASTLE (Meath). WARWICK; B. 32; Day 15/-; Week 84/-. 73/6. NAPER ARMS; B. 12; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. WARD'S (Private); B. 18; Day fr. 8/6; Week WESTPORT (Mayo). OUGHTERARD (Galway). fr. 50/- BATH (Roman Island); B. U; Day ~/6 to 916; ANGLBRS'; 13. 15; Day fr. 14/- to 16/-; Week SHANKILL (Co. Dublin). Week 50/- to 58/-. 8~'- to 105/-. SHANGANAGH CASTLE; B. 12; Day;.17/6 ; CENTRAL' B 10' Day 15'-' "-eek 73/6. CORRIB (late Railway); B. 20; Day fr. 14/-; Week fr. 84/-. WEXFORD (Wexlord). •,, Week 94/6 to 105/-. SKERRIES (Co, Dublin). CLANCY'S; B. 14; Day 10/- to 14/-; Week 63/ LOUGH CORRIB; B. 11; Day 14/-; Week 84/-. GRAND; B. 18; Day fr. 12{-; Week fr. 70/-. to 84/-. OUGHTERARD HOUSE; B. 11; Day 12/6 to ROCKVILLE HOUSE; R. 10; Day 10/6; Week TALBOT; B. 40; Day 12/- to 14/-; Week 70/ 17/-; Week 84/- to 126!-. 63/-. to 84/-. PARKNASILLA (Kerry). IIfARINE; B. 12; Day fr. 12/6; Week 73/6. WHITE'S; B. 60; Week fr. 84/-. GREAT SOUTHERN; B. 60; Day fr. 25/-; Week WICKLOW (Wicklow). fr. 147/-. SKmBEREEN (Cork). GRAND; B. 18; Day 10'-; Week 63/-. PETTIGO (Donegal). ELDON; B. 11; Day ll16; Week 75/-. WEST CORK; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week 77,'-. WHITEGATE (Cork). ANGLERS; B. 10; Day 12/6; Week 80/-. CORKBEG HOTEL; B. 15; Day fr. 10/-; Week PORTARLINGTON (Laolgbls). SLANK (Meath). 105/-. O'CONNOR'S; B. 9; Day 10/-; Week 50/-. CONYNGHAM ARMS; B. 10; Day 11/6; Week WOODENBRIDGE (WIcklow). EAST END; B. 10; Day 10/6 to 12/6; Week 50/ 63/-. WOODENBRIDGE; B. 14; Day 14/-; Week to 701-. SLIGO (Sligo). 84/-. PORTLAOIGIDSE (Laol~hls). GRAND; lI. 32; Day fr. 16/-; Week fr. 105/-. VALLEY; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week 63/-. A1RD'S CENTRAL; B. 18; Day 12/-; Week 70/-. GREAT SOUTHERN; B_ 40; Day fr. 24/-; TOUGHAL (Cork). HTBERNIAN (Kelly's); B. 25; Day 12/-; Week Week fr. 147/-. ATLANTIC; B. 20; Day fr. 13/6; Week 8-1/-. 70/-. L'iPERIAL; B. 25; Day 13/6; Week 94/6. DEVONSHIRE ARMS; B. 14; Day 13/-; Week PORTMAIDIOCK (Dublin). FRIZZELLES'; B. 15; Day 18/6; week 84/-. 84/·. PORTlIfARNOCK; B. 34; Day 15/-; Week 84/-. SHERlDAN'S; B. 14; Da! 12 -; Week 80/-. THE ESPLANADE; B. 16. PORTNOO (Donegal). SNEEM (Kerry). GREEN PARK; B. 45; Day 12/-; Week 84/-, THE PORTNOO; B. 20; Day 14/-; Week 70/ BURNS; B. 4; Day 7/6; Week 40/-_ 1I10NATREA; B. 20; Day 13/-; Week 84/-. to PACIFIC; B. 20; Day 14/6; Week 84/-. 84/-. MORlARTY'S; B. 12; Day 7/6 to 10/-; Week PARK VIEW; B. 18; Day 10/-; Week 63. -. RANKTN'S; B. 10; Day 9/- to 10/-; Week fr. 50/-. 10/-. SUlII~fERFIEI.D; ' SPA (TraIee). B. 10; Week 55/·. PORTSALON (Donegal). PrIvate Hotels. PORTSALON; B. 70; Day 18/-; Week 126/· KENT LODGE; B. 4; Day 10/-; Week 55/-. AVONMORE; Day 9/-; Week 50/- to 631-. PORTUMNA (Galway). STRANDmLL (SUgo). HARBOUR VIEW; B. 18; Day 7/6 to 9/6; CLONWYN; B. 12; Day 12/6; Week 73/6. ST. PATRTCK'S; B. 14; Day 0/-; Week 45/-. Week 49/- to 63/-. THE HYDRO; B. 6; Day 10/-; Week 55/-. STRAND HOUSE; B. Ill; Day 7/-; Week 45/ STELLA MARIS; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 50/- RATHDRUM ~Wlcklow). to 60/-. to 63/-. BARRY'S; B. 18; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. STAR OF THE SEA; B. 10; Day 8/-; Week 45/· SUNlItOUNT ; B. 26. BRADY'S: B. 8; Day 7/-; Week 40/6. to fI'/-. AVONDHU HOUSE; B. 8. RATHMULLAN (Donegal). STRANORLAR (Donegal). YOUGHAL ARlIfS; Day 10/-; Week 55/- to 63/-, PIER; B. 12; Day 12/-; Week 70/-. KEE'S; B. 12; Day 12/-;~ Week 63/-. THE HOLLIES; B. 9; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. "COOLMORE HOUSE' HOTEL IVANHOE~ HARCOURT STREET DUBLIN ROSSNOWLAGH, Co. DONEGAL (A few doors from StephelJ's Green) Homefann Produce Persomility Cooking Hot a.nd Cold Water in every Bedro,~m. Central Hea.ting. Golf Shooting Fishing Garage Electric Lift and Fires. Night Porter. A.A. R.I..A.C. Garage. Telegrams: .. SATISPIED, DUBLIN," T lb' (VISITORS 51121 MRS. G. MITCHELL, Proprietress. D, McCAUGHEY, Propl'ietor. e ep ODe. LO'PICES 51461 296 August, 1940 IRISH TRAVEL COME TO THE GREYSTONES' ~ NORTHLAND CO. WICKLOW I See for yourself this year some of Ireland's most =famous Beauty Spots = COMFORTABLY & EXPEDITIOUSLY reached by the GREAt NORTHERN RAilWAY I (IRELAND) GRAND HOTEL HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS GOLFING - ANGLING - BOATING, etc. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED BUNDORAN- ON SEA FRONT CO. Donegal, lapped by the blue waters of the Atlantic. Famous as a Health and Hot and Cold Water in each Bedroom. Pleasure Resort Private Bathrooms. Tennis, Golf. ROSAPENNA & PORTSALON- Donegal Highlands, situated amidst scenery g A.A. and R.I.A.C. LOCK-UP GARAGES. of unsurpassed beauty ~ MOTOR FOR HIRE -~~~ VIARRENPOINT, ROSTREVOR & NEWCASTLE- THE ~fOURNE DISTRICT. Mountain, L0ugh, Woodland, and Sea. Particularly interesting to the geologist, botanist, and nature lover GLENDALOUGH ENNISKILL EN- ... For Lough Emc-"The Killarney,'of tho North" CO. WICKLOW PORTRUSH, PORTSTEWART & BALLYCASTLE - Invigorating Health. Giant's Causeway. The famous Antrim Coast. Country of the _IacDonnells BANGOR & DONAGHADEE- County Down Coast. Convenient to Belfast. Favourite Health and Pleasure Resorts -- =1 ". STAY AT A ~.-11- ROYAL HOTEL GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL 11 A Model Hotel in the midst of BUNDORAN-ROSTREVOR-GREENORE the Wicklow Mountains close to Seven Churches and St. Kevin's Bed ~ MANAGED BY THE COMPANY ~I~'r Guides, etc., can be obtained from the Traffic Large Parties Catered for Manager, Belfast; District Superintendent, Amiens Street Station, Dublin, or Principal ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT Tourist Agencies. GEO. B. HOWDE , LOCK-UP!GARAGES General Mana,qer. A.A. and RI.A.C. IRISH TRAVEL August, 1940 SEE BEAUTY'S HOME! FROM THE LAKE HOTEL, KILLARNEY COMMANDING A UNIQUE LAKESIDE SITUATION AMIDST KILLARNEY'S BEAuTIFUL MOUNTAINS AND LAKES. H. & C. WATER ALL ROOMS. ELECTRIC LIGHT. FREE FISHING TENNIS. FIRST-CLASS GOLF LINKS. TOURING CENTRE FOR KERRY. 1ft. N01V under the same management as:- BUTLER ARMS HOTEL, WATERVILLE SOUTHERN HOTEL, CARAGH LAKE ROYAL HOTEL, VALENTIA MEALS & FISHING INTERCHANGEABLE ALSO ASHFORD CASTLE HOTEL CONG -- Co. MAYO ON THE NORTHERN SHORES OF LOUGH CORRIB TOURING CENTRE FOR CONNEMARA. ALL HOTELS ARE A.A., I.T.A. AND R.I.A.C. OFFICIALLY APPOINTED. Fublisbtd .} t"# Proprie!", lIUSH TOl:RIST ASSOCIATIOl'. 16 upper O'Caon-.n Street, Dunlm. and pnattd by THE JUVERNA PRESS, LTDli 12 Uppu Lilfey Street, Dublin. Other Offices af the Association :-BELFAST: 28 Howard Street. CORK: 26 Patrick Street. PRlllTIlD III DUBLlll