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Ireland has Gone More and More Big Principal Contents
to Denmark PAGE Fish in Ireland T sounds like a new alignment of :he How the Celts Came to Ireland. I small nations. But the diplomatIsts By Seamus J!ac Call 98 N last month's IRISH TRAVEL are not as yet involved, so there is Some Spring Salmon Fishing I we referred to several "stun no immediate need for political panic. in Eire. By Laztrie Gaffey 99 ners" among sea fish caught County Kildare-Its Achieve Anyhow, it seems only a fair exchange in the waters around Ballycotton, that Ireland should go to Denmark at ments in Literature and in Art. Co. Cork, and officially registered la t, remembering how, to their profit, By Seamus G. 0 Ceallaigh 101 the Danes came to Ireland in boatloads Glencolumbkille, in the High among the returns of last year's once upon a time; .. belligerent boat lands of Donegal. records. loads" they were, taking in a bit of By Ctaude Wall 103 Britain in their marauding stride as well A Song of Two Ri"ers, No authenticated lists of the past By Thomas Davis 105 the near Ireland where there was land or year's fresh-water angling results Ireland has Always Helped plate to make off with from the natives. to Clothe the "'arid. in Ireland are yet available, but The" good old days," says the modern By Xancie O'Dare 106 some really remarkable catches have critic cynically, meaning the oppOsite, Radio Eireann 109 been reported. A 36 lb. salmon because, of course, we live now in the A Directory of Irish Hotels III .. brave new days," when everyman builds was captured on the Erne in June, a battleship and thirty hostile govern and, in the same month, a "dol Inents all do the right thing at the right laghan" trout of 14t lbs. was taken moment, or the left thing, or any damned thing, sincc there are enough differing on the Ballinderry River. Among political philosophies rampant to justify brown trout, the more remarkable everything. results were: a 9! lbs. item from This Irish .. going to Denmark" is, Loch Conn, a 9 lb. one at Killarney, happily, above the battle, for, of course, it i only on the pictures that a new and an 8 lbs. 10 oz. fish from Loch invasion of Europe is beginning. It is 1938 FEBRUARY 1938 Mask. for the good of all nations that we should look at each other. For want of the SUN M.ON TUES WED THU FRI SAT train and boat fares the majority of One Hundred in a Day. people can see their travel only in the cinema. So the Irish Tourist Associa ~ ~ 1 2 3 .4 5 The famous Corrib fishery at tion, in sending its films' to Denmark, Galway enjoyed an excellent season, is beginning to take Ireland to the world 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 one angler totalling 105 salmon in in the pleasantest way. five weeks. Yet another startling D. L. KELLEHER, 13 14 15 16 11 18 19 in .. Coming Events." individual achievement was by an angler in Waterville, who e rod [ oTE.-The films referred to are some 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 of those made by the LT.A. Film Unit killed 233 trout in a week-of .. Treasure Ireland" and .. The Irish 21 28 "'0.- I"'Ov ~ ~ which one day accounted for one Riviera "-which have been very well """'" received in cinema circles.] hundred fish ! 97 IRISH TRAVEL February, 19:.33
IRISH LEGENDS By SEAMUS MacCALL
How the Celts Catn£~ to Ireland
Hereunder, .lb. Seamus 1I1acCall gives the story of the Celtic invasion of Ireland, which had such far-reaching ejfects on the race and culture of the Island.
N the grass-covered slope of Slieve .Riach, looking out on the majestic portal of the Glen O of Aherlow, there once stood the Tara of the South. Early in the fourth century, B.C., its ruler was Scoriath, an estimable man, but one who owes his immortality in legend only to a young and beautiful daughter, Miria. To the h0u,)~ of Scoriath there came Labhraidh Maen, an exiled king of Leinster. He was young learned from him that her husband had taken service and he was handsome. In addition, he had a tale with a king of Gaul and had risen to very high rank. to tell of tragedy and cruelty and the usurpation of Miria thereupon called in the assistance of the his kingdom by a thoroughly wicked uncle. And Bard who had been Labhraidh Maen's tutor. She composed a long poem in which she reminded Maen so Miria fell 1n love with him. of their plighted love, and with her protestations of This did not please Scoriath or his queen; but undying affec.tion she mingled a recital of the miseries with the help of the exile's tutors-a Druid famed which Maen's own people were suffering. She ended for his wisdom and a Bard famed for his music with a stirring appeal to his manhood, and begged all obstacles were overcome, and the young couple him to return and lead his people in one more effort had their way. to rid themselves of the tyranny which had so long As a marriage gift Scoriath lent his new son-in-law oppressed them. an army with which to win back his kingdom. But The Bard then set her poem to music, and when it was due to the ability of hiS tutors rather than to that was done, he, too, went off across the sea, with the army that Labhraidh Maen triumphed over the instructions from Miria to sing her lay of love usurper. throughout Gaul until he came upon her lover. The triumph, however, was short-lived. And after This mission was soon crowned with success, and a second encounter with his uncle's forces Labhraidh Labhraidh Maen was so moved by Miria's lay of Maen was again driven out. love that he went to the king of Menapia, under This time he did not go to Scoriath. He feared whom he had served during his exile, and asked that that to do so would embroil his wife's people in a his services should be rewarded by the gift of a war with the usurping king of Leinster, and so, with legion of soldiers. his tutors to take care of her, he sent Miria back At the head of these "two and twenty hundreds to her father while he went to seek other fortune of lance-armeri Gauls" Labhraidh Maen landed in overseas. Ireland one dark night, and by a forced march took Several years passed. And then one day a trader his tyrant uncle by surprise.. The royal house, on from Gaul came to Scoriath's court, and Miria a dun beside the Barrow, which is now known locally as Ballyknockan Moat, was surrounded and set on fire, and the usurper and his under-chiefs were burned with it. Maen, reunited with the faithful Miria, then reigned undisturbed for thirty years. His victorious Gauls settled down in the present province of Leinster, wh~ch takes its name from their iron-bladed spears. It is t? t?em that Ireland owes its introduction to the Celtic iron-age culture of the Continent. And it is to Miria, therefore, that Ireland owes it~ first invasion by the Crlts. 98 February, 1938 IRISH TRAVEL
Some Spring Salmon • • Fishing in Eire • •
ON THE RIVERS BOY NE,
SUIR,,NORE AND BARROW
BY LAURIE GAFFEY, Secretary, Irish International Angling Association. ANGLING IN THE BARROW. Historic Clogrenane Castle is in the background.
HE winter of our discontent has passed, and we, a list of rivers that will be open and well stocked when T anglers, now full of hope and enthusiasm, prepare these lines appear in print, I have selected a few where to cross the threshold of a new season. the prospect of sport is most probable, and where the It is raining hard as I write, and the rivers are running period of the season and the conctitions likely to exist bank high; spring fish, fresh from the Arctic, in all will be of interest to visiting anglers. The method of their splendour and radiance, are now sporting in the fishing and the lures used are almost identical in all floods that will enable them to reach the first halt cases, any variation from the standard methods being on their annual excursion to our shores. determined by fluctuations in the volume and tempera I write of free salmon fishing, for we have here in ture of the water. Ireland miles and miles of many rivers where not even a permit to fish is necessary; the main expen~e to anyone with an outfit is the cost of a licence. From The BOYDe. In the Boyne, the Suir, the Nore, and the Barrow the recognised style at the opening of the season is spinning the devon, phantom, and artificial loach; the natural preserved baits used are loach, sand eel, and prawn. In the full stretches of the aforementioned rivers spring salmon run from thirty to thirty-five pounds in weight, so that the tackle to be used must be of the finest quality procurable. The headquarters of the free salmon fishing on the Boyne are at Trim, Co. Meath. The season opens on the 12th of February, but a wet March would be ideal, as the best stretches would then be well stocked with fresh-run fish. When such conditions prevailed two seasons ago over two hundred salmon were caught by local anglers in the neighbourhood of Trim. A three-inch blue and silver phantom or an artificialloach are killers on the Boyne, as well as the natural sand eel and prawn. The latter bait is most suitable in April.
The SOO. Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, and Carrick-on-Suir are the centres from which the Suir can be fished. There are several preserved stretches in these localities, but permission to fish can be obtained from the Secretary The Author and his aide-de-camp go angling. of the Clonmel Anglers' Club on waters that are equally 99 IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938 as good. Natural baits are generally used, and plentiful A CANOE IN IRELAND supplies can be purchased at the local tackle dealers. Writing of his experiences and impressions while on a recent Canoe Holiday in Great Britain, Major R. Raven-Hart, who The Hore. has canoed on the world's famous rivers, gives the following The Nore is practically free fishing from its junction notes on the Irish side of his subject :- with the Barrow at New Ross on to Inistioge, Thomas Ireland is better than England or Scotland for canoeing. town, and Kilkenny. A similar method of fishing to The Erne is delectable from Boyle to Enniskillen, spending days (or weeks) on its lonely, unbelievable lake-labyrinths; that on the Suir is adopted. Kilkenny provides the the Shannon should be done from Killeshandra to Killaloe best accommodation, but Inistioge and Thomastown or Limerick, though on a scale more suited to yachts than provide the best sport in the early spring, when several canoes; and there is a group of waters in the south-Killarney, fish over forty pounds in weight are annually taken. the Cork Blackwater, the Suir (" Shure," not "Sewer," please). and the tidal Barrow and ore-which might have been laid out expressly for collapsibles. The Barrow. All are easy except the Blackwater, where the entire In this short review I have purposely left the Barrow begmner may find some of the rapids a little worrying; this river is, in my opinion, one of the six finest small rivers in to the last, hecause I have a greater knowledge of its Europe. attractions. Had I a week to spare from a busy life A great advantage of Ireland is that you can camp every I would be Spinl1ing a loach or sand eel somewhere where wlthout the camp-site fees extorted in Great Britain. along the towpath on the Barrow not far from Graigue namanagh, when the thrushes are singing in the early days of March; and had I a month to spare I would follow up the river to Borris, Goresbridge, and Bagenals town. For free fishing and easy going the Barrow is NEW RECORD IN 1937 unsurpassed. It is a fair indication of its quality when several local fishermen can leave their usual work and take their chance, in the fishing season, of INCREASED TOURIST TRAFFIC TO EIRE PORTS. earning a better living by fair fishing with rod and li11e. ~omplete stati~tics of passenger-traffic inwards to ports in The fishing lasts until May, when the growth of weeds thlS country dunng 1937 are now available. The figures for the past year reach new record dimensions, exceeding those hampers operations. for 1936 by 41,762. The Grand Canal merges into the river near Bagenals Taken in conjunction with progressive increases over a town and a clean towpath for miles makes the going number of years, these returns show that Ireland has estab pleas~t. A natural loach on an. artificial spinner lished itself as a holiday-venue, and that its popularity is growing will kill oftener than any other baIt, but when the from year to year. water falls to normal level the prawn is a deadly lure. The following are the figures for passenger-traffic to ports In the early part of the seas.on t~e fish travel in short in Eire (Ireland) during the past five years :_ stages in each flood, and the nver IS well stocked before 1933 373,958 the 1st of March. 1934 401,025 1935 434-,120 1936 481,023 Spinning for Salmon. 1937 522,785 Many anglers-whether from a natural shyness or modesty-can never muster sufficient pluck to take up WATERVILLE. SOUTHERN LAKE HOTEL, co, KERRY. salmon fishing, chiefly because of the erroneous ih'aled overlooking the famous Lough Cu, rane. Free and rescncd impression that it is a highly skilful and scientific s:tlmon, sea and brown Irout fhhing 0;1 sc\"eral lakes and 1 h'crs. sport. Fly-fishing for salmon requires an expensive outfit and certain natural abilities to cast a long line TENNIS, GOLF. BATHING. BOATING. GARAGES FREE' ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT. and work a fly; but to learn to spin for salmon is easily Moderate Tariff M, LUCEY. Proprietor. acquired with the foolproof reels that modern science has evolved. I mention this because there are those who say: OUGHTERARD. CO. GALWAY. "I would love to fish for salmon if I knew how and where to catch them at the minimum of CORRIB HOTEL expense." That is why I offer the invitation to come Five minutes' walk from Lough Corrlb. Best Free Salmon FIShing In Ireland: also Trout, Pike. and Perch; Gol1; Garage; MotoJ'S to our rivers. There are good fish going a-begging in tor HIre. ExceUent situation and special terms for winter residents. every river, and lumps of "duffer's luck" in every A.A., R.I.A.C., and I.T.A appointments. pool if you spin slowly and go deep enough and keep Eo A. SWEENEY, Proprietor. a cool head when the hooked salmon skites across the river, leaving a wake like a torpedo's. Enough has been written to show that there are CARNA, CONNEMARA. CO GALWAY. unlinrited opportunities for free spring salmon fishing in Eire. To those who have leisure that could be MONGAN'S HOTEL converted into days of sport I commend the afore First-class Fishing and Sbooting. Thonsands ot acres of Rongh mentioned stretches, and am confident that they Shooting. Mountain, River, Lake, and Ssa. Garage. will provide thrills of excitement amidst pleasant J. W. MONGAN. Proprlptor. surroundings. 100 February, 1938 IRISH TRAVEL
IRISH COUNTIES Their Literary and Art Achievements No. l1.-CO. KILDARE
BY Seam us G. 0 Ceallaigh
Other items previously published in this series are: No. I-Tipperary; No. 2-Cavan; No. 3-0ffaly; Kilkea Castle, once the home of the Geraldines, was built on the verge of the Pale. No.4-Laoighis; No. 5 Mayo; No. 6-West The room can still be seen where Gerald. the U wizard" Earl, practised his black meath; No. 7-Galway; magic, in the sixteenth century, and to which he returns with his bodyguard on a No. 8-Cork; No. 9 certain night every seven years. Sligo; No. IO-Waterford.
ILDARE is one of the flattest counties in Ireland. burned to the ground, and in 1067 it was burned again. It is part of that central plain which is the The great St. Laurence O'Toole, himself a Kildare K midlands, and its contribution to the building man, was baptised there. In 1127 and in 1136 the of Irish civilisation is no small one. cathedral was plundered by Dermot O'Brien, an Irish Although we do not hear much of its scenic beauty, chieftain, and in the wars of 1641 to 1649 it was again Kildare is a beautiful county.. The plain of the pillaged and destroyed by the Cromwellian soldiers. Curragh, and the surrounding wooded country, is, After that it became a Protestant cathedral, and was indeed, a picture worthy of the brush of a great artist. reopened in 1869. The Archbishop of Canterbury But whatever about its beauty, Kildare holds a place preached at the opening. An object of interest in of honour in the story of the Irish Nation, and for that the cathedral i!? the ancient baptismal font, which was reason is worthy of treatment in this chronicle of the found when the ground at the north side of the church achievements of Irish counties. was being levelled by workmen in the year 1890. Another interesting ruin in County Kildare is the How the County got its Name. Grey Abbey or Franciscan Convent, which was founded Kildare got its name from the great St. Brigid (the by William de Vesci in the year 1260. The chapel in Mary of the Gael). She built her first convent there, this convent was dedicated to Our Blessed Lady, and in the shade of the great oak trees of Kildare. Hence later was endowed by the Fitzgeralds. Nine Earls the name Cill-Dara, or the Church of the Oak. Brigid of Kildare are buried in the cemetery at the Grey herself was a County Louth woman. She was born Abbey. at Faughart, near Dundalk. Her mother was of the noble line of O'Connor, but was a slave to the chief Naas of the Kings. Dubhthach, who sold her to a Druid in Louth, because In the olden times the kings of Leinster lived at of the jealousy of his (Dubhthach's) wife. Here Brigid Naas. Naas is now the chief town of Kildare. Kildare was born. Her mother 'was a Christian, and Brigid in these days was in the territory of the O'Byrnes and followed in her footsteps. At an early age she the O'Tooles. The southern half belonged to the journeyed to Kildare, and gathering some of the O'Tooles and the northern half to the O'Byrnes. As most beautiful maidens in Ireland around her, started we have already stated, St. Laurence O'Toole was her first convent. born in Kildare. He was one of the greatest Arch- Brigid was a great church builder. To her Kildare bishops that ever ruled the diocese of Dublin. He owes its finest churches. She built her first church was a great churchman and a great patriot. His at Kildare about the year MO A.n. It was built of leadership in times of national crisis is a great page wood, taken from the great oak trees which surrounded of Irish history. When the Normans invaded Ireland it. In the tenth century, long after her death, this St. Laurence urged his people with all the strength church became a cathedral. In the year 1050 it was that he could to oppose them, and not to allow them IOI (Please see over.) IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938 to conquer the Gaelic race. Even when the Normans And that is briefly the story of Kildare's contribution claimed that they had been sent by the Pope, St. to Irish architecture. Kildare has been responsible Laurence still opposed them. For his leadership, his for giving to Ireland great castles and great churches. sanctity, and his courage he will always be remembered In these churches and castles great men and women as one of the greatest of Irishmen. Kildare may well have laboured for the spiritual and temporal welfare be proud of such a son. of the Irish people. St. Brigid, although not a Kildare woman herself, found a haven of rest amongst the great "Those Geraldines." oaks, and gave to Ireland a great religious tradition. After the coming of the Normans the Gaelic clans The Geraldines fought and bled upon many a battle were expelled from Kildare, and their place and lands field for the freedom of the Nation which they had taken by the Fitzgeralds. The Fitzgeralds are better adopted as their own, and as long as Ireland remains known in history as the Geraldines. In time they Ireland the name of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, "the became more Irish than the Irish themselves, and Great Geraldine," will never fade from the hearts of played a great part in the struggle of the Irish Nation the Jrish people. for National Independence. Lord Edward Fitagerald, leader of the United Irishmen in 1798, was the greatest Kildare in Literature. of the Geraldine race. He is one of the most beloved Turning from Architecture to Literature, we find that of Irish patriots. His sister, Lady Lucy Fitzgerald, Kildare has also contributed its share to the general was the only woman in Ireland to be a member of the collection of Irish literature. First on the list comes Executive of the United Irish Society. Rev. Peter Walsh, a Franciscan Friar. Father Walsh The Fitzgeralds built castles and fortifications all was born at Moorstown in 1618. He was educated over Kildare. Kilkea Castle is the most famous of at Louvain University, and returned to Ireland in these. Jigginstown House also belonged to t~e 1646. Upon his return he joined forces with the Earl Geraldines. It was here that the Confederate Cathohcs of Ormond against the Papal Nuncio, Rinucinni, and held a conference with tbe Earl of Ormond in 1641, Owe~ Ro~ O'Neill. He wrote many pamphlets in and it was also here that Rinucinni, the Papal Nuncio, Gaehc agaI~st the
In the Highlands of Donegal
The mouth of the Glen River, Glencolumbkille.
A strange little valley takes its name from him whom the writer believes U the greatest Irishman." By CLAUDE W. WALL
HERE are many places in the country bearing Driving out Demons. the name of the greatest" of Irishmen, but few T would repay a visit as generously as the strange Saint Colmcille retreated to this lonely place on several occasions in the intervals of his 'busy work little valley which faces the Atlantic so boldly in the ~oun?ations extreme south-western corner of Tirconaill. making in other pa;ts of the country. One of hIS bIOgraphers, Manus 0 Donnell, a kinsman I have never come across a glen just like it an)'\\'here Colmcill~ else in Ireland, and I do not expect I ever will. Roughly, who lived in the fifteenth centurv, states that it is shaped like a saucer with one end knocked off. was told in a dream to drive out a party of demons The contour of the hiUs surrounding it on three sides is as irregular as it could be, culminating at the mouth of the glen in a gigantic cliff on each side-Glen Head and Malinmore-scarcely two miles apart. The irregularity is maintained in these cliffs, for one is almost twice as high as the other. It is one of the wildest and most remote parts of Ireland, and has a peculiar beauty all its own. Enveloped in fog and mist for six months of the year, it is noted as the centre of terrific storms. Picture an exposed glen facing the Atlantic at the very tip of the iron-bound coast of Donegal! When a west wind is blowing across the ocean for thousands of miles, adding power and strength to the great rollers, they are suddenly and violently arrested by the great sentinels, Glen Head and Malinmore. Recoiling in fury, they boil up the narrow channel and hurl them selves on the little beach and frequently beyond it. But summer comes early in the north-west, and I know of no more delightful place for an unconventional open-air holiday than the vicinity of Glencolumbkille. One Man's Pass on Slieve League. 103 (Please see over.) IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938
who dwelt in Sean Glan, as it was then called. These Bay. Turning to the west, the Bay of Malinbeg is demons were refugees who had escaped from Saint succeeded by the precipices of Malinmore. dropping Patrick at Croagh Patrick. With the austere victor a sheer 400 feet to the sea; Glencolumbkille follows, of Cuildreimhne on their track, things certainly looked and then a waving cliff-bound coastline, which baffles bad for the wanderers. When ColmciJIe arrived a description, stretches for miles around Slieve-a-Tooey, dark mist enveloped the glen, out of which came the almost up to Ardara. Across the next bay at Port howls of the demons. Unfortunately for Cearc, one there is an even higher precipice than Glen Head, of the Saint's companions, a heavy club also came while at Slieve-a-Tooey there is a perpendicular plunge hurtling from the mist and ended that young man's of over 1,200 feet into the sea! Indeed, one begins life. A fierce combat then ensued as Colmcille threw to lose a sense of proportion, but there are miles of back the club and avenged his companion. The Saint unending delight. Everything is big and grand: the did terrific execution with a miraculous blue stone rocks, the sea, the cliffs, and the thunder of the surf ; and the inevitable bell. Eventually he commanded t~e air is. strong, and the pulse beats rapidly. The the fiends to betake themselves to the sea, but Lucifer hills of Sheve-a-Tooey are among the wildest in Ireland, had apparently other ideas, for there was a terrific and were the nesting-place of the last of our Golden crash as the rocks yawned wide and the remnants of Eagles, which was accidentally trapped some years ago. the fiendish army vanished into the chasm. Doubtless, Exigencies of space prevent me from dealing with this picturesque story commended itself to the clans all the places of interest in the glen, but the souterrain men of Kine! Conaill. The club is now a holly tree, under the grounds of the Protestant Church should and the chasm will be shown to the curious. The bell ~m no a~count be n:issed. Formerly one of the most is still believed to be guarded somewhere in the glen. maccessIble places m the country, the little valley of Glencolum.bkille is now linked up with KilIybegs rail Place of Pilgrimage. way termmus by an omnibus service, while a hotel A number of "stations" commence in the main has be~n recently constructed. There are also hotels street of the little village with a very old holed stone, at Malinmore (three miles) and Carrick (six miles), both on which a rude cross is carved, and lead to the upper good c~ntres for Slieve League, where the One Man's slopes of Glen Head. One of these ~:m. the hillside Path will tempt the climher. In fine weather Rathlin consists of a small group of drystone bmldrngs of great O'Beirne Island may be visited from Malinmore while antiquity, where the Saint's "Bed," a . large uneven this district is literally teeming with prehistoric r~mains. flagstone, can be seen. Not far from this sacred place stands the Saint's "Chair," a naturally shaped block Sunset. of stone. Further up the hillside we come to the Holy Well, surrounded by an immense cairn of stones. One A final word about the sunsets from Glencolumbkille : must pass through a regular avenue, flanked by huge these alone would repay a visit. When the clouds walls of loose stones, to reach the well. The cairn has are low on ~he horizon a veritable Tir-na-nOg rises over no archreological significance, but ~as actu,~lly ~ee~ the waves rn the far west, which changes its palaces erected by pilgrims. Each person dorng the statIOn and turrets as often as the colours change in the glen, must bring a stone to the well, and th~ colossal structure before the cold greyness of night sets in. The deep is nothing less than a vast accumulatIon of thesp stones stillness is broken only by the heavy pounding of the through centuries of devotion. rollers on the strand and the occasional cry of a sea bird. One, indeed, feels that here he is on the fringe Monstrous Cliffs and Ohasms. of an old world, ever so far away from the bustle and A rude track continues to the top of Glen Head. noise of modern life. The hill slopes downwards towards the cliffs, which plunge abruptly into the sea from a height of 745 feet. An old signal tower, constructed during the Napoleonic wars, and from which Bompart's invading squadron, with Wolfe Tone on board, was sighted in 1798, stands close to the edge of the abyss. Immediately north, a path leads out on to a wild rocky promontory, known as The Sturrall. A steady head is essential here, for the most appalling chasms are to be seen on all sides. The Sturrall is an ideal point of vantage to view the great precipice of Glen Head, for it is facing it-one could almost throw the metaphorical stone across from one to the other. Colmcille must often have sighed for this iron-bound coast when standing on the little rocks which overhang the sea at Iona. Tradition in the glen- tells us that he used to ascend to the brink of the cliffs alone when fierce storms were battering in vain on the mighty promontory. The south-west corner of Tirconaill provides one of the most tremendous coastlines I have ever seen. Starting with Muckross Head, Slieve League stretches for miles to the corner of Donegal Teelin. beside Glencolumbkille. 104 ------~- ~ - -
February, 1938 IRISH TRAVEL A Song of Irela1td In this haunting song of two well-known Irish rivers, the Munster and the Ulster Black waters, Thomas Davis compares "the glory of Ulster" with "the beauty of Munster," quoting many historical allusions to add colour to his reflections. Throughout the verses " this" refers to the Munster river and "that" to the Ulster river. THE RIVERS. I. V. There's a far-famed Blackwater that runs But far kinder the woodlands of rich Conva to Loch N eagh ; more, There's a fairer Blackwater that runs to the And more gorgeous the turrets of saintly sea- Lismore; The glory of Ulster, There the stream, like a maiden The beauty of Munster, With love overladen, These twin rivers be. Pants wild on each shore.
II. VI. The rocks rise like statues, tall, stately, andfair, From the banks of THAT river Benbtl,rb's towers And the trees, and the flowers, and the arise; • mountains, and air, THrs stream shines as bright as a tear from With Wonder's soul near you sweet eyes. To share with and cheer you This fond as a young bride, Make Paradise there. That with foeman's blood dyed Both dearlY we prize. VII. I would rove by that stream, ere my flag I Ill. unrolled; Deep sunk in this bed is the sword of Munroe, I would fly to these banks my bethrothed to Since, 'twixt it and Oonagh, he met Owen Roe, enfold- And Charlemont's cannon . The pride of our sire-land, Slew many a man on The Eden of Ireland, These meadows below. M ore precious than gold. ). IV. VIII. The shrines of Armagh gleam far over yon lea, M ay their borders be free from oppression and Nor afar is Dungannon, that nursed liberty, blight; And yonder Red Hugh M ay their daughters and sons everfondly unite Marshal Bagenal 0'erthrew The glory of Ulster, On Ballanabwee.* The beauty of Mt,nster, Our strength and delight. THOMAS DAVIS.
* ., Beal an Atba Buidhe "-the mouth of the Yellow Ford.
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1°5 IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938 Ireland has Always Helped to Clothe the World By NANCIE O'DARE
THE CONNEMARA SPINNER.
LITTLE half-door set open frOm the dawn of history, in and for instance, Irish " frisages" were in a whitewashed cottage on out of the vicissitudes of human so popular in England that they A a hill in Connemara. Out progress and retrogression, to help were specially exempted from the side the door a spinning-wheel. It fabricate in the twentieth century English prohibition on foreign tex was what we had searched for for one of man's most primitive needs tiles. In Italy one of the most many days, for the spinning-woman a covering. Except for the inven popular cloths during the fourteenth is not so easy to find as she used tion of the spinning-wheel, about century was a certain Irish serge to be. However, in remote parts 1533, and the power-loom in the which they called" sain d'Irlando." of Galway, Kerry, Donegal, and beginning of the 19th century, spin In the thirteenth and fourteenth Mayo cloths are still carded by hand, ning and weaving are similar to-day centuries Ireland supplied practically spun by hand, and woven by hand to what they were in the beginning the whole of the huge woollen manu often in the homes of the peasants. of history. facture of Holland. During the Irish textiles, especially, have sixteenth and seventeenth centuries The Slender Thread. been famous from early times. Irish cloths were exported in large As we looked at this spinner's For Ireland has always helped to quantities to Paris, Tew York, rosy face, and, beyond, to the large clothe the world! Not only had Vienna, and Melbourne. wooden wheel, we remembered that Ireland a large export trade in And so, down through the years, spinning has been a feminine occu woollen and linen goods in medireval cloths born often in a cloud ofpeat pation before the time of Solomon days, but many of the cloths made smoke in the homes of want, have and Homer. Indeed, the spinning in the homes of the people were, graced many a royal court and been woman in her humble home to-day even then, valued all over the world unrivalled in the salons of manv of holds, as it were, a thread that has as umque. the world's most famous fashion wound up through the centuries During the reign of Edward I., experts. To-day Irish homespun 106 F~b,uary, 1938 JRlSH TRAVEL
is unequalled for the beauty of its A little later the spinner fetched in the distant ages was the invention colouring and its softness. The some of her own home-made cloths. of the Jacquard loom early in the wooden wheel still satisfies the There were thick scarlet blankets, nineteenth century. Apart from tastes of the most fastidious. cream blankets, and several pieces it the perfected looms in use to-day of soft-toned tweed that smelled of are, in principle, very similar to Spinning. turf smoke and bog water. They those used in earliest times. Up on the hillside with quickening were soft and beautiful, warmly Attempts are constantly being interest we watched the spinner turn coloured. made to imitate by machinery the her wheel. To the onlooker spinning "We spin the yarn here," she effects of genuine homespun, but looks delightfully simple. A wooden explained; "the weaver does the machinery can hardly hope to turn wheel with two bands passing round rest in return for some of the cloth." out a cloth the whole charm of the spindle, one of them turning a This idea of contracting in kind which lies in its individual unique bobbin, the other twisting a thread, with the local weaver seems to be a ness and freedom from the stereo the foot-treadle turning a wheel. common practice. typed. What could be easier? But to spin Successful weaving, of course, a good thread needs long practice. Dyes. means far more than the correct The thread of the inexpert is unequal. technique of intermingling strands A good hand, the spinner told us, The cottage spinner is a skilful of thread. Quite as important as makes a twist almost as even as a dyer. Her colours, however, do the more mechanical side is the machine-spun one, but slightly more not come out of a bottle bought at necessity for proper colour blending porous. the village chemist's shop! She and design. A successful Kerry woollen brightens things up with all sorts Weaving gives the accomplished manufacturer tells me that it is the of vegetables and mosses. Earth worker plenty of scope for the hand-spinning of the yarn which is sometimes used, and soot! Mussel exercise of his artistic sense. A gives the distinctive note to Irish shells yield a pleasant green. good colour-sense, allied to an eye homespun. Is is also usually of In Donegal peat-soot dye is used for line and balance, are essential single width and is heavy in weight. to .give a dull yellow. In Kerry in the building up of designs of Here is a definition given by the spurge, hemlock, and fuchsia are good taste. Originality must be Irish Homespun Society:- popular dyes. A grey mossy weed restrained and not bizarre ! " Homespun 1:S hand-woven tweed which grows on the rocks and trees made from u'ool which has been spun Most Irish woollen workers make is the basis of many brown dyes. their own designs; seldom is a into yarn chiefly in the peasants' Turf soot gives a nice cheery yellow. cottages. To-day rnany frish tweeds repeat carried out except to order. Blackberry roots give blacks and or does one need to go to the are wrongly called homespun when browns, and iris roots dark blue. they are only hand-woven. The whole north or west to find striking and beauty of homespun tweed lies in And so we left her, the spinning lovely woven goods on the looms. the hand-spinning. It is this that woman, up on her hillside. The In a small county Waterford town gives .that rough-sttrfaced, uneven look, sun cast the shadow of her wooden we found one man with a room showmg the hand of the craftsman that wheel across the vivid white walls full of softly-coloured scarves mills the world over try to copy. There of her thatched cottage as we went and table-runners that would have is beauty of colour, too. The wool on our way to see a weaver in the been of interest in Bond Street ! is dyed with some flower or root valley. Nor do facts of interest to heather or the lichens off the rocks the lover of hand-woven cloths and the colours they give are the Hand-weaving. confine themselves to the western browns and galds of the mou,ntain Of course, the greatest advance coast. In one County Wicklow and bog." weaving has made since its origin weavers' establishment we found working one of the primitive water mills that used to be a feature of every Irish countryside, and amongst their machinery we discovered one of the last of the old "piecers" The left in the country ! Although the different homespun Weaver districts to-day seem to make very similar cloths, there are one or two at characteristics which, more or less, seem peculiar to various districts. his Thus we have the famous Donegal tweeds, which contain a great deal hand-loom. of white yarn with vari-coloured flake, and white "Galway flannel" (btiinfn), which, when teased and dyed, is seen in the picturesque scarlet skirts and hooded cloaks of the county.
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IRISH eau NTI ES-(Continuedfrom page 102.) the first French expedition which came to Ireland Kildare man was George Barrington (his own name The last expedition was too small. It was attacked was Waldron). He wrote several works of merit on and defeated by the British Fleet in Lough Swilly, and different subjects. Barrington began his public career Tone was taken in irons to Dublin. He was tried as a pickpocket in England. He was arrested and by court martial, and sentenced to be hanged. Before transported to Australia, where he lived a respectable the hanging could be carried out he died in prison life after he was released. He wrote a prologue for from a wound in the throat. a play in Melbourne dealing with convict life, in which And now we come to Tone as a writer. He wrote the immortal lines occur : only one book. It was a diary, and was written for his own amusement and for that of his wife and family. " True patriots we, for be it understood When writing it Tone never intended it for the public We left our country for our country's good." gaze. Nevertheless, the Diary of Wolfe Tone is one of the greatest books of the Irish Nation. In it Historians. Ireland's great son reveals his own character and the Kildare has given us two historians in Sir John character of the movement which he founded and led. Temple, author of "Historv of the Irish Rebellion of Tone is buried in the little churchyard of Bodens 1641," and Sir William F. P:Napier, author of " History town, about a mile and a half from the village of Sallins. 11 of the Peninsular Wars." John Sheehan, the famous Here every year three or four big pilgrimages gather journalist, also came from Kildare. He began his to honour him. Pearse has described Bodenstown career on a small Dublin paper called the "Dublin as the holiest ground in Ireland. The tourist should Comet." Later he went to London, where he made not fail to visit Bodenstown, for there lies the dust his name as a humorous writer under the pen-names of the man who has shaped the destinies of the Irish of "The Irish Whiskey Drinker" and "The Knight Nation for the last two hundred years. of Innishowen. Thackeray, the English novelist, used 1I Sheehan as a model for "Captain Shandon" in his Kildare Poets. novel, " Pendennis." Kildare has also given us a number of poets. We Other famous Kildare men were-John WouIfe, the shall only just have space to mention them. First engraver; Thomas Colley Grattan, the novelist; in importance is Rev. Charles Woulfe, author of that Thomas Keightley, historical writer and Folklorist, il well-known poem, "The Burial of Sir John Moore." and Richard Griffith, the dramatist. He wrote other poems which were published in volume As far as possible I have given a complete survey towards the end of the last century, but" The Burial of Kildare's contribution to the building of Irish culture; of Sir John Moore " is hy far ~is best. The!, we have and I advise those who desire further knowledge to Marcus Rainford, poet and mIscellaneous wnter; Mrs. read the history of Kildare, ~md to visit the county Linda J ane Fisher, author of a volume of minor verse; itself, where they will draw inspiration from their Therese C. Boylan, who wrote m?ch :eligious v~rse communion with the great men and women who in and some stirring national poems ill Insh and Insh ages gone by gave of their best so as to build up the American newspapers and magazines. Another famous achievements of the county which gave them birth.
IRISH HOSPITALITY. A LAND OF MOODS. Irish hospitality must be the finest in the world. " Ireland is a land of moods, a land which sympa It's not only that you can have your bed and food; thises with any traveller, be he honeymooning or it's the manner they have of making . yo~ feel grieving over a lost love, writing a book or reading like the lord of the earth. How they do It WIthout of the heroic past, dreaming or searching his conscience. losing an iota of dignity or appearing syco~hantic is beyond me. Even the tramp on the road IS no less One can spend the days in fishing, golfing, or just gracious or conscious that he is, to a certain extent, looking; the nights in singing, dancing, or just talking. host to a traveller. And with all there is a sympathetic accompaniment of music-of the angry sea pounding upon the rocks [Mr. B. Kaplan-a U.S. Teacher who ~oure~ Ireland on foot, during Smmner, 1937-m htS and of the streams and rivers rushing, rushing." "Echoes from Ireland," published by the "State [Tom Damman, in a recent issue of the Chicago College Echo."] "M otor News. "]
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LREADY the Schools Broadcasts those who relish poetic drama should be "St. Malachy's have become an integral part of First Miracle"-Act 1. of a verse play by Blanaid A the Radio Eireann programmes. Salkeld (6th). The schedule of broadcasts to schools for As remarked last month, a great improvement is the period January to June, 1938, is now noticeable in the Talks from Radio Eireann. The to hand' and this booklet reveals the two series entitled, respectively, "How I.. ." and compreh~nsivenature of the undertaking. "Dual Personalities" are being continued this There are features on Music, History, month. Speakers in the" Dual Personalities" feature include Alfred O'Rahilly (2nd) and Patrick Kavanagh Nature.'Study Gaelic Literature,.ACitizen- HKarry erno.ff ShlP, and a number of ?ther,sub]ects. n who will dis- (9th) . adequate amount of hme lS devote~ to cuss Art w.ith A feature recently introduced with the title "I Liked music in its various forms, and the ldea Sean Keatmg this Book" promises to be a success. Among contri of dramatising events in Irish history on 17th. butors to this series during the month will be :-Dorothy is altogether admirable. No bet~er . MacArdle (4th); Professor John Howley (11th); method of teaching history could be unagmed. Madame Gonne MacBride (18th), and Lennox Robinson A series of illustrated talks on Geography will be (25th). given under the title "A Journey Through Ot~er Several interesting discussions are to be broadcast Countries." The approach and scope of the senes during the month. In addition to the discussion on seem excellent, and it should be a pleasure to learn music already referred to, there will be a discussion one's geography in this way. on Ireland's Population (23rd), in which Miss Stafford, Dr. R. C. Geary, and Mr. George O'Brien will take part. Mr. J oseph Brennan will act as chairman. Music. The discussion on Art between Sean Keating and The principal item for music-Io~ers during the month Harry Kernoff (17th) should attract many listeners. will be the Radio Eireann Puhhc Symphony Concert A number of discussions in Irish are also featured in (20th). The Conductor will be Ea~ Tai Abn, and the the programmes. soloists will be Maurice Cole (Plano) and Hubert Valentine (Tenor). An item to be given on February 14th will attract Miscellaneous. many listeners. It is entitled "New Irish Music," During February there are a number of special items and the programme will be made up of .works published which seem attractive. Mention must be made of by An Gum. There are numerous n;uslcal programmes the "Modern Irish Poets" series, a well-planned of a lighter nature, among them bemg: Mary Bourke feature. James Joyce's poetry will be the subject Collins, with the Irish Radio Orchestra (4th); the of a broadcast on February 2nd; the speakers include Radio Orchestra and Hilda Shea, pianist (10th); the Professor J. J. Hogan, Mr. C. P. Curran, and Mr. Radio Orchestra, with Monica Eakins, contralto (15th) ; Herbert Gorman. The singer is Michael O'Higgins. Ballad Memories, with the Orchestra (19th). A similar programme devoted to the work of " £ " All interested in the future of music here will tune in will be given by Mary Davenport O'Neill, Lennox to a discussion scheduled for February 3rd. Its Robinson, and H. F. Jorman (16th). provocative title is, "Does Dublin Care a Hang for Other interesting items are ,-" Thus Be&an Music?" and four speakers will take part, with a Athlone," a programme commemorating the openmg. chairman. of the Athlone High Power Station (6th); Com mentary by T. L. M. Fuge on Ireland v. England Drama and Talks. Rugby International (12th); Variety compered by Eric Henry (12th), and In the way of radio-drama the programme for the Ballad Memories by the Irish Radio month is rather unexciting. evertheless, it is Orchestra (l9th). Eric Boden's popular encouraging to note that a number of the shorter " Radio Diary" will be given on 12th plays to be produced have evidently been written with and 26th. the radio in view as a medium. The radio may at Incidentally, everyone who relishes real last emancipate itself from dependence on the theatre. ractio humour should tune in on February Dramatic items to note are :-A Ghost Play, by 17th to Mat Mulcaghey (The Oul' Besom Sean Keating, George Brady (8th); "Legend," a play by Stephen Man from Tyrone). This whimsical who will discuss Grace (20th); and" Murder at the New Road," by Northerner is one of the personalities of Art with Harry Thomas Carnduff (24th). An interesting item for Radio. Kernoff on 17th IOg IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS to the number of Hotels and Restaurants in Eire that have installed All-Electric Kitchens:- Capitol Restaurant, Dublin. Eimear Restaurant. Clanbrassit Street. International Hotel, Greystones. Co. Dundalk. Inchydoney Hotel. Clonakilty. Wicklow. The Corkbeg Hydro. Cobh. Co. Cork. Milk Bars. Ltd.. Patrick Street. Cork. The Cahir House Hotel. Cahir.
Additions to their electrical equipment have been made by:- Victoria Hotel, Cork. Shanganagh Castle Hotel, ShankiIl, Co. Lydon's Cafe, Galway. Dublin. Swiss Chalet Cafe, Merrion Row, Dublin. Westenra Arms Hotel, Monaghan. Imperial Hotel, Dundalk. Royal Hotel. Roscommon. The Square Restaurant, Dundalk. Warwick Hotel, Salthill, Galway. Egan's Restaurant and Cafe, Portlaoighise. Imperial Hotel. Castlebar. Breen's Bridge Hotel, Waterford. Moylett's Restaurant, BaIlina. McConnon's Gaelic Hotel, Blackrock. Central Hotel. Roscrea. Dundalk. Oriel Hotel, Monaghan. Eglinton Hotel, SalthiIl, Galway. Elite Cafe, O'ConnelI Street, Dublin. Colburn Cafe, Marlboro' Street, Dublin. Glynn's Commercial Hotel. Gort. The Country Tea Shop. Waterford. Muckross Hotel. KiIlarney. O'Donovan's Commercial Hotel. Clona- Hayes' Hotel. Thurles. kitty, Co. Cork. Munster Hotel, Cork. Grand Hotel, Sligo. Kinvara Hotel. Bray.
The All-Electric Kitchen is peculiarly suitable in hotels and restaurants. Electrical equipment is designed to meet, with the graatest economy of fuel, the fluctuating demand that is insepar able from catering for the public. Exact temperature control ensures uniform cooking results. The cleanliness and convenience of electrical equipment reduce work and expenses. Actual fuel costs are very Iow and incidental economies are appreciable. The standard of cooking is very high, since electric cooking preserves food values and enhances the flavour and appearance of cooked food.
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LIABILITIES. ASSETS. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital :- Cash on hands and with other Bankers £1,571,391 15 10 375,000 Shares of £5 each, £2 paid 750,000 0 0 Money at Call 1,000,000 0 0 Reserve Fund ...... 1,000,000 0 0 2,571,391 15 10 Notes in Circulation:- Investments :- Consolidated Bank Notes outstanding £900,000 0 0 British and irish Government Stocks Less held by Bank 75,698 0 0 (Including securities lodged with the 824,302 0 0 Currency Commission as security Deposit, Current and other Accounts 24,157,130 12 9 for Consolidated Bank Notea out· Profit and Loss:- standing per contra) ... £12,353,236 6 3 Balance from 30th .Tune, 1937 ... £43,655 4 8 Net Profit for half·year ended 31st Corporation Stocks, Rallway Deben· December, 1937 70,683 18 10 ture and Preference Stocks, and Debenture Bonds 275,193 19 1 £114,339 3 6 12,628,430 5 4 Less Amount transferred to Contlngen· cies Account, Premises Account £15,199,822 1 2 and Staff Pension Fund 25,000 0 0 89,339 3 6 Bills Discounted ...... '" 922,945 12 1 Advances on Secmitlcs and Current Accounts ... 10,312,427 8 0 Bank Premises, Head Office and Branches 385,576 15 0 £26,820,771 16 3 £26,820,771 16 3 .TAMES C. DOWDALL 1 ~:~~y D:B:~~:~ I Directors.
C. W. WALSH, General JJ.lanaoer. A. E. HOSFORD, Secretar1/.
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE AND REPORT. We have audited the above Balance heet, examined the books of the Company and obtained all the information and explanations we have required. We have verified the Cash Balances with London and other Bankers, the Investmeuts of the Bank, and the Securities held against Money at Call. We have to report that In our opinion such Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's affairs, according to the best of our information and the explanations given to us, and as shown by the books of the Company. PURTILL & COMPANY 8th Januarv, 1938. AUditors. • Bills, Annuities, Coupons, and Dividends are collected In all parts of Ireland, the United Kingdom and abroad; and every kind of Banking business is transacted on the usual terms at the Head Office and Branches. The Purchase and Sale of Stocks and hares are effected. Strong Rooms are provided for the custody of deeds and other property deposited by Customers of the Bank. THRIFT DEPOSITS. Sums of Is. and upwards received on Thrift Deposit Accounts and Interest allowed at current deposit rates. Home Safes are issucd at all Bral ,he •. INCOME TAX. There are Special Departments at Cork and Dublin for dealing with Claims for the Recovery of Income Tax on behalf of Customers of the Bank. EXECUTORSHIPS AND TRUSTEESHIPS. 'fh. ank, having the necessary powers, is prepared to undertake the offices of Executor and Trustee. PartIculars of terms may be obtained from the Head Office and Branches. NOTES AND NEWS LT.A. Publications Old Lamps Collected 1938 Publications. The total issue of this year's publications will reach Ireland is now definitely on the tourist map, and almost 1,000,000 copies, and these will be distributed interest in this country as a holiday venue is increasing to transport and shipping concerns, travel agencies, year by year. The growing demand by prospective clubs, libraries, and cultural associations all over the visitors for information about Ireland is reflected in the world. LT.A. Schedule of Publications for 1938. The schedule is more comprehensive than any undertaken to date. They Lit Up History. Many of the well-known general publications including the "Irish Tourist Directory," "Irish The collection of Irish glass at the National Museum Events," "Guide to Ireland," and the "Ireland" has been enriched by the addition of a remarkable Folder-will be issued in increased numbers. The cut-glass hanging lamp from a well-known Dublin " Ireland" Folder is being produced in English, collector, and of seven similar lamps from a Cork French, and German. Posters will also be issued silversmith. in these languages, with a view to stimulating This series exhibits several types, some plain and Continental interest. globular, some globular and cut, and others bucket In addition, there will be Guides, Guide Folders, shaped, chiefly cut. They have been hung in the County Folders and Resort Folders, covering every Ceramic Collection, and constitute an imposing exhibit, type of Irish holiday. Among the 1938 publications which evidence the extraordinary versatility and ability will be a special Gaeltacht Folder, and Folders dealing of the Irish glass manufacturing industry, as it existed with a number of resorts which were not previously in Cork, Waterford, and Dublin, from the end of the included in publication schedules. 18th century to the first quarter of the 19th. II4 - ~ ------
February, 1938 IRISH TRAVEL
O'XEILL' '; B. 2-1; Day 0/-' Week SOlo. RANDLE'S (Private); B. 15; Day 7/6; Week GLENTWORTH, Gleotworth St.; B. 40; Day lWYAL, Eyre Square; 13.50; Day 15/-; Week 50/-. 14/6; Week 00/-. 8-1/-. 0' ULLIVAN'S; B. 13; Day fr. 7/6; Week HANRATTY'S. Glentworth St.; B. 20; Day WESTERN, Prospect Hill; B. 16; Day 8/-; fr. 50 /~. 1O/~ to 11/6: Week 70/-. Week 42/- to 55/-. KILBEGGAN (Westmeath). IMPERIAl,; B. 12; Day 10/6: "-eek 63/-. VOLUNTEER (Buckley'B); B. 12; Day 10/ ~fcCARTHY'I:', Cecil St.; B. 10; Dr.y 9/-; -GARRETSTOWN STRAND (Cork). Week 42/-. Week 63/-. O'NElLL'S; B. 2·1; Day 12/6; Week 63/-. KILDARE (Kildare). NATIONAL, O'ConneIl St.; B. 12; Day 10/6; -GLANDORE (Cork). RAILWAY; B. 16; Day 12/6. Week 63/-. KILFINXAN CASTLE; B. 12; Week 73/6 KILDYSART (Clare). RAILWAY, rarnell St.; B. 25; Day 12/ to 105/-. B. Week 70/-. MARINE; n. 10; Day 0/-; Week 50/-. McAIAHON'S; 8; Day 8/6; Week SOlo. KlLGARVAN (Kerry). FITZPATRICK'S (Private). 'l'RAVEI1'S; B. 0; Day 12 '6; Week G3/- to LIMERICK JUNCTION (Tipperary). 70/-. CLONTOOHUUSE; Day 10/-; Wk.45/-toSO/-. KlLKEE (Clare). RYAN\ ; B. 1G. -GLENEALY (Wicklow). BURCHETT'S, \Vestcllft'; R. 10; Oo.y 10/6 to LlSDOONVARNA (Clare). JOLLEY'S; n. 16; Week fr. 63/-. 12/6' Week 63/- to iO/-. IMPERIAL: 13. 60; Day 16/6; Week 94/6. -GLEN 0' THE DOWNS (Wicklow). ROYAt MARINE; 13. 60; Day 10/- to 15/-; LYNCH'S: B. 37; Day 1O/~: Week 63/-to 70,-. GI,EN VIEW; B. 10; Day fr. 12/-; Week Week 63/- to 00/-. SPA: B. -10; Day 14/-; Week 84/-. fr. 72/6. PURTILL'S; n. 12; Day 8/6 to 10/-; Week LlSTOWEL (Kerry). :-;ILVl;;R :-;PRIXG:S; B. 11; l:"l' 20/-; "'eck 45/~ to 60/-. LISTOWEL ARM l' n. 20: Do.y 12/6 to 15/-; -1, ~. STELT,,\ MARIS; B. 20; Day 11/-; Week Week 84/- to 90 ~. -GLENBEIGH (Kerry). fr. 70/-. CENTRAL (Galvin's); B. 8; Day 9/6; Week EVANS'; R. 18; Day 10/6; Week 63/-. 'WEST END; B. 30; Day 10/- to 12/-; Week 42/-. TUE IIOTEL (Fitz!!erald's): n. 24; Day fr. 42/- to BC /-. LOUISBURGH ~Maye). 11/6: Week fr. 73/6. KILKENNY (Kilkenny). MCDHltMOTT'S; B. 13; Day 8/6; Week RO:;::> YIEW; ll. 20; Day 9/~; Wrek;;;; '~. l\1ETROPOLE: n. H;: Ber! "nu Ureakla,t 6/6. 50 /~ to 63 i-. -GLENCAR (Kerry). CLUB HOUSE HOTEL; 13. 20; Bed and OLl) READ; B. 12; Day 16!6; Week 105/-. GLFoNCAlt: 13. 16; Day 10/0; Week iO ;'. Breakfast 7/-. LOUGHREA (Galway). J,1CKEEN ITOUSE; B, 7; Day 10/1); Wk 70/-. KILLALOE (Clare).• CENTRAL: B. 11: Week 35/- to 42 '-. -GLENDALOUGH (Wicklow), LAKESIDE; 11.8; Day 12/- to 15/-; Week COM~IERCIAI.; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. ROYAl,: n. 25; Week G3/-. iO/- to 84 ~. LUCAN (Dublin). GLENGARRIFF (Cork). KILLARNEY (Kerry). NATIONAL SPA AND HYDRO; .8.64: Day CASEY'S; B. 15; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. fr. 15/-; Week fr. 105/-. ALEXANDR.\; B. 10; Day 10/-: Week 42/-. MAAM CROSS (Galway). ECCLES': B. GO: Day 20/-; Week fr. 105/-. ARBUTl:R, C"llege St.; U. id; Day 12/6; GOT,I:' LINKS: B. 20: Wrek BC/~. Week 75/-. PEACOCK'S; n. 11: Day 12/·' Week 84/ )lOC'T.UX HE'" R01.:8E; B. 6; Day i,'- COUNTR" CL'CB HOTEL; B. 10; Day TULLA ROY HOCSE; R. 7; Week 63/-. to ~ ~: "'eek -12 ~ to ;;0 ~. 21/-: Week 105/- to Hi /-. MACROOM (Cork). PERRIN (Private Hotel); B. 10; Day 9/ DUNLOE. College Square; B. 15; Da)' 101-: VICTORIA; B. 10. Week 50/-. Week 63:-. MALlN HEAD (Donegal). POUI,GORM (Harvey'B); n. 18; Day 10/-; (U,EBF.; B. 50: Do.y 15/~; Week 114'-. CROS ROAD; B. 13; Da.v It ,-; Week 63/·. Week 60/-. GREAT SOUTHBRN; B. 79; Day fr. 21/-; MALLARANNY (Mayo). 11 ()CHE'S : B. 45: Day fr. 15/-. Week 129/6. GREAT OUTHERN; n. H; Da)' fr. 20/-; -GLENMALURE (Rathdrum), Co. Wicklow. IMPERIAL, College Square; B. 12; Day 12/-; Week 126/-. . GLEN~1ALlIRE: B. 12; Day 11'/6; Week 63/ Week 70/-. MORAN'S: n. 14; Day 0 - to 10/-; Week 60/-. GLENTIES (Donegal). INTERNATIOKAL, Kenmare rlace; B. 43; MALlNMORE (Gleneolumbkille, Donegal). O'DONNELT:S; B. 1-1; Day 12/6; Week 75/-. Day 15/-; Week 00/-. GI,ENBAY; n. 12; Day 12,-; Week fr. 63/~. GLIN (Limerick). MALLOW (Cork). g/~. KENMARE ARMS College St.; n. 12; Day CON\\'AY'S; ll. 10; Day O/G: Week 00/-. CENTR~L.i 13. ~O: Day ~_2Jfl:. \\'e~k 84!-. 'GORT (Galway). LAKE: n. 70; Day 21/-; Week fr. 115/6. ROYAL. 11.28, Day 15, , \\ eek 8-1/~. COM~1EItCIAl,: 1'.11; Dayfr.10!6; Wee~ G3/ ~UCKROSS: 1O/~. B. 42: Day 15/-; Week 91 (-. MlDDLETOWN (Derrybeg). llOYAl.: U. JU: Day PARK PLACE; B. 20; Day 11 -; Week 63, FRIEL' ': Bed amI BreakIast ;; _. GORTAHORK (Donegal). SCOTT'S; B. 20; nay 12/6; Week 70/-. McFADDEN'S: Rll: Oay10/-; WeekG3/-. McNELIS'; B. 4; Day 6/-; Weak 30/-. OOUGANE BARRA (Cork). KILLINEY (Dublin). MlLFORD (DoneKal). CRO~HN'S; H. 10; Day 8/G: Week 50/-. COURT XA l'ARRAUJ: D. 12; Week 41 lliJ.FORO (MeCreadie's); n. 16; Day 15/-; GOUGANF. BARRA; B. 10; ])ay O,G; Week to 126 -. aecording to ~e:lson. Week 105/-. 6:l/·. KILLORGLlN (Kerry). MlTCHELSTOWN (Cor'!). GREENCASTLE (Donegal). RAILWAY; n. 12; Day 11/-; Week 70/~, COMMERCIAL; ll. 12; Day 9/- to 10/6: DRUMAWEIR; 1I. 16; Day 12/6; Week KILLYBEGS (Donegal). Week r,Q/- to iO/~. 73/0. BAY VIEW (Rollers'); B. 27; Day 10/6; ROYAL: n.15; Day ll/G; Week 75/-. FORT HOTEl,; B. 26; Day fr. 12/6; \'leek Week 63!~. MOffiLL (Leitrim). fr. G3/•• KlLLESHANDRA (Cavan). KNO't;T'S; n. 14; Day 12/-; Weel, 70 " GREENORE (Louth). CASSn)y's: B.I0: Day 10/6; Week 60/-. MONAGHAN (Monaghau). GRRAT :"'-ORTHERX; B. 30; Day fr. 16/ KILMACURRA (Kilbride, Wicklow). ORmL: n. 10: Day S,-; Week 50:~. Wrrk lOO /~. KJLMACU1tRA PARK: 13. 10; Day 10:6; MONASTERADEN (Sligo). GREYSTONES (Wicklow). Week 63/-. LAKE VIEW: B. 4; Day 9/6 Week 63/·. OnA~O; IJ.56: Day 21/-; Week fr. 105/-. KlLMESSAN (Meath). MONKSTOWN (Dublin). lXTERNATIONAL; B.35; Day 13/6; Week STATlON: 13. 5; D:LY 9/6; Week 50,-. S.U/rHILI,; B. 50: Day 25/-; Wec:: 12e/-. !:l"','-. KlLRUSH (Clare), SBADANK: n. 10; Day 14/-: Week 80:.. LEWlS' CK'iTRAL; n. 36; Day 0/-; Week Wn.UAMS': B.I6; Day 14/6; Week 84/-. MOUNTCHARLES (Donegal). 60/-. KlNSALE (Cork). Mcl~TYRE'S; R. 10; Day 10,G; Week OWEEDORE (Donegal). MURPHY'S: B. 14; Day 10/-; Week 63/~. SO /- to 60/-. GWF.ED01~E; 18!~; THE B. 20; Day Week KNOCKLONG (Limerick). SEAMOUNT; B. 12; Day 10!~' Week 50 I_ 1051~. RAILWAY; D 10: Day 0/-; Week 63/~. tn 60/-. DUNLEWY; n. 8; Week 50/-. KYLEMORE (Connemara). MOUNT PLEASANT (DunJalk, Co. Louth). BEADFORD (Galway). KYLE?tfORE ABBEY GURST HOUSE; 13. MOUNT OLIVER; B. 13; Day 10/6; Week McCOn~IACK'S; n. 9; Day 12/~; Week 84/-. 20: Day 12/-; Week fr. 63/-. fr. 63/-. HOWTH
NEWPORT (Mayo). ROSSLARE HARBOUR (Wexford). MAJESTIC; B. 24; Day ir. 15/-; Week fr. DEVINl
DUBL! : HOTEL and Dublin. NORTH STAR HOTEL, A~~:S~teSa~~::' COLLEGE GREE dURY'S RESTAURANT Terminus. GRILL ROOM. COfFEE ROOM. Fully Licensed. 50 Bedrooms. Most Central Position. RESTAUI~A T. TEA LOUi\GE. OOMFORT. RESTAURANT. Telephone LEANLINESS. COFFEE ROOM. 45343. AMERICAN BAR AND OYSTER SALOON. I VlLlTY. SMOKING LOUNGE. Hot: and Cold Wat:er and Telephone in Bedrooms. A la Carte and Table d' Hote Meals. Restaurant Opeu on Suudays. 'Phone Nos. 22241-44. Telegrams: .. Jury's, Dublin." For Tariff apply Manager. Telegram.: .. NORSTAR, DUBLIN."
HOTEL TRINITY STREET, MOIRA , DUBLIN. ABBOTSFORD HOTEL, RESTAURANT OPEN SUNDAYS. 72 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN. GRILL ROOM. RESTAURANT. BAR BUFFET. OYSTER BAR. Centrally situated, convenient to all places of Interest. Good SMOKE LOUNGE. A la Carts and Table d'Hote Meals. catering. BedroolIlll, large, bright and airy, with hot and cold BED AND TABLE D'HOTE BREAKFAST, 7/6. running ....-ater in each bedroom. Telephone 44559. BED AND BREAKFAST, 6/- FULL WEEKLY TARIFF, 63/-. Owned and Managed by JURY'S HOTEL, LTD. Resident Proprietress. Go.rage. II6 February, 1938 IRISH TRAVEL IRELAND'S PRINCIPAL HEALTH and PLEASURE RESORTS; G 0 L FIN G, ANGLING, BOATING, etc., DISTRICTS - ARE REACHED BY-
ALLOWING RETURN TRIPS AT THE GREAT NORTHERN 2! TO 28 DAYS' STAY SINGLE FARE & HALF Bnjoy the thrill of a 6,000 mile~ trip RAILWAY to the New World ... the ocean voyage In a giant liner will be a (IRELAND) refreshing and exhilarating change ... wonderful new tours from 13 to 45 clays for the complete trip ... excursion fares by all types BUNDORAN- of CunariJ White Star liners ... including .Britain's masterpiece, CO. Donegal, lapped by the blue waters of the RoM.S. .. QUEBN MARY" ... April 11 to 21, June 13 to July 10 Atlantic. Famous as a Health and Pleasure inclusive ... touriSt or third dass ... allowing up to four Resort. weeks' stay.
ROSAPENNA & PORTSALON- IVrite for folder to )lOllY local agtmt, or Donegal Highlands, situated amidst scenery Ctmard IVltite Star, Ltd., Dublin, Cobh, Liverpool. of unsurpassed beauty. WARRENPOINT, ROSTREVOR & Cuoard While Star NEWCASTLE - THE MOURNE DISTRICT. Monntain, Lough, Woodland, and Sea. Particularly interesting to the geologist, botanist, and nature lover..------DROGHEDA- THIS YEAR'S RESOLVE! For the picturesque Boyne Valley, so inti mately associated with the early history of Ireland. ENNISKILLEN - For Lough Erne-" The Killarney of the North." PORTRUSH & PORTSTEWART- Invigorating HeaIth-Giant's Causeway Dunluce-The country of the MacDonnells. Become a registered reader of "Irish Travel." When you have finished with your copy, send HOTELS it to a friend abroad. .. He will love it. MANAGED BY THE COMPANY AT BUNDORAN, GREENORE and ROSTREVOR Subscription :-5/- per annum Post Free to any part of the world Guides, etc., can be obtained from the Traffic Manager, Belfast; District Superintendent, FORWARD YOUR 5/- TO Amiens Street Station, Dublin, or Principal Tourist Agencies. The Irish Tourist Association J. B. STEPHENS, General Manager. O'CONNEll STREET, DUBLIN IRISH TRAVEL February, 1938 IRELAND for Happy Holidays BEAUTY - SPORT - HISTORY - ROMANCE You may travel by any ot the RESORTS SERVED BY following steamship routes: GREAT SOUTHERN HOLYHEAD - KINGSTO\VN RAILWAYS ACHILL . ARKLOW . AVOCA . ATHLONE LIVERPOOL - DUBLIN BALLINA· BRAY· BANTRY . BALLYBUNION BALLYVAUGHAN . BLAR)1EY . BUNDORA T FISHGUARD ROSSLARE CASHEL . CARAGH LAKE . CASTLECONNELL CASTLEGREGORY CLO)1AKILTY CORK FISHGUARD - WATERFORD COB H COURTMACSHERRY CLIFDEN CON EMARA . CLONMEL . DUN LAOGHAIRE FISHGUARD - CORK DALKEY . DUNMORE . DUNGARVAN . DINGLE By whichever route you travel you are sure of FOY ES GLENBEIGH (for Rossbeigh Strand) GREYSTONES GLENDALOUGH a fast, comfortable journey by modern turbine GLE GARRIFF GAL WAY KILLINEY steamers. Luxurious express trains connect the KEN M ARE KILLARNEY KILLALOE Ports of both HOLYHEAD and FISHGUARD KILKEE LIMERICK LAHINCH with all the important centres of population and LISDOONVARNA MALLARANNY industry and the Holiday Resorts of Great MULLINGAR· MILTOWN MALBAY PARKNASILLA . ROSSLARE . SCHULL . SLIGO Britain. The trains of the Great Southern TRAMORE V ALE NCIA WESTPORT Railways Company connect with the steamers. WICKLOW . WOODE BRIDGE . YOUGHAL HOTELS OF DISTINCTION Under Great Southern Railwavs' Management These Hotels are replete with every comfort, and are beautifully situated 'midst the gorgeous scenery of the South and West. The Tariffs are moderate. Combined Rail and Hotel Tickets issued. THE RAILWAY CHAIN OF HOTELS KILLARNEY . PARKNASILLA . KENMARE . GALWAY . MALLARANNY • SLIGO
Illustrated Guides to Holiday Ruortl, Program7IU hf Tour' and Information r.,pecling pall,ng,," 'en>icu can be had on application tu: Abm. Altham, Ltd. Burnley . The American Express Company's Offices . J. llarter & Sons, Cork . Thos. Cook & Son'. Offices. Dean &- Dawson's bffices • Frames' Offices. . Great Southern Railways Information Bureau, 33 Bachelor's Walk, Dublin . Great Wpstem Railway, Paddington, London . G. Heffeman 21 South Mall, Cork . Hewett's Office D'Olier Street, Dublin . Irish Tourist AllSociation, O'Connell Street, Dublin . The Irish Travel Agency, 8 D'Oller Street, Dublin . it. K. Kendall. Ltd., U Eldon Street, London. E.C. . General Traffic Manager, Associated British and Irish Railways, Inc., 9 RockefelJer Plaza, 14 West 49th treet, New York . London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Euston, London . Wm. H. Muller &< Coy. (London), Ltd. Greener House 66·68 Haymarkrt, London, S.W.I. . Pickfords', Ltd., Offices . The Polytechnic Touring Association, 309 Regent Street, London, kw.I. L R. tanton, Oldham . Travellers Limited, 46 Cross Street Manchester and 41 Temple Row, Birmingham . Traffic Manager, Kingsbridge, Dublin . Twohlg Travel Agency, 43 Dame Street, Dublin . Workers' Travel Association, Ltd., Transport House, Smith Square, London, S.W.!.
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