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VOL. Xx. No. 5. FEBRUARY, 1945 THREEPENCE RIVERSIDE DUBLIN 4J\.1JlJUool1(1L~ <t~ ~ <et[(~ 1f\tQJ Th1~u~~ Official Organ of the Irish Tourist Association DUBLIN * BANK OF IRELAND ESTABLISHED 1783 FACILITIES FOR TRAVELLERS AT Head Office: COLLEGE GREEN, DUBLIN s BELFAST .. CORK .. DERRY AND 100 TOWNS THROUGHOUT IRELAND .. Where North meets South" PHONE: DUBLIN 71371 (6 Lines) EVERY DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED Resident Manager T. O'Sullivan 11111111111111111.,1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111'1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. HEADQUARTERS for more efficient Kitchens Ireland can boast the finest fresh food*in the world. But two things are necessary to make it the finest cooked food: modern, efficient cook­ ing equipment, selected and installed to suit the particular needs of ea c h individual kitchen, and a trained kitchen Unrivalled for Cuisine and Service staff to operate it. Kow is the time to place your order for new equipment, so that you'll be on the priority list Superb Cuisine makes the Clarence menus of purchasers when the rush comes. Select what you unrivalled and appetisin8' The service, too. which is prompt and courteous, will please the need at most exacting patrons. 'Phone 76178 New Kitchen Show­ rooms: 5 I DOuJson Sired. DUBLIN. 7he CLARENCE HOTEL Dublin EVANS, LTD. Phone 21484/5 _O·Keeffe•s'••••••••••••••••• I RISH TRAVEL Official Organ of t~~ "]ri.5~ 'Gourist Association an~ of t~~ '"]ris~ Sfotds :f~~~ration VOL. XX. FEBRUARY. 1945 No. 5 NOTES AND NEWS T.O. GIVES CORK A NEW CHURCH. DOUBLE TRACK DUBLIN-GALWAY. Mr. William Dwyer, T.D.'s gift of a new church The doubling of the present single rail track. for Cork, has the touch of the beau geste of other Dublin-Galway, to be carried out as soon as material years. The new Church of the Annunciation, to will be available. will give back to Galway a traffic replace the old building at Blackpool, will be an status it never should have lost. The inevitable adornment to the district. The work will be carried delays of looping and shunting will be got rid of and out by Mr. Dwyer's own permanent building staff of it will again be a straight run, without holds-up at Sunbeam-Wolsey, Ltd., from the design of Messrs. Sidings, from the national to the provincial capital. O'Flynn and Murphy. A.R.H.A. HOWTH HOLIDAY HOME FOR NURSES. TWO NOTABLE LOUGHREA MEN. Two notable residents of Loughrea have died: "To be run as a comfortable hoteL" a house at Mr. W. J. Duffy. aged 80. one of the survivors of Howth, in 6 acres of grounds, will be a holiday and the Irish parliamentary party, a distinguished and rest home for Irish nurses. After purchase and public-spirited Irishman of great personal charm. and equipment, the balance of a Government grant of Mr. John Farrell. aged 101, Ireland's oldest follower £36.000 prOVides £800 a year for endowmeQt. Miss of coursing. and known in every county in his time. Margaret Maher of Thurles, who has been tra{ned Even past 90. he still actively followed the sport. in the hotel business. is matron. Accommodation will be provided for 20 nurse-guests at 3/6 per day. EFFICIENCY AT CASTLEREA. Central heating and hot running water. with a con­ servatory, tennis courts, etc.. add to the attractive In our issue of August. 1944, we reported a plan story of the new r~st house for those "friends of in hand for a swimming pool at Castlerea. Now. by humanity "-the nurses. the co-operation of the ~inister for Local Govern­ ment and Public Health, the Parliamentary Secre­ tary and government departments concerned, tenders THE BOYS OF WEXFORD. have been received and examined and a contract The "Boys" of Wexford have justified them­ signed within a period of one week. Mr. J. G. selves. When the progressive Wexford County Browne, the County Manager. who has been fore­ Council announced that hundreds of apple trees were most in forwarding the scheme. has. expressed his to be planted along the public roadsides, " Ah. the appreciation of the Council's and engineering staffs. small boys won't leave them there for long," said the He is confident that the contractor, Mr. Michael sceptics. Now. after two years' of growth with a Dolan, Castlerea. will have the pool ready for minimum of interference, the boys of Wexford have opening in July. proved that an Irish county need not be anv different from a Swiss Canton or a French depart~ent in its "CURIOSITIES ROUND IRELAND." respect for communal property. The feature under the above name has been a very popular page each month, and many of the entertaining and often very informative pictures came TO CORRESPONDENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS. to us from amateur photographers, whom we are We are indebted to several correspondents for glad to count amongst our constantreaders. With comments, corrections, and suggestions. The con­ this issue of IRISH TRAVEL the first series of tinuing interest of our readers is greatly appre­ " Curiosities" ends after a run of several years. ciated. and. letters dealing with current travel The book, Irish Curiosities (2/-). published by the interests are welcomed. Contributors are asked to LT.A.. contains a selection of 180 of the most note that articles not exceeding 800-900 words stand interesting of the pictures that have appeared in our the best chance of acceptance. as shortage of space pages. lessens the possibility of using longer matter. CURIOSITIES AROUND :...-_------------. DUBLIN TEMPLE NOW GRAIN STORE. IRELAND .I-------------~ GOATS CALLED UP. A "draft" in Co. Wexford for service (of milk) with Indian troops in Europe. BUACHAILL ROCK, INISHSHARK. Under the sign "Glory to the only wise God, our Saviour," in Sean MacDennott Street, Dublin" THREE MEN UNDER A BOAT. On this, outlines of a sheep's head and curious human Currach "walks" down to the sea. faces can be seen. February, 1945 IRISH TRAVEL 83 ABelfast Painter Rambles in Dublin 4 _4 _4 "'-i By GEORGE CAMPBELL 1--- y wife and I took a Canadian friend with us Stephen's Green. This oasis has, on other visits, on our last visit to Dublin. He had ex~ressed many a time saved my tired limbs, M the desire to see the city under my gUIdance, as I had a fair knowledge of places to see and things BLUISH HAZE OVER LIFFEY to do. We hoped to get some drawing and painting There was a bluish haze over the city, although done, too. Many a time I had spoken to him of the weather was very good. It is just this haze that Moore Street and Horseman's Row and the Coombe I have always wanted to paint, It seems part'cularly and the many opportunities for character sketches, a part of the Liffey river, with its Paris~like bridges so now was the time to turn our stay to good and tree~lined parapets. He had heard of the under~ account. The Customs officials were very famous players even in faraway Toronto, so we went standing and did not measure up to Mark's pre~ to the Abbey Theatre that night and saw some good acting, though we did not think much of the play itself. We were no more original than most visitors­ or should I say escapists?-inasmuch as we headed for whipped cream ices immediately after the play. Next morning found us in Moore Street, armed for painting, The same blue haze was there to give the other~world atmosphere that we wanted. Within an hour or two we had gathered enough material 'in the way of sketches to keep us at work for several months. Mark's ears stood continually at attention, catching every syllable uttered at the nearby stalls. In many cases, the stalls were prams! He still, some weeks later, mutters at intervals: "Tuppence each the herrins or whoitin." To a war~rationed Northerner, the sight of all that beautiful food was breathtaking. IN HORSEMAN'S ROW. Horseman's Row was our next victim. The stall owners, in their funny little hats and white aprons, were just beginning to open shop. Bed clothes and shoes and chairs were scattered on the sidewalk. And still that lovely blue haze over everything. Perhaps the burning of turf has something to do with it. Once again we got in a lot of sketching, then passed on to Henry Street and on to the Capel Street office of the "Capuchin Annual." There Fathers Senan and Gerald showed us their collec~ tion of paintings-Yeats, Henry, McCann, Galbally Dublin Flower Seller. and our own Northern Craig amongst others. conceived ideas in the matter. Drogheda, Balbriggan Perhaps some day, if the Customs disappear, the and Swords passed in qUick succession and finally North will be better represented. the smell of turf greeted us. Whilst on' the subject of painting, I must add that Here was Dublin! The jarveys in Amiens St. Dublin never fails to amaze me with its numerous always tickle my fancy. I think the abrupt change shows. We visited three others after leaVing Capel of accent does the trick. Quite a few of them would Street. One of them, the Living Art Exhibition, look well on canvas. Yes, I will paint them some displayed vigorous paintings well hung. But, again, time. I had preViously found an hotel near the there was the lack of Northern representation. It Nelson Column, at the city centre. After lunch, we is a pity, I thought, that some scheme could not be were all set for a walk, sightseeing. We walked up worked out to help us in the North to get round the Westmoreland Street and Grafton Street into rigmarole of the Customs.

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