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When In Athlone, the rising little central I've never, never had it there before. one' neighbour's chimneys went town where Radio Eireann comes It's better lale than never, on fire one remembered gratefully from, they have begun to put the I'll have it up however, that bra s plate and sent a message names of their local celebrities over For I'm goillg to have my name upon to the gentleman to call and operate the door. the door. on one's own. The house where John McCormack Thus, or approximately so, thc But in Ireland e\'en now a man was born now carries its appropriate song ran that charmed many a will hesitate a long time about commemoration of the fact. In music hall gallery moment in the putting his name upon the door. Ireland where people are slow to years gone by. That name upon Oyer there, until lately, it had to celebrate the living this is an the door is one of the oldest identifi­ be a doctor, or else no bra s plate. innovation to be welcomed. There cations. It has become democratized A weep, other than by his own are signs that it will spread. Then since the days when a brass platc sooty face, must not dare advertise the visitor will no longer have to under the knocker was a mark of complain of the monotonous country distinction, dared only by a doctor, streets. There will be so many or such professions. The first realist stories on the wall that he who who put up his plate" John Brown, walks may always read. Sweep," and stuck a sooty brush 4i D. L. KELLEHER, out over it destroyed the distinction, in "Coming Events." I ~\ pt"indpal 1938' OCTOBER 1938 Special l5unting Contents SUN MON ruES WED THU FRI SAT Dumbet" PAGE PAGE Books About Ireland 1.,1,-15 liunting ;\Iemories. By" T"irtor ,. 2 R:o.J .-.:>,. A:>... -..,.. ~ 1 LIst of Irish Hunts, Masters, ""'" Radio Eireann for October 17 Secretaries, Fees, etc. .. .. 3-6 3 4 5 6 7 8 _\. Director) of Hotcb 19 From the National Museum: A 2 New Collection. By Liam S. Gogan, ,H. d. 9 Q 10 11 12 13 14 15 Threshing Day on an Iri5h Farm. By Sean Feehan 11 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ~ ~ M~lIntain(' ring in Ircland--!.- 30 31 25 26 21 28 The Donegal Highlands. 29 By Claude W. Wall 12 Hallowe'en-31st October I IRISH HUNTING MEMORIES By cc VICTOR" Thin!?, when 7.£'e speak oJ horses, that you see them rai ed their hats and aps and obsen ed strict hunt.ing u etin uette. Printing their prO'ltd hoots• in the reccivinb earth. (Prologue: King Henry TT.) f have heard many hunting st.orie in Duhallow- ome of them hoary wit.h age and some of yesteryear and ye~terday. Four years ago whilst waiting at a VERY hunting county in Ireland has its own covert m Duhallow that wa tenantle T chatted with characteristics. Galway i famous for its wall , a young man who was riding a big blood horse. He was E Meath for its big drain and brooks and Duhallow one of the many parting farmers' sons who are to be for its stone-faced narrow banks. But every county found i? Duhallow. Finding him intelligent beyond has a charming variety of fence to tempt and test the ordmary I asked him if he knew the river made even the brave5t hor eman. famous by the poet Spenser, " The /l,fulla mine, whose Hounds and horses have an irresistible charm for waves w!nlom, I taught to weep." It wa into his barrow people of the country-side. Four sea50ns ago I was for the Awbeg (to give it its more popular name) runs w!th the Duhallow Hunt when they drew the cover at through his father's farm. The season before, he told Llscarroll. The people of the village and t.he surrounding me, hounds passed t.hrough the land on a screaming country st.ood on the hill watching the hounds working scent. Only three riders were up with hounds. Two in the cover beneath whilst t.he hunting folk in t.he of them jumped the Awbeg from bank to bank, the valley whispered lest they might arouse the suspicions thml horse breasted the far side, threw its rider on to of reynard. When the fox was forced out, the spectators terra firm a and dropped into the river with a broken on the hill kept perfectly silent. They discreetly ?ack. At first, I thought that my young friend had an Imagination rivalling that of penser for I know the width of the Awbeg at this point. However when he told me that young Harry Beasley was the leader, I accepted the story. A Famous Huntsman. Ahout the middle of the last century Francis Roland pratt took up re idence in the Funcheon Vale in the Cork-Limerick border. He built himself a mansion on the Hyde property. It was built on a rock on the edge of the river and was very beautiful. It was agreed and covenanted that he was to pay no rent until the mansion was finished. He left one wing unfinished and never paid rent. pratt kept a private pack of hounds and showed great sport. He had a famous hop;e " Catch Me," so called because nothing could live with him in the hunting field. One morning there was a meet at the Master's Crossing the River. residence, When the field had partaken of his hospitality, (Please see page 7), October, 1938. iRISH TRAVEL LIST OF Irish Hunts, Masters, Secretaries, Fees, etc. FOXHOUNDS Name of Hunt Subscription pecial Fee5: I Where Hunters and Couples Convenient Hunting :'\lasters Secretaries and for Temporary Kennels can of Hound,; Towns Days Cap Charges Visitors be Hired Avondhu (25) Fermoy, Mitchels- Wed. ~[r. T. O'Brien ~[r. C. E. ~lagnier, £5; C1.p, 2s. 6d . ... By arrangement Stand House, Fer­ W. Jones, Fer­ town, Lismore. Sat. ~I.R.C.V.S., Dun­ moy. moy. tahcen House, Fer­ mo)'. TUf~S. ~[r. ~[r. Ballymac3d (20) OldCc:,st1(', Ca!'{le­ R. C. Spcid­ A. Hone. BaIly- )Iinimum sub.. £:»; I' 10s. per day Grennan, Dro- Write Hon. Sec. pollard. Fri. Soote and Mi" A. macad, Oldcaslle, cap, 25. 6<1. more, Oldcagtle, Usher. Co. Meath. Co. Meath. Bree (20t) Enniscorthy Tues. Mr. R. A. Dier ~[r. ]. )[crnJ.gh, Sub., £3 3s.; cap, Coolbawn Apply Hon. Sec Sat. Davidstown, 2s.6<I. Ennisoorthy. Carlow (30) Carlow. Tullow, Tuee;;. ~lrs. W. Hall ~[r. O. H. Eustare- £10; .>S. cap 10s. cap for ~ Moyle, Carlow. Apply Hon. Sec Ragcnabto\\'ll. Sat. Duckett, Castle- days. Tel.-Carlow 17. mon", Tullow. Carbery (25) Bandon, Clonakilty, Thurs.