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PRINCIPAL IRISH SEASIDE RESORTS (Classified Alphabetically under Irish Counties) CLARE. Ballyliffin. DUBLIN. Cahirdaniel. MEATH. Ballyvaughan. Bundoran. Balbriggan. Castlecove. Bettystown. Kilkee. Bunbeg. Dalkev. Castlegregory. Gormanston. Lahinch. Buncrana. Donabate. Cloghane. Laytown. Lisdoonvama (Atlantic Burtonport. Dun Laoghaire. Coomakista Pass. SLIGO. at Doolin, 4 miles by Carrick Howth. Dingle. Easkey. bus). Carrigart. Killiney. Dunquin. Enniscrone. Miltown Malbay. Clonmany. Malahide. Glenbeigh. Mullaghmore. Spanish Point. Culdaff. Monkstown. Inch. Rosses Point. Derrybeg. Portmarnock. Kenmare. Strandhill. CORK. Downings. Rush. Parknasilla. Ballycotton. Dunfanaghy and Port- Shankhill. Rossbeigh. WATERFORD. Baltimore. nablagh. Skerries. Sneem. Annestown. Bantry. Dungloe. Valentia. Ardmore. Berehaven. Glencolmcille. GALWAY. Ventry. Bunmahon. Cape Clear. Gortahork (and Fal- Aran Islands. Waterville. Clonea Strand. Castletownshend. carragh) . earna. Dungarvan. Cobh. Clifden. LOUTH. Dunmore. Courtmacsherry. Greencastle. Inver. Inishbofin Island. Blackrock. Ring Crosshaven. Inverin. Carlingfoni. Tramore. Garrettstown. Killybegs. Kerrykeel. Kinvara. Clogherhead. Garryvoe. Le~nane. Greenore. WEXFORD. Malin Head. Ballymoney. Glandore. Malinmore. Letterfrack. Giles' Quay (Dundalk) . Glengariff. Renvvle. Omeath. Cahore. Milford. Curracloe. Inchydoney. Mountcharles. (Tana- ROSIDUC. Kinsale. Roundstone. MAYO. Courtown. tallon) . Achill Island (several DUllcannon. Leap. Moville. Salthill. Monatrea. Spiddal. centres) . Kilmuckridge (Upton . Schull. Narin and Portnoo. Belmullet. Rosslare. Whitegate. Portsalon. KERRY. Blacksod. WICKLOW. Youghal. Ramelton. Ballinagowl. Killala. Arklow. Rathmullan. Ballinskelligs. Lecanvey. Bray. DONEGAL. Rosapenna. Ballybunio.1. Malranny. Brittas Bay. Ardara. Rosbeg. Ballvferriter. ewport. Grevstones. Arranmore Island. Rossnowlagh. BallYheigue. Old Head (Louisburgh) . Wicklow. 186 June, 1941.
Give me the Ring of Kerry in the THE AUTHOR Another Conf-...... - By MAURICE WALS
SEE that in the May number of the Boer War--and forthwith, with Irish Travel my friend, T. C. root-wrenching suddenness, I was I Murray writes his" Confession" torn up and transplanted in On Irish Scenery-and a deplorable Scotland. One dav in Tralee, two confession it is, for which I would days later under Ben Nevis, that affl~ct him with a severe penance, massive bulk shouldering out of darmg as he is to say in plain print that mighty welter of mountains that Connemara of the West is in far Lochaber. Across Loch more enchanting than Iveragh of Linnhe was fabled Moidart of Clan my Kerry. Nevertheless, but with MacDonald and famed Locheil of a chip on my shoulder, I cannot do Clan Cameron, and all the hidden better than follow his lead and make glens were still glooming for Prince a "Confession" of my own. Charlie and the "Seven Men of Like my friend I have reached Moidart." Down the water, across that age when a man begins "to Loch Leven, was savage Glencoe ~ook back upon the brighter spots with its savage history, where a In the landscape of memory." piper of the Campbells warned the Fu:ther, I am a Kerryman-for l\1acIans of the coming massacre WhIch the Lord forgive me-and, with a hair-raising tune on his war Maurice Walsh, novelist of renown. pipes-Muintir a Glinne so-"People Among his grand stories are: Wh;le yet, I never saw Killarney until I Rivers Run; The J(ev Above The Door; was fifty. That is some confession. of this glen, this glen, this glen, if the The Road to Nowhel':e; Green Rushes; I come from the tame--but stones knew what I know they would Blackcock's Feather and Thomasheen civili ed-part of Kerry, that part flee to the mountains." ]rUllfS. Which spreads out below Knockanore I saw mountain scenery for the Hill by Shanr,on Mouth. A tame first time. I lived with scenery for had a new status. I was an entity. territory, you may say, but, if you the next twenty years. It is one I was an Irishman in a new n3tion add" ugly," you had better add it of the few things you can live with. freedom ahead, and I was proud nnder your breath. It is not ugly. I saw the best of Britain from as Lucifer. \Ve Irish have given From the heathery head of Knocka Dovedale in Derby to John 0' ourselves a few tumbles since then, nore above Ballybunion you get Groats in Caithness, from Oban in but, somehow, we have aVOIded ~s fine and far-flung a view as any Argyle to Benachie in Aberdeen. that hellish far tumble of Llkifer's. In Ireland. Below you in the fore "I wad I were where Gaudie rins, But, and let me say it, my wife ground is the Vale of Tralee, verdant where Gaudie rins, where and I were a shade contemptuous with pasture, shining with running Gaudie rins, about Ireland-I mean about Irish water; northwards you look across scenery. Had we not seen all the Estuary and across all Clare to I wad I were where Gaudie rins Scotland? Killarney might be Galway Bay itself; southwards to at the back 0' Renachie. " fair enough to American tourists t~e Paps of Killarney above the That is the nostalgic song of a primed to the sugary sweetness of hIgh shoulder of Slieve Mish; east Gordonach. My wife often sang a middling poor song. But :vards the Hills of Barnagh hedge it-God rest her. Scotland! Of course we had not In the plain of North Desmond; North of the Highland line I felt seen any Irish scenery yet, but Westwards and ever westwards is at home. I knew the land and the already we had made up our minds the lifting plain of the Atlantic Sea, people. We were sib. Road and in the usual way that minds are and if your eyesight is good enough, droving-track, mountain-pass and made up. and the path of light be curved-as chorrie, ben and glen, loch and Still, we saw Ireland, and we the scientist tells us-you can see running water, I knew them all took our time. There was a lot the skyscrapers of ew York. like the palm of my hand, in day to see, and we took a dozen years or dark, in mist or shine, under Transplanted in Scotland. to it. Some of our friends had snow or glowing purple in heather. cars, and after a while we acquired I was foolishly suspicious of touri t Yes, I saw some scenery. a vehicle of our own, a nameless resorts and even tourist associations foreign ma.chine that gave us a -I am yet-so I stayed in my own Homecoming. respect for foreigners, for it seemed . orth Kerry, with one brief sojourn And then in 1922 I tran. [erred to navigate minus most of the In Dublin to study and fail for the to the service of the Irish Free State. things th3.t seem essential to British ~xcise Service. Finally I did get I came home at last, and that was cars. And, moreover, myself had mto the Excise-about the time of a proud day for me. I felt that I a sound short pair 0f legs to move 187 (Continued overleaf.) t R / S // TRA VEL hl1ll?, 19-1-1. one before the other up-hill or down dale. So we saw Ireland. Seeing Ireland. 'Ne went south and by west across our fat midlands till we saw the gap of the Devil's Bit and the hUIJIp of . The Keeper, turned towards }.::Jng Loch Derg, cro'sed Clare to the Cliffs of :\Ioher and the strange, haunted, limestone shelves of the Burren, edged up the clean green seas with the Arrans on the horizon, and so through Galway into Connemara. That is a good way to reach ConnemC'xa if you are in no hurry, and want to tay a night or two at Mount Shannon, ~md Li doonvqrn:>, and Kilkee, and althill. I leave Connemara to T. C. :\Iurray, and he is a mighty good judge in any High Court. From Dublin again, we went north and by west through the north midlands towards Loch Arrow and Caragh Lake, in Kerry. the Curlew Pass. And, by the way, let not these north cannot cut too wide a swathe in one short article. For midlands be ignored. That territory from Westmeath scenery, Ireland first, and I am not forgetting or ignoring through the lake-lands and on to the limestones of the Lake District, or the Trossachs, or Loch Maree, ?r Cavan holds its place in one's mind. It gets under your Skye, or the Gund of Moidart ringed by mountaIn skin, and sometimes I am inclined to agree with the land and mountain islands. That is all. perfervid East Anglian who holds that the only soul " at quite. I still carry that chip on my houlder, satisfying land cape is the flat-land-water-land-the and T. C. 1iurray, with the seeing poet' eye, has named Broads, the Fens, the mid-land lakes, Ennel, Owel, Connemara as his hest. It is only just that I, too, Ramor and all the others. You see I was reared in a shouId do likewise. I will. pretty flat land. That is heart-soothing land in the It is the Ring of Kerry-the Peninsula of Iveragh. heart of Ireland, a quiet land, a timeless land, a land in That upheaved territory is enclosed by a marvello.us which it is always afternoon. And have you noticed road that in lIO miles of circuit takes in Killorghn, the wonderful sheen of those placid lake waters? You Valentia, Waterville, oomakista, Parknasilla, Sneem, get that sheen nowhere else. It is like a diaphonolls and Killarney-I withdraw anything I ever said against skin drawn smooth, and the vagrant little breezes lovely Killarney. I first looked over and out from crinkle it like watereel silk. Iveragh on a fine autumn day, but you can see it in ~ll 'Ve saw North "lavo-and is Connemara. one bit weathers and always find it new ann great. The mountalil finer ? We saw ~ Jig'J •with Loch Gill ancl the prow 0 f walls were stark in the yellow sun, and purple hea~her Ben Bulben. We saw Donegal from Killybegs to washed between the limestone ridges; the httle Rosapenna. We came south again. We went through meadows within tone walls were brilliant in after Wicklow and the Black tairs and crossed over into the grass; the patches of oats were golrlen ripe; and t~e Galtees and the Comeraghs, and looked abroad and sea, the ever-present sea was as clean and green as In far and wide from Clogheen; ond in the gloaming of a world new-made. And the view from the head of one dav when the lamps were lit we saw Cork across the Coomakista Pass, on my right hand and my left, took water-ievels and wondered if we ".:ere coming into Venice. my breath away. Give me the Ring of Kerry in the " There is a r,reen island in lone Cougane Barra ring of the day. . Where All1ta of song rushes forth like an arrow. Let me not strike my shield too loudly. 1 did clIng In deep-valle)'l'd Desmond a thousand wild foull ains it a bit didn't I? ~1en that I re pect-most of the time Rush down to that lake from their home in' the do not agree with me. T. C. l\1urray chooses Connemara mountains." for its tones and strangeness and enchantment. Another We saw Gougane, but did not meet that famou chooses Glengariff from the Tnnnel Road or Keimaneigh ; philosopher The Tailor. We went over the Pass of an')ther Loch Gill and the pr.)w of Bulben; another the Keimaneigh and got that first enchanting glimpse of widespread richness from the Galtee~; another the Bantry Bay and Glengariff, and from there went through far-flung p:llnrama from the shore at Rwapenna when the tunnels and into Kerry. I saw Kerry for the first the sun is setting; another the r.lad coming oYer the time, and I a Kerryman! drum from Glenmalure; another- Rut there is plenty You will grant, then, that I have seen Ireland, and for us all. All the same give me Iver'lgh and Coomakista. in no tourist hurry either. I took a dozen years to it. One Place in Reserve. For Scenery, Ireland First. But there is one territory that I have n t yet set foot Now, I have written all this to show that I do know upon. I have only looked 'It it from a dic;tance since a little something about scenery. I would even imply the days of my boyhood. And remember that yOU that I am almo t as good a judge as my friend T. C. must alway hold one plare in reserve. One place that ~lurray, whom God assoil. I have been giving my you are Iping to expl)fe, 110t to-morr w, not next week, qualifications so that I can state my faith with some perhaps next year--or next life. My piace is Corcaguinne, conviction. Here it is: the Peninsula of Dingle. It is a namely place. I am For scenery and conditions in which scenery may be going down there, maybe, next year. But it conld he enjoyed, I put Ireland first. I say nothing about pe::>ple, that I shall never set foot in Corcaguinne. I would history or tradition. These, too, are notable, but I have to gfJ alone. 188 ~'~~
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\J the first Oood of June,shoals oi sea I trout, fresh from the Atlantic, arrive in the estuaries of a hundred rivers along the eaboard between Donegal and ~ork. To many anglers, fishing for sea trout ON THE LAKES AT WATERVILLE. ~s far more attractive than almon fishing. In the {irst Instance, it is not 0 monotonous, for when almon are sour the)' can be very our. \\'hen sea trout arrive in a river or lake, it i almo t a certaint), that they will C(,me on the move sometime or other during the day. Then, again, the tackle used in the capture of sea trout must be fine, and taking the parting qualitie of the two fish, pound for pound, I would say that who ever christened the sea trout .. the poor man's salmon," could have found a title more worthy of this fighting fish.
Kerry, Connemara, Donegal. Sea trout fishing comes at a time of the season when brown trout fishing is at a very low ebb and salmon fi hing is practically at a stand still. Sea trout fishing at its best has no equal. A two pound fish on light tackle will provide more thrills to the minute than ;'ny other fish of its weight that s\;ims. A fortnight's holiday is covered by a £1 licence, and as sonie of .. he best fi hing is attached to hotels where the tariff is reasonable, the man of moderate means can enjoy a memorable holiday in Connemara, Kerry or Donegal, at a time of the year when the most royal regalia of nature meets the eye at every glance and the lavish adornment of rugged beauty will leave imperishable impres ions to gladden the heart in moments of remembrance. afterwards.
Waterville in Kerry. \\'aterville in Kerry, with the wonderful chain of lake, has the finest free sea trout fishing in the south. :'fany record baskets have b en taken in Lough Currane. which is onh" a half a mile from the sea, with h;-d i a dozen up-to'-date hotels in the iillmedi"lte vicinity. The lake holds a g-ood head 'of fish fmm June ol1\\'ards, and often the early autumn run is phenomenal. For those who like to take sea trout .. PLAYING HIM," AT THE ROCK POOL, from a river there is very interesting fishing. in the :bE:&NA:N-B,-GGNNEMA&A~'-----c--."_. -{:ai'agtl and nehy rive4"s at (;lenbeighr The.-evening IRq' (Continued ovel'lwf) IRISH TRAVEL .Tune, 1941.
SEA TROUT FISHING ANGLING NOTES (Continued from page rR9) Big Pike.-A 25! Ih. pike was landed recently from thr fishing in thc sca pools of the Camgh River is often exciting' Nor(', at Thomastown, by Mr. John Gorey, junr., of: J('r point. nnd sometimes disastrous in tllC failing light, when wild fish Fourteen-pound Trout.-While dapping in Lough Derg, in their mad struggles smash casts to smithereens and fmy the tempers of excitable fishermen. Dromineer, Nenagh, on May 18th, Mr. Stephen Cantwell (National Bank, Limerick), killed a 14 lb. brown trout-a Leenane, in Connemara. record for the lake. The fish measured 28 inches in length, Exceptional opportunities are offered during the present had a girth of 20 inches and took forty minutes to kill. season to visitors at LeenaI:e, where the charges for sea trout fishing on world famous waters have been reduced by half. These waters include five miles of the Dawras River and three lakes. The same conditions apply to Loughs Fee and Muck and the Culfin River. Anyone who has ever fished in the district in which these waters are situat'ed, will appreciate the amazing reduction in the cost. At Carna ROYAL SPA HOTEL there are quite a number of notable sea trout lakes free to visitors, and June is the ideal month. Carna has a peculiar charm of its own; it is onc of the beauty spots of Connemara, LISDOONVARNA where time stands still and everyone lives for the day. Other Haunts. There are dozens of other noted stretches in Galway and Co. CLARE Mayo. of which particulars arc included in " Angling in Ireland," a new publication supplied free by the Irish Glorious Mountain and Sea Scapes Tourist Association. A special article could be written for either the Newport Sulphur, Magnesia and Iron Springs River in North Mayo, or the Easkey River on the Sligo coast line, while to do justice to the sea trout fisheries of •• Sea Bathing and Atlantic Air •• Donegal, nothing less than a fair-sized book would be necessar:v. Fully Licensed .. Every Modern Convenience A COllRECTIJN. * SPACIOUS LOUNGES The olel 11'i_h wi h .. May the rnail rise witb you" I must bave been in our minds when we passed tbnt sentence in n. L. Kelleber's article published in Aoril Irish Trnvel ... "it was a stiffer and more mountainous step along the wallen road to Muckross." * EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICE 'I'he road. of courSA. Is flat A,II the way and the woril sbould hA,ve rean "monofonou.• ",-as tbe author has rIghtly polllted out. [Editor, Irish Travel] First-class Orchestra during Season. . Garage Free. H. and C. Bedrooms. Your Hotel In BUNDORAN Telephone-Llsdoonvarna 16. THE ATLANTIC HOTEL Proprietress: MISS MAGUIRE. PHONE 28 McMAHON'S HOTEL FULLY LICENSED OUGHTERARD COUNTY GALWAY ••• H. & C. WATER IN ALL BEDROOMS • .rl ...... _ Free Fishing on Lough Corrtb. Fully Licensed. H. and C. All Bedrooms. SPACIOUS LOUNGE ••••• Electric Light. Free Garage and Stabling. First Clasa Catering. MOUNTED CASTS AND FLIES OBTAINABLE AT THE HOTEL. ••• P. O'CONNELL, Proprietor. TERMS ON APPLICATION. MICHAEL McMAHON, Proprietor.
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ROWING By FIXTURES FOR 1941 June 13-14. Dublin University Boat July 9. New Ross Regatta (Provi July 17. Galway Regatta. Club Regatta at Island sional). July 23. Cork City Regatta. Bridge. JULy 10. WATERFORD REGATTA. JULy 24. LIMERICK RE GATTA. June 19. Killaloe Regatta. JUNIOR EIGHTS CHAM SENIOR EIGHTS CHAM June 27-28. Dublin Metropolitan PIONSIDP OF IRELAND. PIONsmp OF mELAND. Regatta. I.A.R.U. CUP. I.A.R.U. CUP. July 3. Boyne Regatta at Droghec1a. JUly 11. Cappoquin Regatta. August 4. (Bank Holiday). Carrick-on' July 5. Belfast Regatta. Portac1own Regatta. Shannon Regatta.
OTWITHSTANDI G the difficulties of the CREWS ON THE L1FFEY times, there is among rowing men the greatest N optimism, and it is anticipated that the 1941 season will prove as successful and as interesting as any in recent years. That enthusiasm for the sport is as great as ever was manifested by the very large attendance at the annual general meeting of the Iri h Amateur Rowing Union, of club and regatta repre en tatives, including those from Ulster. It is also ignificant that two out of the three OJ,them regatta committees applied for and were as igned dates for their fixtures. It is now authoritatively stated that the third fixture, Coleraine, will also be held. Thi attitude reflects the spirit of determination that prevails all over Ireland to leave nothing undone to keep the sport going. D. U. Regatta. The opening fixture will be that of Dublin University After the Head-of-the-River Race in May. Boat Club on the Upper Liffey, on Friday and Satur day, June 13-14. It will have the support of all the Dublin and of several provincial clubs. A feature of Senior Eights will also meet over the Marina course. the regatta will be that it will bring together in the As a preliminary to the Championship event on the Senior Eig-hts both Dublin University and University morrow, this meeting, which will possibly be the first College, Dublin. In the series of races for the Irish this season, of the three crews, will carry its excite niversities' Championship, Dublin University proved ment. The Course is practically straight from start to superior in all three classes. But, in 1941, following a finish and has a width that would permit twelve eights imilar defeat in the same series, University College to row abreast. Narrowing down, as the enclosure is Senior Eig-ht reversed matters at the Trinity Regatta reached, racing crews are brought nearer to one and held its supremacy thereafter. At Portadown. in another, and it is possible to follow the progress of the the final of the Senior Eights Championship of Ire last stages of the race stroke by stroke. It is here that land, both University crews rowed a magnificent race, the event will be lost and won and, if the equality of one of the finest seen in this country for many years. the crews prove to be as anticipated, the result may which University College won by 3 feet. In view of be a matter of feet, and possibly inche, Limerick, on this, the meeting thi month between the two Senior the followi~g day, frequently contains surprises, and Crews at I land Bridge will be of considerable intel-est Cork results are sometimes reversed. For this reason and it should also prove exciting. the race on the Lee, whatever the result, serves to whet excitement for the renewal of the struggle on the Senior Eights Championship. . hannon. The Senior Eig-hts Championship will be deci Schools' Cup. £50 IN PRIZES A feature of 1rish rowing in recent years has been The IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION i,~ the - fostering of chool row;ng, and several of the offering £50 in Prizes through the" IRISH T~.A VEL principal regattas include in their programmes a race Photographic Competition, this summer. for school clubs. The Dublin 1\Ietropolitan Regatta Committee has presented for such an event the 1\Ietro The prizes will be awarded as follows politan Schools' Cup. which has become the nIue FIRST PRIZE ...... £10 (one award). Riband for school rowing quite as much a the famous SECOND PRIZE...... Four awards of £5 each. ~Ietropolitan Cup for Senior Fours is for enior oars THIRD PRIZE ...... Twenty awards of £1 each men. The event invariably attracts school crews from These twenty-five (25) cash awards will be given to the the four provinces, and the final on the second day of senders of the twenty-five be t photographs of Irish interest the regatta is one of the most interesting events of the submittcd. '1'he winning entries nel'd not IICl'l'"nl'ilv bl' thl hest from a purl'ly technical point of view, but will be th~,e day. most suited to the publicity work of the Irish To.urlst Association, depicting characteristic aspccts of Irish IJfe Finis at Carrick. Landscape, Customs, Types, Antiquities and kindrcd cene'. Tl,c interim fixtures are. Doyne, Ne\\' Ross, Galway and the Northern Regattas, and the season will end on L\UgUSt 4, at Carrick-on-Shannon. The la t-named CONDITIONS OF ENTRY fixture is exceedingly popular with oarsmen, and it 1. Each entrant mu. t enclose with hi, pntry. or batch of usually shares with Dublin l\Jetropolitan the distinction entries, a signed coupon from ONE of' the following issues of Irish Travel-April, May, June, July, August, of receiving entries representing the four praivnces. Tn September, October, 1941. The Entrant's name and point of age, the Carrick club is seconcl only to that of address should be written on the back of each photo. Dublin niversitv noat Club, and both celebrated their .) '1'11\' "Io,ing- date i~ Hatlll'tla.,·, Odoh~1' lSth, 1!l+1. centennial \\'ithi;' the last five year. . 3. Photos entered may be of any size or taken by any make of camera; it is not necessary to enter negatives. but all entries are accepted only on condition that the entrants are prepared, in the event of being awarded one of .thC prizes, to relinquish the complete copyright and negative, in its stf'ad. 4. Entril" will not h rcturne,] unlp,s :H'('OllllHlllil'l] hy n sufficient fec to cover postage and registration. 5. The judl1;ing of the entries will be done by judg~' appointed by the Irish 'rourist As,ociation and theIr .l]ec;sion will he final. 6. Xo employee of the Irish Tourist A"ociation i, l']igibll' to ('omjJl'tc fer ,hesl' pri7.es. A,c1dress all entries to : Everything to satisfy the most exacting connoisseur is provided. THE SECRETARY, Coal fires in all public rooms; after (Photo Competition), noon tea, 3-6; liberal table; excel IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, lent cooking and service; a pleasant 14 UPPER 0 'CONNELL STREET, and informal atmosphere. Centrally DUBLIN, situated, with moderate terms. Visit the Restaurant next time you're LT.A. PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION, 1941 lunching in town. ENTRY COUPON A. I wish to cnter above Competition accordin/1; to the conllitions set out anll I shall accept as final t]lO decision of the jud/1;es appointed by the J.T.A. in connection with tIle Competition. Name . ABBEY STREET, DUBLIN Postal Address .. O'Kee!fe's I C) : 0' ,~~,~ June, 1941. ~ IRISH THAVEL A lime can live five hundred years! By FERGUS J. A bower of lime trees planted by Dean Swift in Quilca (Cavan), for his beloved Stella. NCE again June is~here~and holiday!> are in th.. air. As we walk to and from our work in town O or city, green leafy trees perhaps more than parks. It was in Phoenix Park that I learned to identify anything else make us realise that Summer has certainly most of the common_species. The Botanic Gardens is ;ome. The tree-lined streets urge us to get out and also an excellent place for:distinguishing the trees since , hike it " or " bike it " in the open countrvside. Yet, every bole is neatly labelled, and all who com(; may arrived there, how many bother about the trees all read. around them or could by name distinguish one from But I think the best way to know your tree is to put a.nother? It is surprisinl?; how much more the country a little illustrated book on the subject (there are dozens !) SIde can be appreciated and enjoyed with even a in your pocket and to go off on yOLl[ own or with a Smattering of natural history. For this reason alone, friend and try how many kinds you can identify in an everyone should learn at least to know a tree from its evening's outing. You will be surprised to find how fellows. much you will enjoy it all. Dwellers in Dublin have splendid opportunities of knowing trees, if they visit some of the grand CIty The Plane and Oak. Probably the best-known tree (at least, to city dwellers) is the Plane, an introduced species whose irregular-shaped five-lobed leaf is hmiliar to many of our streets. In the country, the Oak, our largest and longest-lived native tree is a common sight. I often think of these old oaks lining the banks of the Boyne. They must have watched while that great Bat tle raged between two English kings. And many of our now flourishing Irish oaks were quite mature and sturdy in the stirring days 0f '98. To my mind, its massive trunk and well-rounded form make the oak one of the very finest of all trees. Mother of the Forests. But my own favourite is the Beech, sometimes called the " Mother of Fore ts" because of its protection of young trees. You will know it by its smooth grey bark horizont.ally gashed, and by the absence of under growth in its shade. In June, July and August, hot and dusty hikers and cycli ts love to sit down for lunch under the cool green leaves of thi giant of the forest which sometimes rears up to a height of 100 feet and swells to a girth of 20. Its companion is often the Elm: there are four kinds of elm, but all have a rough bark and a huge trunk. Talking of Age.... By the way, can you tell a tree's age? It IS great fun to sit on a stump and do so. Just count all the rings, each one representing a year's growth. Another Yew Trees in Wicklow (:Bi~ Sugarloaf in background). way, but more applicable to branche" or twigs, is by 193 (Continued overleaf) IRISH TRAVEL June, 19-+1. SOME IRISH TREES-ContimMd from page 193 counting the rings of scars left by the scale year after spikey branches. Up the mountain grow ever-green year. Holly and the lovely Rowan or Mountain Ash wl:ose Talking of age, the Horse Chestnut can live to 200 scarlet berries make, in Autumn, a blaze of bnght years. It is an introduced species and you will rarely colour. The mountain-side, too, is a favourit~ haunJ find it far from parks or estates. Its white (or sometimes of conifers. What is more beautiful than a pme-cla pink) flowers look charming against its pale green leaves. mountain slope? Who does not love a pine forest The Lime, another denizen of e tates, is the longest where soft browll "needles" make the ground sof~er lived tree now growing in Ir€:land. It sometimes than the softest carpet? The Scots Pine, with Its completes a span of 500 years! It is the latest tree to shaggy look and short spreading branches is perhaps leaf and this month (June) its fragrant white flowers Our commonest conifer. But there are many kinds, for will be loud with the buzz of many busy bees. instance, the Larch, whose straight tapering trunk and brown bark with long grooves and long branches Down by the River. upturned at the tip and long pale-green very ~arrow Down by the river grow the Willows or Sallies, of leaves hanging in bunches make it readily recognIsable. which there are a score or more different species pre You can easily pick out, too, the Silver Fir which g~ts senting difficulties of distinction even to experts. We its name from the silvery look on the underside of Its may group them all together as "willows." Near the leaves. river, too, grows the Birch, whose lovely silvery-white All the trees I have mentioned are quite common and black bark and delicate twigs inspired Coleridge and can be seen almost anywhere in Ireland. Yet to to call it add interest to your outing or holiday watch for. the " Most beattliful of forest trees particular sylvan feature of the district you are 111: The Lady of the Woods." for example, Powerscourt claims the beauty of Its The Alder, too, grows by the stream's side. You can exotic conifers; in Killarney, myrtle and rare .arbutus tell it by its peer-shaped clammy leaves and its hll thrive in profusion; in many parts of the wIld west thin trunk. gorgeous fuchsia decks the roadsides with bold colour while in Mayo a bleak peninsnla can boast, amon~ Up the Mountain. other rareties a tall hydrangea hedge flowering lUXUrI Along the road ide, watch for the Ash, with pale antly to a height of even or eight feet. In fine, every grey bark and lancet-shaped leaflets, the Elder, with where, the lover and observer of trees finds fresh food corky-yellowy bark and the Hawthorn with its hard to whet his interest and add to his delight! GREYSTONES GLENDALOUGH CO. WICKLOW CO. WICKLOW ROYAL HOTEL A Model Hotel in the midst of GRAND the Wicklow Mountains close to HOTEL &wen Churches and St. Kevin's Bed HOT AND OOLD ~ATER IN ALL OWN FARM PRODUOE. BEDROOMS. Private Bathrooms Tennis Golf ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT A.A. and R.I.A.C. Tel. 141 A.A. and R.I.A.C. LOCK-UP GARAGES 194 ( THE QUEEN'S BENCH R.ight: Below: !his picture shows "The Queen's Bench," :~ne St. Kevin's Kitchen (as it is of the remarkable limestone caverns popularly called) constitutes surely C ch are called "The Mitchelstown es the most interesting building in the u:v- ." They comprise about It miles of remarkable group of antiquities at t d~rground passages, carved into fan C ~ock Glendoloch, in Wicklow. Dating, S:tl formations, stalactites and originally from the sixth century, it . lagnutes. Situated on the Tipperary is of the barrel-vault type. To the sidE; of Mitchelstown, they are well worth an " left is the large Round Tower, com exploration "-but bring your old manding the valley. ~O~t and hat and (if possible) some blue g ts. Hround LION ROCK. KILKEE ST. KEVIN'S KITCHEN Left: Another quaint rock formation-this time carved by the open sea - is Lion Rock, along the coast at Kilkee. Each cliff rock and cave along' the coast here has its own fanciful name. DANIEL O'CONNELL'S CHAIR Left: Left: The beautiful cloaks Many memen w 0 r n by married toes of Daniel O'Connell, the women in West Cork " Liberator, " districts are hand are treasured i n Derrynane somely displayed by ffouse, County these two denizens of Kellry, an (} Kin s a I e. In many among them is this very lovely cases theyare handed old chair oft down from genera sat upon by o ' Con nell in tion to g-eneration. che Conciliation Hall. fRISH TRAVEL June, 19-1-1. STRAND HOTEL Rosslare, Co. WEXFORD served by*a regular 'bus service passing the principal railway One of the 1-.2L..L--...,...---;----..__..-.l stations, the CLABENCE finest and Is within easy reach of shopping, commercial and amusement centres. Cen most comfort- 'i~I~I~~ii trally beated throughout, able Seaside ~ with coal fires In all Hotels ~n public rooms, It provides comfort and luxury at :: Ireland: a moderate price. The ballroom, with a lIoor Beautifully Situated overlooking the Sea and Splendid sprung on the latest principles, accommodates 18 Hole Golf Links. 300 dancers. Telephones EXCELLENT CUISINE and WINES. In the bedrooms and a garage adjoining the hotel Spring Interior Mattresses and H. and C. Running are additional luxuries. Water in all Bedrooms. Sea Water Baths. Electric Light throughout. New Sun Veranda. Spacious Accommodation. Billiards, Table Tennis, Phone*76178 Dancing, Hotel Cinema (Talkies), Croquet Lawn, Darts, Putting Greens and Three Hard Tennis Courts. Good Safe Bathing from Hotel. ~ C:LflREnce Free Garage. LT.A., R.I.A.C. and A.A, Appointments. ~h"tel · OtTBLIN~ Wires: Kelly, Strand, Bosslare. Phone: No. 18 BOSSLA BE STB. O'KeefJe's STRAND HOTEL ~tranb T!}ottI The Esplanade BRAY OMEATH Co. Wicklow in the Carlingjord Peninsula IDEAL FOR A SEASIDE HOLIDAY FULLY LICENSED. Beautifully situated on the sea front facing Carlingfocd Lough and the Mountains of Mourne. Convenient to Golf Links at Greenore and Warrenpoint. Fresh Oysters served all the year round from the far-famed oyster beds adjacent to the hotel TELEPHONE - BRAY 209 Excellent Cuisine. Riding School attached. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT Special Terms for a long stay. Newly Decorated. CAFE OPEN TO NON-RESIDENTS. El ctric Light. Personal Supervision.. Under new personal supervision of Proprietress, }'IRS. BRTA SHEVLIN. Terms Moderate. Apply Proprietor. 196 June, 1941. IRISJI TRAT'EL IN and OUT of Wexford By D. L. KELLEH ER OMING back from London in the ., old days " Bar 0 n y of Forth everything now i th.e" old. day~," since the. ne,:" which, wit h Bargy C war has almost abolIshed ttme ltself-that JOur alongside down to the' ney from Rosslare up through vVexford and 'Wicklow sea, carried on the to Dublin was a supreme delight if the sun shone. ]n language of Chaucer's fact, one might vary the story and say " comin~ from time almost until our Paris Berlin no matter where," the \Vexford-WIcklow ownday. You'll still last I~p right'into Dublin was, and therefore, in a time hear a turn of phrase Pikeman Statue in the restored future, wil! be again, a supreme finale to over there that will Bull Ring, Wexford. whatever the journey. make you rub your Why? Well, beauty and variety of landscape yield ears and wonder if up r.o secrets by analysi. Tt is enough to say, because " Qld English" has really returned. of the sea and the shore, even that little piece of it The cyclist will find a good road on to Kilmore seen glittering on the short coast by Rosslare, because Quay, a quaint little" garden city" in minatur~, every of the Slaney and the wooded spirals of the route by house" in its own grounds," ar.d thatched in an indi rivers and glens in the Wicklow interior, because of vidual way, altogether a curiositv by the bare sea '1nd the brief run again along the level shore past the Mur the long, lonely shore. Forlorn Point is the map :'lame ropgh and up through the tunnelled cliffs, flashing and of the little cape on which Kilmore Quay lies. The eclipsing between light and loveliness as ·the sea whi tIe of the wind in the reeds, the Robinson Crusoe parkles below, because of the green dazzle of Dub aspect of the bird-sanctuary . altee Tslands off shore, lin's outskirts, because-well, just because of .the the miles of sand and shingle on either side accentuate soothing variety of every part of the short 90 mlles the realism of that name. Watch out on the road too run. for the trees of the crosses, where every passing Perhaps the journey in reverse is better still. Any funeral halts and the mourners fix in the branches a how, by whatever route one goes into Wexford there small, crudely-shaped wooden cross. i something memorable for the eye. It isn't the county of constant beauty but the compensation of sur Casual Surprises. prise is in most parts of it. Wexford town itself is an odd sort of place, a town gone astray on the map. Wexford is full of casual surprises like that. It is Tt might have sat astride a canal in Holland with some more than surprising indeed to come casually on that of those narrow streets where a car. and almost a most famous or most notorious spot in the coastal pedestrain, has to manoeuvre for po ilion. The great history of Jreland for the last thousand years. That sweep of waters with the sands for ever shifting :lI1d is Baginbun, a few miles below picturesque Fethard, drifting, a grey marsh-like waste on one of tho e grey Baginbun, where the first of tho e soldiers of forlune days that come with the east wind, that contrast of the -Anglo-Norman-Welsh-made their landing in Der huddled central town and the hapeless unpatterned mot MacMurrogh's and Henry TT's time. To-day the waters beyond the quay-all of these give Wexford wind blows over Baginbun's sands and rocks and g-reen town its unique identification on the Trish map. slopes almost as unmarked and untenanted as in the first Anglo-Norman days. There isn't a stone now to Forth and Bargy. identify the gate of history that was crashed open. Tt Take the road out of \Vexford, the upper road to is typical of Wexford keep Taghmon, with pretty glimpses of the Slaney under ing its industrious pace with neath on the right below the town. The out too much care for the landscape is little varied now and Tagh futilities of the passing years. mon with its pump in the middle of the But all this is only a small street is till. like many another place, in fraction of Wexford with need of the town planner. But over there fractional glimpses here and behind you is the mountain of Forth, a there, enough at any rate to ,mall-sized mountain looking down on give evidence that the famou ~nother "oddity" of Wexford, the county is always "'orth a visit. Iq, IRISH TRAVEL June, 1941. 'DRAmA '00 nA PA1S'Oi. 1. m.o-1F;ISC'Re.o.s Ssolte , 'R.o-nS 6. n.o- h-l.o-'Rt.c.\1 1 Sc6m.c.\11tte. p!lS'OI-.o-n SS9.o-t 4 CU'R l'Ol'R-U-(M'RC 1'D1R-RA'OARC A 'DO. l1'Oeme<1U 1110 S<1o$<1ll A5uS 5.l.Il r<10lSedm 1 11'0.&11 C~ 'O~<1nF.c.s [.o,n "Cunus bOt<1m]. 'OAm 50 SR01Clml'O .c.n nOlm. 50 SR01CPU 111~ 1. lli t.c.1t:l11$e<1nn An t:iR seo tlOm, C~ 50 1'JFult {;A'05 0 C1AnAln .c.5 t~lSe.c.m 'OneM:t:<1 ""s .c.n cunnt:.c.s nA 'OAOlne Clne.c.tt:.c. 50 teon. "CA1'O Sln. .o,C.c.ll .c. s:sniol) S~ <.\n An "Ce1<~e.c.'O: t:eAn5"" UAtl).c.SAC At:.J ACU ""5US An bl<1'O 5n.c.nn'OA. ""Ce1<~e.c.'O tl,6 n-1.<.\nt<1i An teAn.<.\mA1t1t:: Cl.c.C<11S (j! [bAlnel\l1n S~ Slonn.c.U AS r~m]. t1.c. nu SUlp~.c.n an~m; 'OemE'.c.'O fO$m.c.m A I)i .<.\nn nUAln A tAn5Am.c.n 1 'Ot:in F 5.c.nl1.c. .c. rU.c.n.c.mdn te n-.&n .c.5US c~'n 'SAn Fn<.\mnc. tH t,0S .c.5.c.mn bOt.c.n r.<.\'OA I)elt nOmAlnn, .c.n rion .c.t:'& cOrn se.c.R1'J m mo 1'Je.c.t! .o,c 5.c.n .<.\5US luct: n.c. SASAll<.\ .c.5 1 feAR5At: "C.& t:u cUst:e, A CU11m. .o,5US .c. p.&ls'Oi feAR5At: 'O.c.n 1110 COlnS1 By TOM B RNE NORTHERN IRELAND V. THE REST OF IRELAND AT CLONTARF BOWLING CLUB, DUBLIN. HOSE interested in the game to come south and play their time. In recent years two greens of bowls in this country matches in Dublin. have been laid down at the Mental T know that they are well Hospitals of Grangegorman and catered for in Northem Ireland and Six Greens. Portrane, and at the former a first in Dublin, but few know· that we class green has also been laid down have good bowling greens in Cork Here in Dublin there are six for females. and Limerick. There are two greens bowling greens that can compare in Cork, the LC.LC.Y.M.A. (the favourably with any, either in this or any other country, and there is Hon. Sec. is J. E. Payne, 4 Rock Bowls For Ladies. Lawn Terrace, Douglas Rd., Cork) a Cead Mile Failte to all bowlers, and' that at Sunday's Well (the no matter from where they come. The bowling clubs in Dublin are Hon. Sec. is Capt. M. J. Reidy, There is a particularly brotherly not confined to men alone, for there Cork). Any bowlers going to either feeling amongst bowlers, no matter are two ladies' clubs at Leinster and Cork or Limerick on holiday should what corner of the globe they hail Kenilworth, so that so far as bowls get in touch with the Hon. Secre from. are concerned women are just as welcome as the men. taries of any of the clubs and they Any of these six bowling greens will be heartily welcomed. The can be reached from the centre of For the benefit of bowlers visiting club at Limerick is the P.Y.M.A., the city in a short time and at little Dublin, the addresses of the various and the Hon. Secretary is E. H. cost for transport. Hon. Secretaries are given here Bennis, 30 O'Connell Street, Lime under. A card to any of them will rick. In the Rathmines district we have bring the necessary information re two greens belonging to Leinster play. On most of the greens in Inter-Association Matches. and Kenilworth. The green of the Dublin play goes on each day from former is on the grounds of the Affairs of late in Northern Ire the early afternoon until late in the Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines evenings: land have curtailed somewhat the Road, and the Kenilworth green is game of bowls, but despite difficul only a couple of hundred yards Blackrock B.C., P. T. Munden, ties, most of the clubs are carrying away, at Grosvenor Square. 1 Sth. Frederick St., Dublin. Clon on. t (From a Radio Talk given by Maura in the I. T.A. " Hail golfing confraternity ; but for thC?se of us who are ~ot addicted to the royal and ancIent game, Malahlde The Spires of Dun Laoghaire, Strand ... and, a little further on ... the velvet strand from Sandycove. of Portmarnock, provide even greater attractions.. I enjoyed my visit to eight hundred year old 1alahlde Castle and to the ancient Abbey which Miles Corbet, o many people the mention of East Coast resorts the Cromwellian Regicide, is said to have unroofed and will automatically bring to mind a picture of used as a cow house. words, which until then had T Blackrock in Louth, of Bettystown or Laytown, been to me merely a place through which the bus or of Wicklow or Rosslare, or Courtown. Grand holi passed on its way to Skerries, was, T discovered,. a day places, all of them, and well worth a visit ! To me, fascinating little backwater full of history, with ItS however, it brings a picture of Dublin, for it eems to Round Tower and church ruins holding memories of me that Dublin offers everything any holiday-maker aint ColumkiIle and Saint Fenian the Leper. South could desire. Even after twelve years of living here, wards I explored Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey, Lucan, I have never got over my wonderment at the loveliness the Scalp and the Dublin Mountains. of our capital, nor my surprise at the casual acceptance with which most Dubliners treat their native citv. And With Drogheda as Hub. they are casual towards it-deny it who will. The fact To say that Dublin is the finest holiday re ort on the that the be t books about Dublin have been written by east coast of Ireland is praise indeed when we remem visitors or by people who have not been born here is ber that the resorts which are washed by the Irish Sea proof of this. I have yet to meet a Dubliner who include such gems as Raltray, BaIlymoney, Curracloe could an wer a question te t on the intere ts and and Rrittas Bay. In the good old days before a car beauties of his native city, or who has visited one-half became merely a white elephant in a garage, and when of the lovely places that lie within an hour's journey petrol was one of the necessities of life and as easily of 0 'Conncll Bridge. procured as milk, I did a tour of the district between Dublin and Dundalk. T made Drogheda my head Discovering Dublin. quarters and stayed in a hotel next door to the old I did not become really acquainted with Dublin my house where Cromwell is self until the summer of seven years ago when my said to have held a plans for a country holiday fell throul!h and T found Council of war. Possibly myself forced to remain in the city, with three weeks it was in the course of of leisure on my hands. Well, I used those three week this council that Noli to the best possible advantage in getting to know and his officers decided something of a city and a county that many pe~lple to put two thousand have found well worth a journey from the far ends I rishmen to the sword of the earth. I went to Howth-not just for a hurried in one night and to ship dip at Red Rock and then back to the city again their comrades to the but for a long grand day spent in sig-ht-seeing and Rarbadoes. wandering among the ruins of St. Fintan's oratory My first excursion was, and the remains of the ancient abbey, and in enjoying of course, to Monaster the rhododendrons for which Howth Castle-where boice which, if I remem Grace O'Malley taught the St. Lawrences a lesson in ber rightly, is only five hospitality-is as famous as it is for the two-handed or six miles outside sword of Tristram which hang in the magnificent Drogheda. The group of HalI. And from Howth T went out to Ireland's Eye, " sacred glorie "seemed with its lovely views and strand and eternal caves. to me to have more than Malahide, Swords, Lusk and Rush afforded other their share of the sad outings. Malahide. of course, with its three fine ness which clings to all ,"nurses, holds a niche of i~ own in the este m of the ruins, but there no 200 June, 1941. IRISH TRAVEl- S in the East erty over Radio Eireann on May 23rd IO/idays" Programme). doubt that the remains of the two churches, the round tower and the three magnificent High Crosses are fine: monuments to what was, fifteen hundred years ago, Bird's Eye View of Howth, showing Ireland's the most celebrated religious establisnment in Ireland. Eye at its Feet. From Mona terboice I drove a further four miles to Mellifont on the little river Mattock, near the banks stood at Faug-hart, "'here Brigid, the WJ,ite Dove, was of the Boyne and on the borders of County Meath. born, proud to have looked on the hills where our kings Here, in the first Cistercian Abbey founded in Ireland, were clowned, happy to have lingered at Omeath and died the un fortunate Devorgilla, whose abduction by tasted its oysters straight from the sea to the table. Dermot McMurrough, led to the introduction of the pleased to have discovered a little more of the present English with Strongbow. loveliness of this garden island of ours. Louth, Meath and Cavan. In the course of that holiday 1 visited every land About Holidays. mark of history in Louth and Meath and Cavan. If Holiday haunts in the East were what I set out 10 there is one thing more than anothel' that the holiday talk about and that subject cannot be closed without maker notices in these three counties, it is that they (Jiving Wi~klow and Wexford their share of mention. offer not only historical interest, but breath-taking To praise the county of Wicklow would, I think, be beauty as well. The Boyne Valley affords riv(;r scenery preaching to the converted. This is particularly true which in its gentle verdant loveliness is unsurpas ed. of Bray and Enniskerry. Every man, wonlan Cl:nd avan is a welcoming jewelled place of lakes and bogs child in the country must be well aware of the attractlJll and woods. And Louth, though the smallest county in of the garden of Ireland where the white road nf the Ireland, must certainly be one of the mo t picturesque. O'Byrnes winds through a land of purple lTIeuntains And, as if all this were not enough, those who know and romantic glens and valleys, where golden sands. tell me that the golfing, fishing and 'hunting facilities of g-entle rivers and green golf courses offer the holiday this trio of lovely counties are unequalled. I can speak maker every delig-ht. And I have very happy memories mysel f for the sea and sun bathing that are to be had of Wexford, dating from the time when, for six suc along the coastline. cessive years, we were taken to spend our summer holidays in Wexford town, where an aunt of Ol1rs had I feel there is some a shop. From the town we made excursions to eevry thing ... well, almost place of intere t around. sacrilegiou in dis missing i n a few Yes-tho e holidays were good-so good that I have minutes' review places since returned several times to renew acquaintance with that hold centuries of Wexford and to learn something of the Slaney history III their linchen Valley and of historic Bunclody and ecclesiastical covered s ton e san d Ferns, once the capital of Leinster. And from each of crumbling- Illasonry, and my journeys I have returned richer. For there is this it is for this reason that about holidays-all holidays. Approach them prepared I am not going- 10 tly to not only to play and relax and renew yourself give my impressions of physically, but also to renew your mental outlook, and Slane and Tara and the vou will return refreshed in mind as well as in body. Tumuli at Dowth and But, for the proper p ychological approach, you must Newg-range, of Cavan g'O armed with ome knowledge of the place you ::Ire and storiecl Virg-inia c:nd visiting and the easiest and best wav to secure this Killeshandra, of Dun knowledge is. I have found. to read the literature dalk and Ardee and Car supplied by the Irish Tourist Association. That and ling-ford. I will only say all other information about holidays is available free that I came back from from the Irish Tourist Ass0 ciatiott, Upper O'CmlfJell my tour g-lad to have Street, Dublin. ~OI IRISIT TRAVEL June, 1941. VICTORIA HOTEL •• Patrick Street •• CORK MOST CENTRALLY SITUATED. Electric Elevator. H. & C. Water in all Bedrooms. Telegrams: (( Victoria," Cork. Phone 293. Ce1CeAl> nA n1At1tAl mAtt A'CA 5t6ttt-ne1m S'CAttteAmA1t PORT-NA-BLAGH (An LeAn 0 t. 198.) HOTEL, DUNFANAGHY Fully Licensed :: DONEGAL HIGHLANDS [8Ul'OeAnn An CU1'OeACL:A tAnL: SO n'O';An.<.\nn .<\n DelnL: bUACA1Lt An conn-piopA. .6.5 A tlelne, bUA11e feARSAt: 1110 COlnSl.c..s Sun m.c..lt SI1:'l, .c.. P.&lS"Oi. .<'.SUS 1 m.c..lt CUS.c..lt) .<.\11 b6.etl1LS DU111. Dl.c..se.c.. .c..n t)un I.T.A. Photo Competition 'OL:e.c..llS.c..· COS SIt) mo cnoltle m"Olu, .c.. p.&ls"Oi, .c..sus So scuml"o '01.c.. l.c..ete son.c.. su.c..lmlle.<.\c.c.. 1 n"O&n "O.c..olD. £50 IN PRIZES Cot-m , nA pAlsnl (1 n- a02 K·d-K.~ June, 1941. 0v. ~ IRISH TRAVEL / 0 ~~I Cutting Do~~~. ~he Current Effective emergency economy mea blankets. Copper is one of the best affairs in another pantry and also sures require careful consideration heat conductors, and you can take it in the two bathrooms. These latter when applied to a hotel. H'ere is the from me that this tank is pushing constituted a tough problem, be story of a hotelier who lowered his plenty of wasted watts off its shiny cause the authorities would not w?,tts substantially without reducing surface." I wrote in my notebook: approve of bringing the switches h'/,S guests or impairing amenities. Cover tank with jacket or old inside (a safety measure) so we blankets. compromised by hanging a little WAS really anxious to play my card on the inside of the door part in the electricity economy Pilot Lights. frame, so that any person leaving I drive. At the same time, I was Then we wandered into my pri the bathroom would be gravely conscious that bright lighting is a vate office to inspect the tubular informed that the light within is big part of pleasant "atmosphere," heating installation. All seemed well switched witliout. ~nd I feared the effect of a depress here, and the loading, for the size I was fortunate in having a !ng gloom. There are times when it of room, was not excessive. But good system of two-way control IS nice to sit in the gloaming; but it my "private detective" was not switches on stairs and landings, Can pall, if the effect is general and satisfied. He pointed out the dan but there was one landing light permanent. ger of leaving them switched on (with a single switch) which was In my difficulty, I bethought me (it has happened!) due to the only occasionally required, but of an engineering friend who had heating element being totally con which, as far as I could remember, provided the right answers to some cealed. He showed how a tiny low was never off. Here, I was advised previous problems, so I called him power bulb could be connected to to fit one of those delayed-action to see if it were possible to reduce the heat switch and fixed outside switches. With this arrangement my current consumption without the office door; .when lighted ,it you press a button and the light robbing the hotel of its bright would indicate that heaters were will go on, the light going off character. switched on. Later on, this" pilot itself in a minute or so-depend light" indicator was further ex ing on how the switch was Hot Water! panded, and it was decided to fix adjusted. I figured that this " Suppose we forget the lighting, one on an electric iron outlet, a " gadget " would pay for itself in for the moment," he said, " and see large toaster and a grill-units abollt a week! what's to do in other directions." which were frequently left on These latter few economy mea We had no sooner started our tour " when they shouldn't 'ave." sures were not spectacular, but on than the ugly sceptre of waste the whole. I was very much sur began to rear its head in the most Switch Off! prised at the results of our unexpected places, the first of these No.w for the lighting, I thought. " switching" tour and I fully being in a bathroom, where the No, not yet: we were first of all to realised its importance in a hotel wash-hand basin was fitted with an satisfy ourselves about the posi where the strange guest cannot electric water heater, the flow of tions of the switches. I could not be expected to take a personal hot and cold water being controIled see any point in this. However, I interest in every light he finds by ordinary screw-on water taps. dulv trailed along, with my note switched on. These taps were wasteful, said my honk open and pencil poised. friend, because people have a habit First shock came when we found Lilfhting. of turning on such taps and letting lights on in the linen closet and the water flow while they washed china pantry. I was inclined to This time. we were ready to their hands. As an alternative, he get heated about the carelessness tackle the lighting- problem,' and uggested the spring-loaded "hold of those who walk off without rig-ht away, there was no hesita on" variety, because the user would hothrring to switch off a light, but tion about cutting- down the con then be foreed either to put the my friend pointed out that this sumption in all locales where read stopper in the basin, or wash one was liable to happen, even with ing or fine work was not carried hand at a time ! very thoughtful people, whenever out. A compromisp was necessary He next pointed to the large a lig-ht and switch were on in the case of the bedrooms copper tank fitted with an immer oDposite sides of a door. Suppose ;ovhere some people like to read sion heater group. "Could do with the Rwitches will have to be before !!oing off to sleep-and we a spot of lagging," was his laconic moved ~ No, I i.vas told. just poke necided to fit a slightly smaller comment. I tried to look intelligent, ~ smalliRh hole in the door. then lamp, at the same time, 'lowering but this young man:s eyes were the light will he seen and you can the fitting so that the illumination much too sharp. " Get a iacket for query its bring- on. WaR not seriously reduced. it er wrap it up well, in old We found a similar state of (Conti1lued DfJe,.leaf) 203 IRISH TRAVEL fllllC, 1941. DON'T WASTE ELECTRICITY We can only maintain ('ssential supply (which includes electrieit~· for the needs of youI' hot('J) if you a11(l every other consull1('1' ",ill g-ivC us eonscientious ,'o-op('ration in the use of El('rtrie'it~T as Ask us fOl' advice. Wc shall be very happy to help you to make current-saving adjustments and still maintain the amenities of .your hotel. [n the working-out, however, it dep;.nds on ~'ours('lf ancl your staff to extend us the conscientions co- operation which will be the only alternative to arbitra.ry restriction. USE ELECTRICITY - DON'T WASTE IT Issued by the Electricity Su:pply Board Leading from the kitchen shaft to the serving-room DEAR EDITOR. was a long passage: it had no natural lighting and the two installed 100 watt lamps were on pretty well all the time. "Two forty-watts," was the verdict. "But To the Editor, H Irish Travel." what about my crockery?" I wailed. " It will be Dear Sir, O.R. if you whiten these door posts and spread a few The " Turf-'1'ime " article in M:1y " frish Tr:lVcl " sheets of plain white paper at this dark comer." I stil'l'ed llIany happy l1J('morics, and 1 ",ish to thank you for refused to believe it, but we set about the transforma reviving for m(' such a pleasant II whiff of thc bog." tion without further delay, and all doubt was expelled '1'here are just n. coupl.· of m inor points which I would when Molly, the kitchen maid, declared it to be "as like to bring to the notic(' of your eontributor. For example good as new!" referenc'e is made to a slean • I without a foot-push." 'W(' call('d'it, in the \Vest of Ireland, '1 " breast sle~lD," and a~ There were many other "incidents" in our economy the term might lead one to b('lieve, ther(' is yet another typ(' drive, a we went from here to there, intent on doing a known a~ tll(' II foot slean." The choice of sl('an depen(l~ on good job and checking in a sizable saving. Even the th(' eharac-t('r of thr local bog. Rome bogs have a horizontal principal rooms, and the entrance hall, caused less than ,-ein, anel there the breast ,lean is the most suitable tool. TIl(' foot slean is b('~t wherr th(' bog vein goes downward. the expected heart-burn, as a result of eliminating the The distinetion betw('('n the veins is not noticeahle in the big centre lights (or reducing their power) and making ('utting, but th('re are few,'r hl'('akages whrn the sod is cut more frequent use of loc?.! lighting, that i , by means according to the vein. of simple table and stand lamps. The other point that struck me, referred to the catcher Results. the man who caught the wet ~ods and maele up a load for On the lighting alone, we estimated a saving of at the wheeler. least 30 per cent., and by including the" extras," this In our ease, the p:lrt of eatch('r and whc('ler was l'0111 bine(l. After the wet sods were II slid off " the barrow in a figure, said the expert, would be nearer to 45 per cent. neat, unbroken pile (it took some doing!) h(' with the ('mpty " Always remember," he pointed out, a he sipped a barrow would hurry back in time to replace whoever was cup of strong tea in my private office, that if each person pulling out wi th another loael. In some parts I know the in charge of an electrical install;Ltion, were to effect " catcher" und " wheeler" are s('parute occupations, hut even a small reduction in current consumption, the that was not so on II my " bog. total saving, over the wh0le country, would be enormous. II A halt is ('all"d for rrfr('shment8." I remember that, too! "'ll('n 01l~ " st('waro " ho\,(' in sight, wr woul(] 11rop Look at it this way. Suppose you re ist the temptation eV('l'ything and mak(' fOl' a Rohinson ('rusoe hut tllat we hall to leave on your I R.W. electric fire-for ju t one hour built on th(' side of tIll' bog roa,1. We drnnk tea and ate -that mean you have cut down the country's coal hom('-mnd(' hreu(l. after th:lt w(' had mor(' tea and at(' mor(' consumption by about It lbs., or its equivalent in water honl('-mad(' hr('ad. You get f, fine hunger Oil the hog, an(l we power. ow, multiply that by all the "electric" ,,,ere se,-eral h('alt:l~' m('n-w" enjoyed the r('fr(,8hm('nts I hours saved.. , "Thanks I'll have another cup of Yours, ete.) tea I" Ex·BOGM 204 June, 1941. IRISH TRAVEL HOTELS AND THE LAW •J 10. The Licensing By SEUMAS UA hEAMHTHAIGH, B.A., LL.B., Barrister-at-Iaw NDER the head of Licensing Wine Licences. U the Liquor Licensing Laws This is the tenth of a series of Licensees of refreshment houses constitute the most important articles designed to give the hotelier a generally hold a Wine Retailer's topic, and as they are of more reasonably clear idea of the general principles of the law, so far as they On-Licence also. The Wine licence general interest than the other affect him in the general management authorises the sale of wine for con 1i~ensing laws they must be dealt of .%is business. It is not intended, sumption on the premises, but the WIth first. nor is it possible in such a series, to premises mu t be of the annual expound anything li/>.e a full state From early times the policy of ment of hotel law; neither is. th.e value of at least £15 in a town the law has been to prohibit entirely series designed to cover the diff~ exceeding 10,000 inhabitants; if th~ sale to the public of intoxicating culties of any specific case. The the premises are situated elsewhere object of these articles is merely to the annual value must be at least drmk-and in certain circum state the more important aspects of stances, other refreshment-without the law which govern the day-to-day £8. The wine licence may be the consent of the Court and of the conduct of the business of running a granted to any licensee of a refresh Inland Revenue authorities. With hotel, so that th~ proprietor may have ment hou e who carries on the some guidance more technical than business of a confectioner or eating this double approval the Applicant, his own wmmonsense to assist in the unless he is a person incapable of daily problems which beset him. In house keeper. It is obtained by hOlding a licence, has the option any particular difficulty with which application to the Excise authorities, of taking out one or more of several the reader may find himself con and although the Justice's certifIcate types of licence. By various fronted, recourse should be had to the of consent is not necessary, the advice of a solicitor. ~icensing Acts the power to hold a District Court has power to object hcence of any description has been to the application, and if an objec taken from several classes of people. tion is lodged the application must not be granted without a Court At present the following persons in a town with a population of more ~re hearing. incapable of holding a retailer's than 10,000 must have a Refresh hcence : Distillers, Rectifiers, or ment House Licence if they are The Certificate of the District .T ustice is necessarv for the transfer compounders of spirits, bailiffs, kept open after 10 o'clock for of a wine licence. gaolers, Gardai, sheriffs, sheriff's "public refreshment, resort and Officers, peace officers, civil bill entertainment" unless they are Beer and Spirit Licences. officers, Court officials, and any already covered by one of the other A Beer Retailer's On-Licence persons who, on conviction of some licences. This is a provision of the Offence, have been disqualified from authorises the sale of beer for law which is frequently overlooked. consumption on the licensed pre holding a licence. There are, of Refreshment hou e include restau course, other classes of persons, mises. It is seldom applied for, ants, cafes, or any places where since it is no easier to obtain than e.g. schoolteachers, who by the rules such articles as ice cream, coffee, of their own professions are pro the ordinary publican' Licence while biscuit, ginger-beer, lemonade, etc., it does not cover the sale of spirits. hibited from or restricted in holding are sold to the public, and it is not retailer's licences. A Publican's Licence-sometime necessary that any seating accom called a Spirit Retailer's Licence Of the refreshment licence avail modation should be provided. Hotel is the most comprehensive type of able to an applicant who is not keepers who do not hold liquor single licence. It authorises the disqualified as described, the four licences may, of course, supply sale of beer, pirits and wine for ~ain types, so far a the hotelier these refre hment to their gue ts, con umption either on or off the IS concerned, are the Refreshment but not to the casual public after premise, and al 0 authorises the Bouse Licence, the Wine Retailer's 10 p.m. In 1880 the management keeping of a refreshment house. Licence, the Beer Retailer's On of a temperance hotel was fined f~r I t thus authorise all retail business Licence and the Publican's Licence. sellin HOTELS AND THE LAW-(Conlinued from page 205). ago a hotelier, whose neighbour a new publican's licence may be the Revenue authorities are satisfied also a hotelier-had temporarily granted for a hotel having at least that the premises are structurally run out of whiskey, obliged him with 10 bedrooms set apart for and used suited for use as a hotel or inn for a few bottles for which he charged by travellers and having no public travellers residing therein and ar~ cost price only. On prosecution bar for the sale of alcohol. Such a in fact bona fide used as a hate the obliging hotelier was held to hotel licence is in realitv a full or inn. . have carried out a wholesale trans publican's licence, so that- there is Another advantage of hotels IS action without the appropriate nothing to stop a hotelkeeper from that the Tippling Acts do not apply Spirit Dealer's Licence, and was selling to the public or from carrying to the dealings of the hotelkeeper heavily fined. It is also an offence on a publichouse business. If his with his guest. The Tippling Acts to buy or receive spirits from a licence is a new one, however, are a series of statutes passed t.o person who is not licensed as a granted since 1902, he cannot have restrict drinking on credit, and theIr dealer. a bar on the premises. If he has a effect is to render drinking debts bar and sells liquor to the public that is, bills run up in publichou~es Advantages of Hotels. over the counter he can be convicted for small quantities of drink supplied For all ordinary purposes, as is of selling liquor without a licence, -irrecoverable by the Licensee. well known, the effect of the 1902 because the fact of his having a If the Licensee is a hotelkeeper he Licensing Act is to ordain that no public bar deprives him of the is exempt from the Tippling Ac.ts, new intoxicating liquor licences shall benefit of his licence. Hotels are and may sue his guest for the pnce be granted. Only two exceptions also favoured in the amount of the of drinks supplied to him. are provided by the Act and one Excise duty payable on the licence. (Next Month: Occasional Licences of these is in favour of innkeepers: Certain reductions are made when and Exemptions). ======1tb"'FE.~======~ TRlIllTY STREET Dublin. NORTH STAR HOTEL'~~i:~~·r' MOIRA HOT E L, DUBLIN FuUy LletnHd. 110 Be4roolDl. 1I0lt Central POIIllon. RESTAURANT OPEN SUNDAYS. OllfORT. RBSTAURAJlT. Telepbone GRILL ROOM. RESTAURANT. BAR BUFFET. OYSTER BAR. LEANLIIfESS. COFFEE ROOM. 4liM8. SMOKE LOUNGE. A I. C.rte aad T.~le d'Bote Me.ls CIVILITY. SIIOKING LOUNGE. Telephone 44559. A I. Carte .nd T.ble d'Bote lIe.11 :: Restaurant Open on Sund'JI. For Tariff apply Manager. Telegrams:" NORSTAR, DUBLIN:' Owned and Managed by JURY'S HOTEL, LTD. HOTEL PELLETIER 21-22 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN. VERY CENTRAL POSIT!ON. GARACE. TERIIS MODERATE GOLF LINKS BOT A.D COLD WATER IN ROOIIS. ELECTRIC FIRES Pllone ~U20. Applll 10 the Proprid,,,•• HOTEL LENEHAN HOTEL (IIISS LENEBAN. Proprietress) 24-25 HARCOURT STREET .. DUBLIN Noted lor lIoderate TerlDl .nd Good C.terlnc. Centrally situated; convenient to all placel of inter..t. Meall GLENGARRIFF served to Non-R..identa. Bus service to and Irom door to all Italiona and placea 01 interest. HOT AND COLD WATER IN BEDROOMS. TELEPHONE: 9. Telepboge Ko. 112048 GARAOE Every Convenience. First-Class Cuisine. HOTEL IVANHOE, BARCOURT STREET. DUBLIN MODERATE TARIFF. (A few doo.. from StepbOlJ" Green) Hot and Cold Water In every Bedroom. Central Heating. ElectrIc Lift and Fires. Night Porter. A.A R.I.A.C. Garlllfe. Electric Light Throughout. T~legrams: .. SATISPIED, DUBLIN." T I h . (VISITORS I11tH D. MeCAUGHRY, Proprietor. e ep one. LOppleEs 111461 Open all the year round. Special CALEDONIAN HOTEL Off-Season Terms. SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET, DUBLIN LT.A., A.A., R.I.A.C. Appointments. Centrally situated lor all paris 01 City Hot and Cold Water all Rooms, and ReadJng Llgbts all Beds. EXCELLENT CUISINE. Terms Moderate. Exeellenlly served by Eus Routes. Fully Licensed. Telegrams :-" CaledonIan Hotel," Dublin. Telepbone 23277. 206 -~ June, 1941. ~1~I~RISH TRAVEL D)fy~fly Fishing in the Carlow District By J. HkiGS AN ANXIOUS MOMENT. weather conditions but is usually at its height at this time and continues until about the middle of the month. This is the time to catch the big fellows. Three and four pound fish are not Uflcommon and trout up to six pounds have been landed at this season, but whoever referred to Mayfly time as the" duffer's holiday" must never have fished the Barrow. Not near Carlow anyhow. Why (as I once heard an old angler say) " them fellows could talk to you." However, even Barrow trout can make mistakes, and each season a number of good fish make their last and fatal one. Actually it is the" spent gnat" which accounts for the majority of fish caught, and a Black Hackled Spent Gnat is one which of late years has found much favour with both anglers and fish. After the Mayfly On the Barrow, near Carlow. After the mayflies have disappeared the local anglers continue to fish the Barrow with the same flies as are N a recent article in Irish Travel I dealt with Carlow used on the smaller rivers. Olive, Ginger and Red as an ideal centre for the wet-fly exponent, yet it Quills; Black Spiders (orange body), Greenwell's Glory; I is a fact that 75 % of the local trout anglers are with Black Gnats for the bright summer days; Pale dry-fly purists wh:) never put thf'ir rods together unttl Evening Duns for the summer evenings and some Sedges the "ri e" has become general on all the rIvers. or Rails for night fishing. In nine cases out of ten it is Probably the chief reason is that the main river, the some one of these flies you will find on the cast of any Barrow, is a typical c1ry-fly one, and those who have angler yop may encounter. This despite the fact that learned the art of casting on its broad and slow-mo\'ing every man's fly-box is probably chockful of a hundred waters-the long line uncurling across its surface until and one other different varieties. Hackled flies are the fly alights delicately a few inches 111 front of a becoming increasingly popular. They float better, wear rising trout-,consider th3.t the usual downstream method better, and are apparently just as acceptable to the of wet-fly fishing, using a cast of two or three flies, i a trout as the winged floater. ~rl1de and unskilful way of fishing. A few may indulge Each of the three principal Barrow tributaries in the m this form of the sport during the early months of the district may be said to require a different technique in season-on the principle that half a loaf is better than fishing. Save under exceptional conditions dry-fly no bread-but as soon as the fish st-trt to rise in carnest fishing on the Burren is confined to the late evening the dry fly reigns supreme until the rods are again stored and early watches of the night (when a good fish is away for the winter. located by the sound of his" rise "), but if you know your river, and if you are a skilful angler it is possible June on the Barrow. to coax a few trout from either the Lerr or the Greese The Barrow is noted [or the excellent mayfly even on a blazing July day. There are plenty of good fishing it offers to enthusiasts, and those who fish in all these rivers 'and· they-are open to' everyone. "'.. can visit the Carlow district about the first week I wonder do.we r.,arlow~anglers" appreciate.. our.. fortunate of June can be sure of an enjoyable holiday. The lJosition as we should?J Spend a fishing holiday here date of the Mayfly's appearance varies, of course, with and~let us have your opinion:afterwards. ENNISCRONE, BALLINA SCURMORE HOTEL, Co. SLIGO TERMS: Per Week - 5 gns., to 6 gns., according to season Bed and Breakfast 10/6 Per Day 15/- to 18/- Servant's Board ... 3 gns. per week A.A. R.LA.C. LT.A. GLORIOUSLY SITUATED IN OWN GROUNDS BY THE EDGE OF THE ATLANTIC. Golf .adjace~t. to Hotel Grounds. Tennis in own Grounds.. Indoor. S~rts. Electric Light. H. & C. SpacIous Dmmgroom. Sun Lounge and Balcony. Boatmg, SWlInm1I1g, Shooting, Riding School. Free ~hite Tr~)Ut Fishing on Ri.vc: Moy, finest in Eire, by kir:d permission of the proprietors of May FIshery Co. Free Lake Flshmg (Salmon and Trout) wlthm convenient driving distance. HOTEL FULLY LICENSED. PRIVATE BALLROOM. GARAGES FREE. Write for Tariff. 'Phone: Enniscrone 3. 207 IRISH TRAVEL. June, 1941. JURY'S HOTEL & RESTAURANTg~~E Leenane DUBLIN. FIRST for COMFORT Killal'Y Bay Leenane Connemara CUISINE and R.I:A.C. A.A. ·I.T.A. SERVICE The Hotel overlooks Killary Bay and is in the Oentre of Restaurant the Finest 0 0 n n e m a r a Grill Room Tea Lounge Scenery. Good Salmon and Sea Trout Fishing on Lakes Alnerican Bar and Rivers. A la carte and Table d'Hote Meals. Afternoon Teas a Speciality. Free Brown Trout. me and Mayfly Fishing. HOT & COLD WATER and TELEPHONE In BEDROOMS Sea Fishing. Mountain Olimbing. Bathing. Lift to all Floors .. Hairdressing Saloons Garages, etc. Telegrams: Telephone: .. JURY'S, DUBLIN." Nos. 22241·44. Telell'alDl : Pbone: lIeKBOWll'. LBBIfAIfB. LBBIfAIfE 1. For Tariffs apply Manager. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY HOTELS For COMFORT, CUISINE and SERVICE 1 EIRE* BUNDORAN, Co. Donegal CORK. On the shores of Donegal Bay. Championship Golf Links. HOTEL METROPOLE, Finest Unlicensed Hotel in Ireland. GREENORE, Co. Louth On Carlingford Lough. Go!i Links. HOT AND COLD WATER IN ALL ROOMS. "BEAUTY REST" BEDS THROUGHOUT. NORTHERN*IRELAND Free Garage Bed, Bath and Inclusive Co. Down for Breakfast Terms ROSTREVOR, 30 Cars. 9/6 17/- a day On Carlingford Lough. Golf Links. T~l~uram" : Phon~ : Mild and sheltered. .. Hotel Metropole, Cork 800 (S liDeI) 208 • 3!relanb's ~oteI~ Jury's Hotel, Dublin. L'''.n'Hot,I,Conn,m.,., JLeabing The Hotel, Glenbeigh. Lounge, Clarence Hotel, Dublin. Gresham Hotel, Dublin. Hotel Metropole, Cork. l:vans' Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh. Butler Arms. Waterville. Ross's Hotel, Dtm Laoghaire. Strand Hotel. Rosslare. Lounge Grand Hotel, Sligo. Lake Hotel, Killarney. Ashford Castle Hotel, Congo SOUthern Hotel, Caragh Lake. Great Northern Railway Hotel, Great Northern Railway Hotel, Bundoran. ~OYal Hotel, Valencia. Greenore. Cruise's, Limerick. lIrtajeatic Hotel, Tramore, Wynn'8 Hot I, l)ubl;n, EaUnton Hotel, SaltbUl. 1'4ol1lal1', Hotel, Carn•• IRISIT TRAVEL .Tune, 1941. DUN LAOGHAIRE (Kingstown), Co. Dublin GRAND HOTEL Ross's Hotel Ltd. SLIGO FACING PIER AND HARBOUR. First-class Commercial FULLY LICENSED. The Hotel is centrally heated and is :: and Family Hotel:: ideal either as a Winter or Summer Residence, combining as it does every home comfort with the amenities of A.A., R.LA.C., and LT.A. Appoint a first class hotel. ments. ELECTRIC LIFT. MODERATE RATES. Visitors are assured of best Hotel comforts and attention. MRS. M. COLDWELL, Managing Director. Motor Bus attends all Trains. A.A. AND R.I.A.C. APPOINTMENTS. MISS COONEY, TELEPHONE: 81195 AND 81196. Proprietress. TII:LEGR..uIS: .. ROBSOTEL, DUN LAOGHAIRJI:." TELEPHONE 99. THE IDEAL CENTRE G. S. RAILWAY FOR TOURING Glenbeigh Station THE KINGDOM HOTEL GLENBEIGH Cork ... 78 miles OF KERRY. LICENSED-FREE GARAGE-EXTENSIVE GROUNDS. Dublin ... 210 miles PRIVATE AVENUE (250 Yards) FROM STATION TO HOTEL. 'PhoDe~ Glenbeigh No. 4. 'Grams: Glenbeigh Hotel. SUB-TROPICAL GARDENS-In the midst of Delightful Mountain Scenery, Lakes and Sea. BATHING-Finest and Safest Surf Bathing at Rossbeigh Beach. GOLF LINKS-Dooks, 9 Holes. FISHING-Excellent Salmon and Sea Trout Fishing on Behy River and Lakes Caragh and Coomasaharn and 4i miles on west side LOioVer Caragh River. Free to our Guests. Extensive Good, Rough Shooting. Riding Stables Maintained. A. A. EVANS'S TOWERS HOTEL, R.I.A.C. :: GLENBEIGH Boating - Fishing - Shooting - Golf at Dooks. Sea Bathing at Rossbeigh Strand. DelightfUl Mountain Scenery. Electric Light. Hot and Cold Running Water. THOMAS G. EVANS, Propliet01'. 210 .Tune, 1941. J RI S H TRAVEL A DIRECTORY OF IRISH HOTELS Abbreviations: B~umber of bedrooms. Fr.-From. NOTE.-In llractlca.lly all cases the prices quoted In this list are either" ail the year round" or .. season" rates. In many cases Hotels here included quote .. ott season" charges lower than those published-for example. Hotels in Seaside Resorts. ABBEYFEALE (Limerick). BALLIIfEEN (Cork). BUHBEG (Donegal). LEEN'S, Main St.; B. 12; Day 11/-; Week 77;-. HURLEY'S; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 60/-. BRESLIN'S; B. 16; Day 12/-; Week 63/-. ABBEYLEIX (Laolghls). BALLINGEARY (Cork). FRJEL'S (Seaview), Private; B. 12; Day 9/-; DE VESCI ARMS; B. 10; Day 12/-; Week BO/-. ARD NA LAOI; B. 11; Day 7/6; Week 40/-. Week 55/·. ACHILL ISLAND (Co. Mayo). BALLIHROBE (Mayo). BUNCRANA (Donegal). ACHILLHEAD, Keel; B. 22; Day 12/6; Week RAILWAY B 20 D 13/ W k 79/ BAY VIEW; B. 18; Day 15/-; Week 63/-. 75/- to 80/-. ;.; ay .-; ee - -. LA KE OF SHADOWS; B. 24; Day 12/-; Week AMETHYST, Keel; B. 22; Day 12/6; Week 63/- BALLIHSKELLIGS (Kerry). fr. 68/-. to 84/.. SIGERSON ARMS; B. 8; Day 9/-. LOUGH SWILLY; B. 40; Day 14/-; Week 84/- BURKE'S (Private), Dugort; B. 5 ; Day 10/- to BALLYBUHION (Kerry). BUNDORAN (Donegal). 12/-; Week 50/- to 60/-. CASTLE; B. 46; Day fr. 19/6; Week fr. 105/·. CLEW BAY; B. 11; Week 55/-. CENTRAL; B. 29; Day 14/6; Week 90/-. ATLANTIC; B. 21; Day ]4/·; Week 75/· to 84/-. DUGORT (Dugort); B. 7; Day 10/- to 12/-; GREENMOUNT; B. 13; Day 9/- to 10/-; Week AMERICAN; B. 16; Day 9/- to 10/-; Week fr. 55/- Week 50/- to 60/.. 55/- to 65/-. CENTRAL; B. 82; Week fr. 105/-. GRAY'S, Dugcrt; B. 8; Day 10/6; Week 63/.. HIBERNIAN; B. 14; Day 11/6; Week 70/-. CONWAY'S (Private); B. 12; Day 12/- to 13/- ; MeDOWELL'S, Dugort; B. 14; Day 12/6; Week IMPERIAL; B. 15; Day 10/6; Week 70/-. Week 77/- to 84/-. 70/. to 80/-. SAVOY; B. 11; Day 9/- to 11/-; Week 55/- to GREAT NORTHERN; B. 76; Week fr. ]29/6. MOUNTAINVIEW, Dug<.rt; B. 11; Day 10/6; 70/-. HAM1LTON; B. 40; Day fr. 20/6; Week fr. 105/-. Week 55/- to 60/.. SEA CREST; B. 8; Day 8/6 to 10/-; Week 55/- IMPERIAL; B. 20; Day 10/-; Week 63/- to 70/·. SLIEVEMORE (Dugort); B. 30; Day 16/-; to 65/-. MARATHON; B. 17; Day 14/-; Week 85/-. Week 84/-. STRAND; B. 22; Day 12/.; Week 74/. to 77/-. MRS. E. DALY (Private), Tourist House; B. 10; STRAND, Dugort; B. 16; Bed and Bft. 7/6. WEST END; B. 26; Day 12/·; Week 75/-. Week 50/- to 70/-. SWEENEY'S (Aehill Sound); B. 14; Day 12/6 ; BALLYCOTTON (Cork). MRS. KENNEDY (Private), 1 Bay View Tee.; Week 70/-. B. 14; Day 10/6 to 12/6; Week 55/· to 75/·. PATTEN'S (Private), Keem; B. 5; Day 9/-; ~~~EW,§,.B·B~5~8 ~ab;y4/-1~/'!"::~::t-84/_. PALACE; B. 85; Day 14/-; Week 77/6 to 84/-. Week 50/· to 55/-. SHENE HOUSE; B. 18; Day fr. 13/6; Week fr. RICHVIEW, Keel; B. 8; Day 8/- to 10/.; Week BALLYFERRITER (Kerry). 80/-. 50/- to 55/·. GRANVILLE'S; B. 19; Day 8/6 to 10/6. BURTONPORT (Donepl). ADARE (Limerick). BALLYGAR (Galway). O'DONNELL'S; B. 11; Day 10/6; Week 50/- DUNRAYEN ARMS; B. 40; Day 23/6 ; Week WALLS; B. 12; Day 10/·; Week 63/-. to 63/-. 136/6. BALLYBEIGUE (Kerry). CAHIR (TIpperary). ADRIGOLE (Cork). LAKEVIEW ; Day 8/-; Week 50/-. KILCORAN LODGE; B. 12; Dav 14/6; Week GLENBROOK; Day 8/-; Week 50/-. BALLYLICKEY (Cork). 78/6. - ARAN ISLANDS (Galway). OUVANE; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 60/- to 67/-. CAHIRCIVEEN (Kerry). GANLEY'S (Kilronan); B. 15; Day fr. 12/-; BALLYLIFFIN (Donegal). HARP; B. 26; Day 10/·; Week 60/-. Week Ir. 63/-. THE BALLYLIFFIN; B. 20; Day 10/.; Week O'CONNELL'S RAILWAY; B. 19; Day ]2/6; ARDARA (Donegal). 50/- to 60/·. Week 70/- to 90/-. NESBITT ARMS; B. 14; Day 18/-; Week 105/-. BALLYMOIfEY (Wexford). CARAGH LAKE ~Kerry). WOODHILL; B. 8; Day 11/· to 12/-; Week DAROGUE; B. 5; Day 9/-; Week 68/._ SOUT/HERN; /. sa; Day 12/6 to 16/6; Week 70/- to 75/-. TARA HILL HOUSE; B. 7; Day 9/- to 10/6; 73 6 to 105-. ARDEE (Louth). Week 50/- to 57/6. CARLOW (Carlo....). BROPHY'S; B. 10; Day 12/6; Week 70/·. BALLYSHAHHON (Donegal). ROYAL. Dublin Street; B. 30; Da} 13/6 to 15/- ; RUXTON ARMS; B. 10; Day 12/·; Week 63/·. IMPERIAL; B. 14; Day 10/·; Week 65/.. Week 94/6. ARDMORE (Waterlord). ROYAL, Main St.; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week 70/-. CARNA (Galway). CLIFF HOUSE; B. 24; Day 13/6; Week 84/·. BALLYSODARE (Sligo). MONGAN'S; B. 3~; Day fr. 18/·; Week 98/· to MELROSE; B. 14; Day 14/·; Week 84/-. SWISS; B. 16; Bed and Bit. Ir. 5/6. 119/-. ARKLOW (Wicklow). BALLYVAUGHAN (Clare). KNOCKBOY HOUSEJMrs. Betts); B. 6; Jllly- HOYNES; B. 19; Day 11/6; Week 70/-. BRAY'S (Private); B. 4; Day Ir. 8/6; Week Ir. Sept., Day 15/-; \ eek 84/-. Other Months, ROYAL; B. 20; Day 12/-; Week 63/·. 50/-. Day 12/-; Week 70/·. ARRANMORE ISLAND (Donegal). BANAGHER (Ollaly). CARNDONAGH (Donegal). GLEN; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 60/-. SHANNON; B. 1.l; Day 11/-; Week 70/-. O'DOHERTY'S; B. 12; Day 10r6; Week 70/-. ASHFORD (Wicklow). BANTRY (Cork). CARRICK (Donegal). BEL-AIR; B. lJ; Day 18/-; Woek 105/-. KEANE'S; B. 8; Day 9/-; Week 50/-. SLIEVE LEAGUE; B. 10; Day 10/·; Week 60/-. ATHENRY (Galway). VICKERY'S; B. 20; Day U/-; Week 841-. HANBERRY'S; B. 11; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. BELMULLET (Mayo). CARRICK-ON-SHANNON (Leitrim). RAILWAY; B. 15; Day 1~/-; Week 95/-. HEALIO 'S; B. 10; Day 12/-; Week 73.'6. BUSH; B. 20; Day fr. 12/·; Week 84/-. ATHLONE (Westmeath). BETTYSTOWN (Meath). CARRIGADROHlD (Cork). CENTRAL; B. 18; Day 10/6; Week 70/-. NEPTUNE; B. 20; Day 13/6; Week 84/.. CASTLE GUEST HOUSE; B. 7; Day 8.'6; Week PRI 'CE OF WALES; B. 16; Bed and 13ft. 9{6. 40/'. ATHY (Kildare). BI~~J~~~r~'; B. 15; Day 12/6; Week 81'-. CARRIGART (Donegal). LEINSTER AR~IS; B. 12; Bed and Bft. 7/-. CARRIGART (Maguire'<); B. 80; Day 13/6 to AUGHRIM (Wicklow). BLACKROCK (Louth). 15/-; Week 84/· to 04{6. HILL'S GUEST HOUSE; B. 16; Day 10/6; BLACKROCK; B. 23; Day 8,'-; Week :-'5/·. CASKEL (Tlpperarv). Week 63 _. BRAY (WIcklow). RYAN'S CENTRAL; B. 14; Day 12/·; Week 63/·. LAWLESS'; B. 20; Week fr. 63/-. BELLA VISTA; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week 63/·. CASTLEBAR (Mavo). AVOCA (Wicklow). BEL~fONT; B. 10; Day 10/·; Week 60/· tC' 65/·. I'IPERIAL; B. 30; Dav 17/6; Week 116/6. BRAY HEAD; B. 46; Day 16/·; Week fr. 105/-. VALE VIEW, The Meetings; B. 11; Day 12/6; DALMORE (Private); B. 12; Day 10/.; Week CASTLECOVE (Kerry). Week 63/- to 73/6. .)(J!- to 63/.. STAIGUE FORT; B. 21; Day 11/·; Week 63/-. AVOCA; B. 10; Day 12/6; Week 70/-. DUNARD; B. 10; Da} 8/6; Week 55/- to 56/6. WESTCOVE; B. 16; Day 11/·; Week 63/-. WHITEBRIDGE; B. 6; Day 10/·; Week OC:·. ESPLANADE; B. 40; Dav 12/6; Week 84'·. CASTLEFREKE (Cork). BAHANA (Ennlskerry, Wicklow). EAGLE; B. 17; Dav 12/6; Week 70/-. OW~HINCHA; B. 14; Day 14/-; Week 84/ . MOUNT MAVLlN; B. 10; Day 10/6; Week 60/·. GLENARM; Ho 12; Dav 10'6; Week 6:;/-. CASTLEGREGORY (Kerry). BALLA (Mayo). GLE:- IRISIf TN.'/f'F.T. June, 1941. ROSAPENNA Carmody's Hotel HOTEL ENNIS (Set in 700 Acres Own Grounds). ON THE OLDEST-ESTABLISHED NORTH-WEST COAST OF BEAUTIFUL DONEGAL HOTEL IN :ENNIS. A Magnificent Holiday Resort. TOURlf-;T.· f-;PECIALLY CATERED FOR Own Championship Golf Course. Tennis Courts and Free Fishing. Beautiful Beaches. Safe Bathing. C'ENTRATJ FOR Train and 'Bus connections to Hotel Door FISHING, SHOOTING, GOLF, ETC. from any part of Ireland, or Hotel Cars MEET TRAINS BY ARRANGEMENT. BOOK NOW, BOOK NOW. PRIVATE SITTING ROOMS, HOT AND TARIFF: From COLD RUNNING WATER IN BEDROOMS. 1st April to 10th July 17/6 11th July to 31st July... 18/6 August ... 20/· VINTAGE WINES STOCKED. September 18/6 .- GARAGE FREE. Apply-Mr. Gra.b.a.m Moore, Manager, Rosapenna Hotel, Carrigart, Co., Donegal. 'Phone: Downings 4. 1'('lepllo11(,: or Telegrams: " Carmody's Ennis.' , 26 Ennis Belfast-W. McCalla and Co., Ltd., 41/43 Victoria St. DUblin-Hewett's Travei Agency, D'Olier Street. Proprietress-M. McKENNA. ALL ELECTRIC INCHYDONEY EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE 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, IllustraTed Brochure and Tarrlll from Manageress. 212 June, 1941. IRISH TRAVEL CLONAKILTY (Cork). DHO~IlD (21 N.C. Ht!'); B. U; D,ly!1 ; Week IJELLEVlI,W; IJ. 20; D,ly I:; -; W('ek IH '- to INCHYDO="EY; B. :JI; Day ~I/-; ,,",·t·k lll, I~O -. to 105'·. E.ls1~'OOD, Lr. Lee""n St.; B. 26; Dav 9/- CARISLE; B. 2;;; Dav fr. 12/-; Week ll~!- to TI! E RETREAT; H. 5; Day 10,6; Wed; 63,' to 10/-; Werk 631- '~ 70-. 10;; -. to 70/-. EDEN VALE, Hareourt St.; 8. H. ~IlNER\'A, Gresham Tee.; B. 11; Day 12/6; El.VA, 6R ParnrIl Street; B. H; Day 7'6; Week Week 70/-. CLONEA (Walerlord). (Pri\'at~), ~ ~O·-. OCEA\I oI.dcIaide Street; B. ; Day OCEAN \'IEW; B. 12; Da,' J;l6; \\-eek FI~N;S, 1-:! 5th. Leinsler Street; B. 11'); Day 10'- to 126; Week 60/- to 701" CLONEVAN (W..xlord). 13.6; Wrek fr. ~,o. PIER; B. 2:;; Day 12;0; Wrek fr- 60/-. C.\HORE HOl'SE; H.!l; Day 1:3/- to 16,6; FITZPATRICK'S (Westland Row); B. 12; Day ROSS'S; B. 73; Ihy Ir- 16/6; Week fr- !l,1/6· Week 7:1/6 to 105/-. 11/6; Wt'c-k 6f): '. ROYAL MARINE; B. 80; Day fr- 18/6; Weck CLONMANY (Donegal), FOUR CO RTS, Inns Quay; B. 100; Day 15,-; 126/-. INNISHOWEN; B. 9; "-,'ek f~)-. Week 8~ -. SOfTTH ERN: B.!l; Day 10/-; Week fl3/·. GALWAY AR~IS, ParneIl Square; B. 12; Day SYDENHA~I, Corrig ..he.; B. 6; Week fr. 73/6. CLONMEI. (Tipperary), ~!l-. 1~'-; 7 6; Week WAVE CREST; B. 17; Day 12/-; Week 73/6 HEARN'S; B. :33; D,y Woek 8,1 -. GRESHMI, O'ConneIl St.; B. 120; Da~ 2~/6; 8~/-. ORMONDE; B. 3ll; Day 1~,6; Week .105/-. to Week 1-1.7,-. DUNLEWY (Donegal). CONG (Ashlord, Cll. Mayo), GRAND (Westland Row); B. 1 ~; Day 96. DU 'LEW\'; B. 12; Week .-,0/- to 60/-. ASH FORD CASTLr,; B. I;;; Day 20. - Week (;ROO~IES', eavenrush Row; B. 9; Day 8,6; ~leCLAFFERTYS; B. 10; Day 9/-; \\'eek 50/ 126/-. Week fr. ;10,-. to 55/-. GROSVENOR, Westland Ro\\; B. '!:3; Day 15/-; COOTEHILL (Cavan). DUNMANWAY (Cork). COURT VIEW; B. ,In; Day I~/U; Week 70: Week 8~/-. to RO:-. I VANHOE, Harrourt St.; B. ~6; Day 15/fl; RAILWAY; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 61l/-. ISLAND VIEW: D,,' 6/- te 7/ ; Wrcl-. 3;;/- to ~2/-. Week 90-. DUNMORE EAST (Waterlord). B. CORK CITY, ] URY'S, c;,I1ege Greeu; 100; Day 22/-; [RAND; B. 16; Day 10/-; Week 57/6. W~ek CENTRAl, Princes Sl.: B. 9; Dav 10,6; Li~~~A\;f/Harcourt St.; B. 25; Day 10/6; DUNQUlN (Dlngle, Kerry). fl3:-. Week 70l-. I 2 13 I R f S If TRAVEL June, 1941. AROUND THE HOTELS The Strand Hotel, Omeath (Mr. and Mrs. Hardy) has just been taken over by entirely new management and has been renovated POSTAL WORKERS' CONFERENCE. and redecorated for the holiday season. A big attraction about Omeath-apart from its beautiful situation and grand seaside qualities-are the oyster beds which furnish plenty of this coveted fish direct to the tables of the Strand. •*•• Port-na-Blagh Hotel, Dunfanaghy (Mr. and Mrs. D. Walsh) has re-opened for the season and looks forward to a very busy period as many of its steady clientele are now booking for June, July and Augnst. Dunfanaghy is very fortunate in being served by an excellent bus service. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh are also opening, for this season, their new guest housp--Breenagh Lodge-which is delightfully situated beside the strand, overlooking the Golf Links. •*•• BUNDORAN is well in the news, these days. The I.T.A. Question Time on Sunday, May 25th-which proved such an outstanding success-was relaid from the Great Northern Hotel, pressmen and advertising agents competing under the compere ship of J oe Linnane. The Teachers' Congress was held in Bundoran, recently, and delegates enjoyed their dances in the Central Hotel ballroom, lately enlarged and decorated. Miss Cassidy of the Central has a charming illustrated brochure Photo] [Pringle publicising the hotel and Bundoran generally. Some of the Delegates to the Postal Workers' Annual The Atlantic (Mr. and Mrs. P. O'Connell) have re-painted and Conference in Galway, May 21 to May 23. re-furnished their premises and look forward optimistically to as good a season as ever (which means very good, with them). situate ill its own estate of parkland, woods and warren, with its The spacious lounge in this hotel is very tastefully planned and own farm and orchard, this guest house in a wild and beautiful presented. part of Donegal can boast of modern sanitation including hot Hotel Marathon, Bundoran is under the personal supervision and cold running water. of the !Wsses Campbell who are fully trained dieticians and make SHeve League Hotel, Carrick (Mr. Maloncy) has just pr cured a specl~lity of studying the tastes and requirements of therr from the l.T..\. a really lovely framed picture for the hotel guests ill the matter of diet and dishes. lounge. Made up in composite, the centre shows a page from The former Imperial in Donegal town has now been taken Irish Travel featuring that grand article by the famous Henry over by Miss Brede Britton who is re-furnishing and renovating Coulter on Slieve League: it is flanked on one side by the I.T.A. the whole premises of which she is changing the name to the photograph" Picnic beside Slieve League" (se~ this month's Central Hotel. cover of Irish Travel) and on the other by " Pne Man's Pass, . Fintra~h House, Killybegs (Miss M. Burrows) has a very neat Slieve League." The whole is attractively set in a tasteful black little tariff card setting forth its charges and amenities. Though framepiece fronted by plain glass. BALLYBUNION CO. Kerry Unrivalled Situation on Own ARDEEN HOTEL Grounds Overlooking Sea. Recently Enlarged and MARINE PARADE Renovated. DUN LAOGHAIRE CASTLE HOTEL Bedrooms with H. & C. Running Water. A.A. and R.I.A.C. First-clas I8-hole Golf 'Phone No. 4. Course, Tennis, Bathing, Bfst position Facing* Sea, Commanding etc. Beautiful Views of Dublin Bay and ~ Wicklow Mountains. ROCKLAND HOTEL Convenient to Pier, Station, Baths, Salthill, GALWAY. BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED ON SEA FRONT. Bus Terminus. Hot and Cold Water In every bed-room. Newestand Most Modern. Personal SupeMrision. Hot and Cold Water in All Bedrooms. M. F. MONAHAN -- PROPRIETRESS ~ Electric Fires. Central Heating. Excellent Cuisine. Reilly's Hotel. Salthill. Galway Large Bungalows on Hotel Grounds facing sea. First-class Cuisine. Separate Tables. Fully Licensed __----PHONE 81164. * Excursion Parties catered for. GARAGE 2 14 ~ I RI S H TRAVEL GEESALA (near BaHina, Mayo). PURTILL'S; ll. 12; Day S/6 10 10/-; Week LOUGHREA (Galway). COSGRAVE'S; B. 10; Day 10/6; Week GO/ 4.,>/- to 60/-. CENTRAL; B. 11; Week 42/- to GOj-. to 60/-. STELLA MARIS; B. 20; Day 11/-. LOUISBURGH. WEST END; B. 30; Day 12/-; Week 84/-. OLD HE.>l.D; B. 10; Day fr. 12/6; Week fr. 84/ ; GLANDORE (Cork). CORCA BAISCINN HOUSE; Day 9/6 -to 10/6; KEENAN'S; B. 10; Day 9/-; Week G5/-. 5G/- LUCAN (Dublin). I 2 15 IRISH TRAVEL June, 19-+1. PETTIGO (Galway). I~, B.\NRA (Miss Geragbly's); R. 22; Day fro 12/6 ; ,\:-IGLERS; R. 10; Day 6 tl, 15. -; We"k 84/-. Week fr. 84/-. HIBERNIA:>'; 13. 20; Day 10/6; Week 63/-· PORTARLINGTON (Laoighhl. .. OIG-GIOLLA" (Private), Lr. Saltbill; B. 7; DE LUXE; B. 14; Dw 12/-; Week ir. 7~:'. O'CONNOR'S; B. 9; Dav 10/-; Week ;)0/-. Day 10/- to 12/6; Week 50/- to 63/-. 11AI ESTlC; B. 31; Day ir. 20'-; Week ir. 10.'/-. EAST END; B. 10; Day'12,-'; Week 63-: ROCKLAND; B. 19; Da,. 16/-; Week 94,6. RAI~WAY; B. 2); Day 12/-; Week 70'· PORTLAOIGHISE (Laoighis). STRAND; B. 10; Dav '10/-; Week 63/-. SHALLOE' ATLA:-ITIC; B. 18; Day 126; HIBERNIAN (Kelly's); B. 25; nay 12'-; Week SU~L'(ER-SET; B. 14;- Day 14-. Week 63!- to 10.,. 70:-. TOURISTS'; B. 18; Day 12/- to 14/-; Week TRIM (Meath), PORTMARNOCK (Dublin). 60/- to 70/-. CE. 'TRAL; B. 12; Da}' 91'; Week ;'0/" PORDIAR.'\OCK; B. :14; Day 1;':-; \\'eok R41-. WARWICK; B. 32; Dav 156; Week fr. 70-. WAR!?'S (Pri"ate); B. f ; Day fr. 8i6; Week TU AM (Galway). PORTNOO (Donegal). fr. 50/-. CORA; B. 8; Da}' 126; Week 70,. THE PORTNOO; B. 20; Day 14 -; Week 70' TULLAMORE (Offaly). to 4/-. SHANKILL (Co. Dublin). SHANGANAGH CASTLE; B. 12' Dav 11.6; BOLGER' ; B, 21 ; Day Il - to 10:6; Week 4>/' RANKIN'S; B. 10; Day 9, - to 10. -; Week fro 50/-. Week 4/-. ', to 63',. PORTSALON (Donegal}. H.\YES'; B. 25; Da}' 126; Week 134/" PORTSALON; B. 10; Day 1 -; Week 126/-. SKERRIES (Co. Dublin). GRAND; B. 1 ; Day fro 126; Week fr. 70/,. TULLOW (Carlow). PORTUMNA (Galway). ROCKVILLE HOUSE; B. 10; Day 10/6; Week SLANEY; B. '; Day 10',; Week 601-. CLON\VYN; B. li; Day li,'6; \\'eek i:3, G. 63/-. UPTON (WeXford). See Klimuckridge. RATHDRUM (Wicklow). 1IARINE; B. 12; Day 15/-; Week 84/,. BARRY'S; B. 18; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. SKIBBEREEN (Co. Cork). URLINGFORD (Kilkenny). BRADY'S; B. 8; Day l i -; Week 40/6. ELDON; B. 11; Day 11i6; Week 75/-. HARRINGTON'S; B. 9; Day 8/6; W'ek 42/-. RATHMULLAN (Donegal}. WEST CORK; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week 70/-. VALENTIA ISLAND (Kerry). PIER; B. 12; Day 12/-; Week 70/ . SLANE (Meath). ROYAL; B. 30; Day 12, tn 11/,; Week 73/6 RATHNEW (Wicklow). CONYNGHAM AR1IS; B. 10; Dav 11/6; Week to 94/6. NEWRATH BRIDGE (Hunter's); B. 18; Day 63/ . ' VIRGINIA (Cavan). 12/6; Week 75/-. SLIGO (Sligo). PARK; B. 16; Day fr. Li',; Week fr. M/-_ ROSAPENNA (Donegal). GRAND; B. 32; Day 17/-; Week fr. 10;'/-. WATERFORD (Waterford). ROSAPENNA; B. 88; Day fr. 1//6. GREAT SOUTHERN; B. ·JO; Day fr. 24/, ADELPHIi..' B. 25; Day fr. 12/,; W••k 70/-. ROSCOMMON (Roscommon). Week fr. 147/-. GRANVIL E; B. 68; Day 14/-; Week g./6. GREALY'S; B. 17; Day 12/6; Week 70,-. IMPERIAL; B. 2.; Day 15/6; Week 101/,. METROPOLE ; B. 15; Day 10/6; Week 70/-· ROYAL; B. 2~; Day 15/-; Week 73/6. FRIZZELLES'; B. 15; Day 13l 6; Week 84/,. WATERVILLE (Kerry). SHERIDAN'S; B. 14; Day 12/,; Week 80/-. BA YVIEW; B. 37; Day fr. 12/6; Week fr. 70,-. ROSCREA (Tipperary). WINE STREET (~Irs. Kilgallon) ; Day 10/6 ; Week CENTRAL; B. 14; Day 11/6; Week 70/-. BREEN'S (Private); B. 10; Day 10/,; Week 63/-. 63/- to 84/- BUTLER ARMS; B. iO; Day fr. 12/6; Week ROSLEA (Easkey). SNEEM (Kerry). 73/6 to 105/,. KE TNY'S, .. Hotel Seafield "; B. 14; Day 10/- ; MORIARTY'S; B. 12; Day 7/6 to 10/,; Week FOLEY'S; B. 16; Day 10/-; Week fr. 60/-. Week 42/-. 50/-. SOUTHERN LAKE; B. 31; Day 13,6; Week ROSSBEIGN (Kerry). SPA (Tralee), fr. 73/6. SLIEVE CORRIG; B. 10 Week 52.'6 to 63/-. KE T LODGE; B. 4; Day 10.' Week 55/,. WESTPORT (Mayo). ROSSES POINT (Sligo). SPANISH POINT. BATH (Roman Island); ];I. 9; Day 8;6 to 9/6 ; GOLF LINKS; B. 1 ; Day 14 -; Week 84/-. ST. ANTHONY'S; B. 5; Day 8/,; Week 35/- to Week 50/- to 58/-. 37/6, CENTRAL; B. 10; Day 15/-; Week 73/6. ROSSLARE STRAND (Wexford). GUEST HOUSE, ROSBEG pIrs. T, F. 'oonan); CEDARS; B. 16; Day 10/-; Week 55/- to 60/-. GOLF; B. 30; Day 11/-; Week 10/-. STRANDHILL (Sligo). B. 5; Day 15/-; Week 4/-. ~~RBOU~ VIEW.; B. 10; Day ~O/-; Week 60/-. ST. PATRICK'S; B. 14; Day 9,-; Week 45,-. WEXFORD (Wexford). SI RAND , B. 40, Day fr. 13/6, Week fr. 84/-. STAR OF THE SEA; B. 10; Day 9. -; Woek 45/-. CLANCY'S; B. 14; Day 10/- to 14/-; Week 63/ STRANORLAR (Donegal). to R4-. ROSSLARE HARBOUR (Wexford). TALBOT; B. 40; Day 12!- to 11/,; Week 70/ PIER; B. 20; Day 12/6; Week 63/-. KEE'S; B. 12; Day 12 -; Week 6:3/,. to 84/-. ROSSNOWLAGH (Donegal). SWINFORD (Mayo). WHITE'S; B. 60; Week fro 4,-. COOLMORE HOUSE; B. 8; Day 12,6; Week O'CONNOR'S; B. 14; Day fr. /-; Week 63!-, WICKLOW (Wicklow). 63/-. TEMPLEMORE (TIpperary), GRAND; B. 18; Day 121'; Week 10/-. ROUNDSTONE (Galway). HICKEY'S; B. 14; Day 10. -; Week 49/-. WHITEGATE (Cork). KDITON'S; B. 9; Day 11;6; Week 80/6. THOMASTOWN. CORKBEG HOTEL; B. 15; Da}' fr. 11)/-; Week O'DOWD'S; Day 10/- to 12 -; Week 50/- to 63/-. 105/-. SHAMROCK; B. 10; Day 10,-; Week 60/-. NORE VIEW; B. 15; Day 8/6; Week 42.',. WOODENBRTDGE (Wicklow). ROUNDWOOD (Wicklow). THURLES (Tipperary). HAYES'; B. 40; Day 14/,; Week 84/-. WOODENBRlDGE; B. 14; Day 11/-; Week KEENAN'S; B. 7; Day 7/6; Week 42/-. lIl,. ROU DWOOD; B. 12; Day 10/-; Week 50/-. TIPPERARY (Tipperary). YOUGHAL (Cork), ST. ANN'S HILL (Cork). DOBBYN'S, Bank Place; B. 30; Day I" _; Week 84/-. ATLANTIC; B. >l0; Day fr. 1:3/6; Week H11 ST. ANN'S HILL HYDRO; B. H; Day 15,-; MONATREA; B. 20; Day 14/-; Week HI/' Week 94/6. ROYAL, Bridge Street; B. 31; Day 16/6. PACIFIC; B. 20; Day 14/6; Week H4:,. SALTHILL (Galway). TRALEE (Kerry). PARK VIEW; B. 18; Day 10/-; Week 6:1/-. AURORA HOUSE; B. 8; Day 13/-; Week 84/-. BENNER'S; B. 40; Day fr. 12/,; Week 90/,. SUMMERFIELD; B. 10; Week 5;;/-. DAWN; B. 8; Day 9/-; Week 6:1/-. We~k GRAND; B. 40; Day 16/,; 90/,. Private Hotels. CENTRAL; B. 10; Day 8/6; Week 50/-. IMPERIAL; B. 10; Day 10/-; Week 50/-. EGLINTON; B. 62; Day 18/6; Week 115/0 MEADOWLANDS INN (1Ir5. Peet); B. l(i; HARBOUR VIEW; B. 18; Day 9" to 10/-. FOY'S; B. 8; Day 9/-; Week 45/- to 60/-. Day 10/6; Week 63/,. Week 57/6 to ';0/,. KINCORA; B. 16; Day 11/- to 12/-; Week fro PARK; B. 15; Day 9/,; Week 55". STELLA IIlARIS; B. 10; Day 10/,; Week 5;'/- 70/-. to 63/-. TRAMORE (Waterford). SUNMOUNT; B. 26. STELLA l\lARIS; B. 21; Day 12/-; Week 751-' BOOLABAWN; B. 16; Day 12/6; Week 10/-. YOUGHAL ARMS; Day 10/-; Week 55/- to 6;1,-. ASHMOUNT HOUSE (Lr. Salthill); Week 42/-' GRAND; B. 55; Day 21l-; Week 126.". THE HOLLIES; B. 9; Day 10/-; Week 63/-. ...... J". J". _ _ J"w"~J". _...... -,.r1, MOYLETT'S CAFEI DOWNHILLGUESTHOUSE~\ BALLINA BALLINA ACCOMMODATION :FOR 150. Under same successful management as Tourj;t Parties and Wedding Receptions Catered for. Cafe. On the banks of the Moy. In own grounds of '10 acres. Finest Salmon, TABLE d'HOTE LUNCHEONS, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Trout and Coarse Fishing location in AFTERNOON TEAS AND SNACKS. the West of Ireland. Open Daily: 9.0 a.m.-8.0 p.m. 'J.'c)ellhonc No. 39. 'fc)Cllhonc o. 7...... ,...... ,-- -,.. .-. ~ ~ .-. ...,. .. 216 IRISH TRAVEL June, 1941. BENNER'S HOTEL (L:C~~~iD) OFFICIAL SALE PUBLICATIONS 'Grams-BENNER'S HOTEL. 'Phone: TRALEE 32. OF THE IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION "IRISH TRAVEL" (CuAtm:: l-'AQI el1llnn.) Illustrated monthly magazine of Travel. Sport, Scenery, Antiquities and Hotels in Ireland. Official organ of the ASSOCIATION and of the IRISH HOTELS FEDERATION. 3d. per month. Post Free, 5s. per annum. OFFICIAL ILLUSTRATED GUIDES. IRELAND. Tourist Guide for all Irelan(l.. Some 3.J.0 pp. descriptive of the whole country. With LT.A. Map 01 Ireland. 'So CORK. The City ann County, including Blarney, ColJh and Glengarriff. 128 pp., with Sports Section and City and County Maps. 6d. DONEGAL. Including the HIghlands, lnmshowcn, Bundorat, and its envhuus. 130 pp.• with Angli.lg The Dining Room. Section and County Map. 6d. An excellent centre for Tourists who wish DUBLIN. Comprehensive account ot the City and to explore magnificent scenery. 12,000 acres ~ County, historical, political, sporting, cultural and of rough shooting free to gnests. Trout and touristic. 230 pp. and large scale street map. 6d. salmon-fishing free in neighbourhood. Also barnacle-goose shooting in Tralee Bay. GALWAY. City aTld County. with sections on Salthill, Aran and Connemara. SpecIal Angimg A.A., R.I.A.C., I.T.A. Section. 3d. Golf and Tennis. H. and C. all Bedrooms. GLE DALOCH (WicklOW). Story of and Guide to Own Farm and Garden Produce. Free St. Kevin's 6th century city. Chapters on Cycling. Garage. Personal Supervision. Kerry Motor Walking and Mountaineering. Maps of Antiquities, W<>rks run in connection with Hotel. and Environs. 6d. KERRY. All Kerry with special sections on Killarney, TRALEE Co. KERRY and Angling. lliO pp. Two Maps. 6d. KILLARNEY. Comprehensive account of .. Beauty s Home' with Detailed Tour Man. 3d. LIMERICK. City and County Guide. Shannon Valley ONE OF THE FINEST HOTELS ON THE IRISH COAST and Shannon Schemf'. With Maps. 84 pp. 3d. LOUGHREA. The town, its environs and history. Holiday and Sporting {acilities. 3d. WATERFORD. City and County, i'lcluding Tramore, Dungarvan and Ardmore. 74 pp. Sport Section and County Map. 3d. WICKLOW/WEXFORD. TWO-County GUlde. Special Angling af'd Other Sports Sections. Od. OTHER PUBLICATIONS. PICTORIAL SOUVENIR. Sixty-four pages of illustra tions of the Coastal anci Inland Counties, Tvpes and Rural Scenes in lreland. Printed in sepia on good Art Paper. 2/6. MOUNTAINEERING IN IRELAND. By Claude W. HOTEL MAJ ESTIC Wall. 88 pp. Illu,oJ.ted by photographs and a map. Is. CANOEING IN IRELAND. By Maior R. Raven-Har/. TRAMORE Illustrated bv photographs and a man. ls. FOR A HEALTHY, HAPPY HOLIDAY! MAPS OF IRELAND. Scale 12 miles to 1 inch on A.A., R.l.A.C. & LT.A. App. linen. 2s. Th~ H otet is situated in an nnrivalled position MAP OF IRELAND as above mounted Oll cardboard facmg due south, standing in its own gruunds and eyeletted for hanging purposes. 2/6. overlooking Tramore Bay. All these publications available on HOT AND COLD WATER IN ALL BEDROOMS . application to:- LUXURIOUS LOUNGES AND SMOKEROOMS: RecreatIon Uall for ~adm.nton! Deck Tennis, Dancing, etc· Hard Tenms Court m Hotel Grounds. The Irish Tourist Association Licensed .. Free Garage Private Car Park. Tel. 23. (OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND) O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN Write for JltZtstraled Brochnre. ------=- -_~ o~__= _--= IRISH TRAVEL June, 1941. THE LAKE HOTEL, KILLARNEY E SOUTHERN OTEL, CARAGH LAKE E OYAl HOTEL, VALENTIA EBufuR AR S 'HO EL, AIER ILLE A WELL-KNOWN CHAIN OF FIRST-CLASS KERRY HOTELS, WHICH ARE SITUATED IN THEIR OWN PRIVATE GROUNDS, COMMANDING UNRIVALLED :: SURROUNDINGS AND BEAUTIFUL VIEWS :: All within short distances from Railway Stations. Trains met. Golf, Tennis, Free Fishing, Boating, Swimming, Billiards, etc. Bring your bicycle to Kerry and stay at this chain of Hotels which offer a system of interchangeable accommodation and meals. Hotels;are situated within a radius of 20 miles of each other. If you would prefer a visit to the West come and stay at A H ORD CASTLE HOTEL CO G - - - Co. A o THE PRIVATE GROUNDS INCLUDE 25 ~MILES OF r~VENUES AND WALKS, A GOLF COURSE, CROQUET LAWN, PUTTING GREEN, SET AMIDST THE .. MOST BEAUTIFUI~ SURROUNDINGS IN EIRE :: Bicycles, Jaunting Cars, Horses and Pleasure Boats available. Free FIshing on Lough Corrib. Tennis, Billiards, etc. TRAINS LEAVING WESTLAND ROW 2.30 p.m. ARRIVING BALLINROBE 7.45 p.m. Cong 6 Miles. Trains met by arrangement. ALL ABOVE HOTELS FULLY LICENSED. OFFICIALLY APPOINTED A.A., R.I.A.C. P,blt;h'J by the Proprietor;, IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, 15 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin, and printed by THE JUVERNA PRESS, LTD., 12 Upper Liffey Street, Dublin. '- Other Offices of the Association :-BELFAST: 28 Howard Stred. CORK :. :'5 Patrick Street. PRINTED IN DUBLIN.