SUBSCRIPTION PUBLISHED 5/- PER ANNUM. EACH MONTH. 00 COPIES FREE 00 TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE I RUSH WHOLESALE FRC M ASSOCIATION AND EASON & SON, Ltd. OF ITS ASSOCIATE DUBLIN. DEPARTMENT ~gjY' TRAVEL IS :2J OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, DUBLIN .~,;;~" VOL. 4 AUGUST, 1929 NO.12 Ireland for the Sportsman. T has been the <:on 'i"tent polit:) of the Irish 10\\' ·o·t of the port here, the compal'lltiv' quabty Tourist .-\.s'ociation and of " Iri h Travel" to i' vel'.' greatly enhanced. Thi month the Du\)lin emphasise the attraction \\'hich Ireland offer" Hor.·l' 'how will display to the ations Ireland's to sportsmen. 'Ye cannot o\'er-empha i 'e thi,; \\'ealth of hor'efle h. 11 peet of Ireland. People living in Engll\nd Vire hope the spectacle will induce some of the Hnd Americll find it difficult to realise, without thouslmds of visitors to the country who see it to actml1 experience, that Ireland i one great inquire further into the advantages of pending a hunt­ Hports Ground. 'There is ~o. parish in the ing holiday in Ireland. country which is not capable of provldmg some ort of iield port, 11Cwe"er humble. At all the large tourist centres and indeed near mo t of even the smalle t Personalities. towns, 'there are golf cour es; tennis i" now played It is with great plea ure that we pay tribute to the almost everywhere. The t,,·o great port of the ucce. s of the organiser' of the Emancipation Cen­ country are angling and hunting. In no other country, t,mar", th ~Vrotor Races and the Dublin Horse how. ; nd we say it with full consciou ne of our elaim, We hav previou ly commented on the wonderful fea ilre there to be found opportunitie for Angling and of orO'ani ation which produced the Emancipation cek­ Hunting such a Ireland offers at a similar price. 'rhe bration without n hitch. The Motor Races have hC' 11 sports themselves in ~no t diRtricts co t practically no le,;g succeb fu!, and the Horse Show this month nothinO' as compared \nth is certain to come up to other ~ountries and the its usual high standard. living expenses are corr~­ The entry of an Ameri­ spondingl.v low. In tbh can team for th" Intet'­ number of "Iri h Travel" national Jumping COlll­ we publish a list of ome petition will add to th ~ of last :year's catch ,.; of " International" I1RpCCt biCT salmon and trout in of the event. I I' ish rivet'S. Angler To Mr. Frank 0 'Reil! ., from only t,,·o rivers have Secretary of the Em,l;l­ apparenti,V returned their cipation Centenary OIll­ catches of almon to the mitee; 1: r. W a 1 t r compilers of the list, and Sexton, Hon. tlecretary the particulars of trout oft h Internatioll,;l catches come only from Motor Race CommittC'r', Lough Mel"in. Yet CVl'n and Mr. Edwnrd Bohan , these limited records indi­ Director of the Roy,1l cate the absolute quality Dublin Society, the of Irish water' from an country owe, n d p angling point of view; debt of gratitude £01' and when we con ider, a Pressmen's T';.~;t to Bray. their vi ion, enthu.siasm "'e have point d out, the Durin!: the past month En!:Jish Pr .men were entertained h~ the Bra) U.D.C. Photograph show gu ·ts and officials at G1endalough. and perseverance. IRISH TRAVEL. August, 1929. Irish Travel Holiday Winners of the June Competitions. o Competition MEMORIES-A TOWN-DWELLER'S HOLIDAY-AN ENGLISH GIRL IN IRELAND-IRELAND AS A BRAN-TUB-THE PEACE ABOVE DUBLIN. lakes; have gone over Coomakista Gap in Kerry when Memories. all the howling furies of nature tried to tear us off the An English Cyclist looks backward over happy times tandem and rain lashed us in the face; beheld tho spent in Ireland on a Tandem. great Atlantic breakers pounding the foot of the By L. W. Murras. 7 Sunbourne Rd., SI. Michaet's, Liverpool. mighty Iountains of Achill. All this-Ireland! I ask no Inore. \YJIIFF of peat slllOke from ROlll:! \\'elsh mcun­ A hlin cottage, or the sound of waves breaking A Town-Dweller's Holiday. all t\ rockbound coasL; such ]'('millc1crs that By Keonelh Rankin, 5 Heswall Road, Aintree, Liverpool. oft send my thoughts ANY English people away over the sea to Ire­ M are chary of making land. an Irish tOUT on account of Ireland-what that name several imaginary ditIi\~ul­ means to me! Kindly, ties which they fear they warm-hearted people. their will encounter. Last year, little cabins scattered O\'l'l' when I mooted an Iris," the purple bogs - great tour, my friends laughed, mountains rising fro m Expensive! Bad roads! the sea-expansi"e lakes, Hostility to English people! island dotted. Again I sce But they were wiser when the little turf carts claLter­ I returned :from my tom. ing up the hills and nm Expensive? Well, if ten greeted with a " Fine even­ shillings a day is expensive, ing, sirs." Once more I yes. Bad roads? Main am on Bungla, looking roads glorious; by-roads along the mighty sea cliffs the same as in England. of Slieve League, with Hostility? Rubbish! ever their top wreathed in mist, have I found a more and the sun occasionally friendly people. If I \\'H~ lighting up that terrible lost, they soon put me on f:'1.ce of rock. Oh! for tlwt the right road. Once I \l'lh Antrim coast road, wiLh in a strange village, I nd g l' eat waves shattering night was falling. There themselves into clouds of were no rooms vacant white spray on the rocks in the hotel. But, owing beside us; the cliff ri ing to the kindness of an above, covered with mas. cs old farmer, I found a of primroses, and the blue bed beneath beams black sea stretching myay t,) Photo] [1. Photo Co. with peat smoke. H Scotland. There wa' tlHt .tn 1l'i~h " Bohel'een " and Thatched Coltage. this is hostility, I wish misty day in Donegn1, The prize,winning picture in the Photo Section of these com· there was more of it in petitions will be found on front cover. Tbe prize ha'! heen "'hen, running down-hill in awarded to lIfiss lIfcE. Kelly. 22 Charleville Road, Dublin. Bngland. the mountains, we literally In Ireland one can dropped out of the clouds, and that \\'011 (lor[ul view broathe God's pure air. No factory smoke! No dirt burst upon us-Lough Dunlewy, hundreds of feet and grime on the flowers and trees I For the nature below. It was somewhere in Connemara a typicnl lover, Ireland stands alone. Be it in the grandeur hi hman had drawn up his cart at the top f a little of the Gap of Dunloe, the panorama of Glengarriff, hill and cheered us lustily as we swept upwards, the peaceful pass of Keimaneigh, or the sylvan glory " Sure 'tis a long time since I've seen one of those. of Woodenbridge, Nature is always near; ature in Go it, lads." all her forms and aspects, in all her moods. ature I have seen goldan evenincrs in the Vale of Clara, frowns in the wild moorland and mountain of Glen­ still evenings of mellow sunshine by the '\Vestmeath malure: she smiles in the quietude of Avoca. To the 288 August, 1929. I RI SH TRAVEL. town dweller from England-indeed, from anywhere­ liness of her people, and the tourist with sufficient in­ Nature has a glorious attraction. And Nature is in telligence to make more than a merely superficial ex­ Ireland; ature is Ireland. amination of these will be amply repaid. Last year I travelled alone. This year I am bring­ The lone hiker, carrying his day's grub in his ruck­ ing a friend to share with me the wonders of Glenda­ sack and with sketch-book conveniently placed, can lough. There we will pitch our tent, and live with travel au pied to his heart's desire and, if such be his Nature for a few fleeting hours. aim, can spend each night beneath the roof of a comfortable modern hotel. For the Ireland of to-day is undoubtedly not the isolated, little-known Ireland An English Girl In Ireland. of yesterday. To those with a taste for the beautiful, By Miss Gladys Proctor, 2 Eden Park, Dunleary, Dublin. Ireland is a happy hunting-ground. Donegal, Con­ naught, Kerry and Wicklow have a rugged grandeur HAVE just come to the end of a most lovely holi­ found nowhere else in the world. In the North the I day-a leisurely motor tour to Southern Ireland country is less wild but no less beautiful. Loughs in a Morris-Cowley car. •Teagh and Erne supply some of the finest fishing in We went to see the \Vaters of Avoca; then to the British Isles. Cashel, where the Rock was silhouetted against the '1'he pea antry of Ireland, with their unfailing sky, standing for the triumph of Christianity over ('ourtesy, their traditional national dignity, and their paganism. Then rain, and on through Fermoy to natural hospitality, are one of the great attractions to Queenstown. uch a mist; but sunshine in the morn­ \'isitors to Ireland and remain practically untouched ing. I could see pike Island and The Arabic and b.v the commercial life in the cities. the ship stuck in the harbour.