Official Organ of the Irish Tourist Association Vol. XIV. o. JANUARY, 1939. Threep 'nce' The Spinner at her Wheel. IR ISH TR rl r' E ], january, '939 FISHGUARD to CORK Leave Paddington *5.55 p.m. Every Tues., Thurs. and Sat. LIVERPOOL to DUBLIN Leave Euston *6.5 p.m. Sail10.15p.m. Nightly (Sun. ex.) LIVERPOOL to BELFAST Leave Euston +6.5 p.m. Sail 10.15 p.m. Nightly (Sun. ex.) GLASGOW to BELFAST Direct. Sail from Glasgow 10 p.m. t Nightly (Sundays ex.) GLASGOW to DUBLIN Direct. MOll. Wed. Sat. 5.15 p.m. via Greenock. Fridays at 1 p.m. GLASGOW to DERRY via Greenock. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday • Hestn,ul'ant Boat }4Jxpre~!"i, Saturdays 10.30 p.m • ." _... -- - ......'1: - ~ ........~" --" --. #--~.. ...........-.....: ~ I r ...-.-~~........ -... ~ • ~c.. - -~ • .J.' -~ .. ,.. - OUl" neW 'Yeal" Wish if,9 tiN JANUARY .. " ,.,. su... MC*- ,VI. wo. fMU. nu. Mt. 1 t 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1t 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 to t1 BANK OF IRELAND tt t3 t4 t5 ~6 21 20 29 30 31 » I> .. I> ESTABLISHED 1783. TO ALL OUR READERS FACILITIES FOR TRAVELLERS AT A very joyj'ul 1939 Head OMce: COLLEGE GREEN,DUBLIN and BELFAST •• CORK • > DERRY AND 100 TOWNS THROUGHOUT (RELARD; Many Happy Holidays in EVERY DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED ON ARRIVAL OF LINERS BY DAY OR NIGHT AT COBH CQUEENSTOWN) IRELAND AND GALWAY DOCKS. Inserted by TJJE IRISH 'fOURIST .\"~OCIATION IRISH TRA VEL January, I939 SBPTEMBER~onUnued. MAY-OOnltnued. 11JLY~onUnued. 7 Racing. Powerstown Park, Clonmel. 27 MotoringDublfu (D"U Joly Cup and Novices Trial), 18-20 GOLF. (OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS OF 9 MOTORING. (GRAND PRIX INTER- IRELAND), NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. NATIONAL CAR RACE) PHOENIX 27-28-29 M• PARK, DUBLIN. • To~rlnt. (LeinsterlM.'f Whit Week-end 18-20 Raelng. (Irish Oaks), Curragb, Co. Kildare. 20 Fels. Limerick City. 9 Racing. Navan, Co. Meath. 27-28-29 GOII.' om Dublin. 20-21 Agrleullural and Horse Show. ClonmeJ. 11 Racing. MuIlingar, Co. Westmeath. Golf Cl ~Open Tournament), Waterford 12 Goll. (Club Week), Lahlnch. Co. Clare. 22 Raelng. Phoenix Park, Dublin. 23-29 Golf (u: is Racing. Mallow, CO. Cork. CI~e. Whit Competitiom), Lahinch, Co· 25 Annual Summer Show. Navan, Co. Meath. 14 Racing. Duodalk, Co. Louth. 2510 Aug.4 Golf. (Open Week), Rosslare Strand. 16 Racing. BaldoyJe, Co. Dublin. 2&-2929 GolfRaoin (0pen Tournament), Oak Park, Carlow. Co. Wexford. 20-21 ~u:t.e. (Irish St. Leger). Curragh. Co. 29 D g. Waterford and Tramore. 25 Agrlcullnral how. Longford. 23 Molor Cycling. (Hill Climb), Ballinasoomey ~ og Show. Cork. 25 Pallem. Ardmore, Co. Waterford. Co. Dublin. ' RacIng. Baldoyle, Co. Dublin 23 Racing. Phoenix Park Dublin. 25--26 Racing. Killamey. 23 Molorlng. (I.M.R.C. Hill Climb) Dublin Yacht Rac;, DURING MONTH. 27 Agricullural Show. Kilkcnny. 24 GAELIC FOOTBALL. (ALL-1RELAND FINAL), CROKE PARK DUBLIN at Dun ~ ~~l"lI SaturdaY and ThursdalJ 27 Racing. Limerick. 29 Racing. Baldoyle, Co. Dublin. 26-27-28 Racing. Listowel, Co. Kerry. FIIJ'fish' 0 tre. 00. Dublin. so Raelng. Naas. Co. Kildare. 17a.-iowJ oPens on L. Sheelin. SO NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE. CROAGH M~~~~. tor; . PAT~ICK, 30 (Lcinster M.C. Social Event). Golf fi:r:tWJeanna• Point-ta-Point Races and CO. MAYO. GrellMund ures ~hrOUf!hout the countl"ll. DURING lMONTH. DURING MONTH. Trout Fly• . R~no tn many centres. Greyhound Racing in many centres. Grellhounif. Racino in manlJ centres. {:§:,~~?:'!!..OomPetition • ...... _ ~ 'lI n.M,\. (Barrow Anolers' Yachl "Racina 0.9 in M"'''' "niI .T'~ne. "AS '1 CLIMBED UP 1939 IN TH·E FROM SHROOVE ..." IRISH CALENDAR -the following pages wc give a brief list of the chief HE~E i an easy road to the top of the headland­ events planned for 1939 in Ireland. A more compre­ Ta .clImb of about five hundred feet in twenty 1hen ive Calendar of Irish Events is noW in course of climbmmutes or .half an hour. It will be a loitering prep~ration and will soon be available in booklet form. lOok ' for one WIll be ure to halt a couple of time to \Vatchat t!le running commentary of wild flowers or Familiar, well-established events reappear in Qur from tal m.gle flower standing entry by a waterbreak current li t-Coursing (for the Irish Cup) in January; le 'Ide of the hill. " ational Ploughing Championships, Feis Atha Qiath (Big Dublin Feis) and Rugby International in February; rO~~~kuage must have had one of its beginnings on a '" ational Festival celebration in March; Fly-fishing and l1lust ~ e that. The first men discovering the beauty fly-casting competitions and the Cork International Car \Vhi h t ve uttered their gasps of admiration out of Race in April; the Spring Show in May; the Leinster befoc me words later were built. "Gardeners came Trophy Car Race in July: the Dublin Horse Show in COdre grammarians," said the proverb, or, rather, August and the All-Ireland Hurling and Footb3.ll Finals gave the flowers and man made a name for them. and the Phoenix Park Grand Prix Car Race in September. These are the usual " high-spots" on our Calendar clim~se1'h (literal). rambling thoughts came to me as I for 1939. But" high-spots" the ed up from Shroove to less familiar crowd into this the {op of Innishowen Head, year's Events in Ireland, to wit, ascen w~nty .to thirty minutes' the European Boxing Champi6:1­ Do t m which you arise out of prindpal Cont~nts ships (this promises to be a really IsI~egal and are in sight of PAGE "big" event) billed for April in acr!s <l;nd the l:>aps of Jura Calendar of the Principal Irish Dublin, and a host of other attrac­ lovel m. cotland. It is a Events, 1939 .... 70-71 tive international contests for y allunng Scotland the view which Ireland will be the venue­ al The Holy "Veils of Sligo havl1lost that Columbcille' must By !vlary A. GantOr 73 Ireland v. Germany in Hockey to ~ .~en before he sailed out. Tony Comes to Kilowen. A Sporting (February), Ireland v. Wales and Medley .... By" Fitz" 75 by ~~lhze old cotland, pa sing v. El!gland in Hockey (March). County Kilkenny: it~ place in Art Scottish League v. Football heath IS headland. as unspoilt, and Literature. to-da-clad. and plea ant a place By Seamus G. 0' Ceallaigh 77 League of Ireland (MiLrch), Ireland it y Y as It ever was. To reach Curio-;ities Around Ireland 79 v. Hungary in A sociation Foot­ ~rontier at by Ou cro. s after frontier, By a Cottage Fireside ball (1Iarch), Gentlemen Ireland pOlitf~rmJ~slon of the Jig-saw By Nancie O'Dare 80 v. Gentlemen of cotland in 82 Clans. But in Doneaal Songs (If Ireland Cricket (June) and Ireland v. beaut h h hay y, as no frontier, you Radio Eireann 83 u tralia, in Rugby (December). as ~J the freedom of heaven" ~rountaine('ring in Ireland-7 : An event worth watching out for 1Cy say up there. Louth and 'the North-East. By Claude Wall 85 is the " Oireachtas" or Conven­ tion of the Gael planned for D. L. KELLEHER, A Directory of Irish Hot('\s 87 ~o\"ember. in "Coming Events." 69 IR ISH TRA l' H I, January, 1939 FISHGUARD to CORK Leave Paddington *5.55 p.m. Every Tues., Thurs. and Sat. LIVERPOOL to DUBLIN Leave Euston *6.5 p.m. .,'" SaiI10.15p.m. Nightly (Sun. ex.) 1I~.lJ 2 LIVERPOOL to BELFAST Leave Euston ·6.5 p.m. ~~~ Sail 10.15p.m. Nightly (Sun. ex.) ~I I~~ lIJlIloll,ll_L..,",~~:, .., l>f!'.':-:'" -;0":':;;::": T" ttaclllg......' .:!....!~_ -"_C"9 _ DUBLIN. ~. 'ny.- - ....- 7 Hockey (Leinster Senior and Junior Inter- 10 Racing. Mallow, Co. Cork. Provincial Trials), Dublin, 11 Motoring (Leinster Motor Club Nigbt Trial) Dublin. 12 Racing. Sligo. 11-12-13 COURSING (IRISH CUP), CLOUNANNA, 12 or 13 Point-to-Point Races. CaIary, Co. WickloW. ADARE, cO. LIMERICK. 11 Racing. Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. 11 RUGBY (IRELANDv. WALES), BELFAST. 18 Racing. Powerstown Park, Clonmel. 14-15 Association Football (Intermediate Cup Final), 15 Motoring. (Grafton Cup Trial), Dublin. Dublin. 15 Racing. Down Royal (Maze). 15 Racing. Navan, Co. Meatb. 14 Hockey (Leinster v. Munster), Dublin. 17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY. (NATIONAL FESTIVAL). 15 Hockey. (Leinster Senior League Final), 14 Motor Cycling (Go·as-you-Please Trial), Three Dublin. Rock, Dublin. 17 GAELIC FOOTBALL (INTER-PROVINCIAL FINAL), CROKE PARK, DUBLIN. 18-22 BOXING. (EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS), 19 Racing. Waterford and Tramore. DUBLIN. 17 HURLIlIG (INTER-PROVINCIAL FINAL), 21 1Il0tor Cycling (Patland Cup Trial), Ticknock. 20 Dog Show. Dundalk, Co. Louth. Co. Dublin. CROKE PARK, DUBLIN. 19-20 RacIng. Curragh, Co. Kildare. 21 Hockey (Ulster v. Leinster), BeUast. 17 Hockey (Peat Cup Final, Juniors), Dublin. 21-22 Rugby. (Bateman Cup), Dublin. 23 Rugby (Trial Matcb), Dublin. 17 Hockey (Leinster Senior Challenge Cup, Final), Dublin. 21-22 MOTOBIllG. (INTERNATIONAL CAR 23 Hockey (Munster v. Ulster), Cork. RACE), CORK. 23 1Il0torlng (Dublin University Trial), Dublin. 17 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. (SCOTTISH LEAGUE v. FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF 22 Racing. Naas, Co. Kildare. DURING MONTH. IRELAND), DUBLIN. 23 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (F.A. CHALL­ Coursing at manll centres. 17 Motoring. (I.M.R.C. Trial), Dublin. ENGE CUP-FINAL), DUBLIN. Hunting Meets blI all Hunts. 17 Racing. Limerick. 25-26 Racing. Punchestown, Co. Kildare. Fishing Season opens in some districts. 17 Motor Cycling. (Ounlop Cup Scrambles), 29 Racing. Phoenix Park, Dublin. Crooks1ing, Dublin. 29 Dog Show. (Cocker Spaniel Club), Dublin, FEBRUARY. 17 DO~u~~::" (IrishjKennel Club), Ballsbridge, 29 Motor Ccyllng. (" Go-as-you-Please" Trial) Co. Dublin.