APRIL, 19:J.3. VOL. X. NO. 7. r It IBH TRAVl!JL. April, 1935. SEVEN ROUTES TO IRELAND FISHGUARD to CORK-Direct Leave Paddington ·5·55 p.m. Every Tuc•. , 1'I,urs. and Sat. LIVERPOOL to DU BLI N Leave Euston ·6-5 p.m. 5ail10.15 p.m. Nightly (Sunday. exceptcd). LIVERPOOL to BELFAST LeaveEuston·6·5p.m. Saill'l.15pm Nightly (Sunday. excepted). AR DROSSAN to BELFAST Express Night Mail Service. Leave Gla.gow (Central) 10·30 p. m.§ GLASGOW to BELFAST-Direct SailCromGlasgow9·Qp.m.: Nightly (Sunday. excepted). GLASGOW to DUBLIN "ia Greenock. Every Monday, Wedne.day, Friday and Saturday. GLASGOW to DERRY via Greenock. Daily elcept Tue.day, Thurs· day and Sunday, • Re,tallrant Boat EXDre... § Saturdavs and Sundays excepted. : Saturday. 10·45 p... BANK OF IRELAND. ESTABLI~HEO 1783. ARDEN LOVERS G visiting Ireland Donegal FACILITIES should make a Handwoven FOR point of seeing Lissadell Tweeds and TRAVELLERS. Gardens where a very Handknitted large collection of Alpines Stockings, and other Hardy Plants Jumpers. etc.• can be seen growing in also fine Handmade Rock Gardens. Moraines, Lingerie and Retaining Walls, e t c . Handembroidered SEEDS A SPECIALITY Goods. always in HEAD OFFICE. COLLEGE GREEN. DUBLIN stock. 6- LISSADELL IS SITUATED BRANCHES Al ABOUT F 0 URMILE S BELFAST. CORK. DERRY. WEST OF THE SLIGO­ AND 100 TOWNS THROUGHOUT IRELAND BUN D 0 RAN R 0 A D. ALSO A"T COSH. (QUEENSTOWN.) & GALWAY. 'OOCKS) MANAGER, LISSADELL, EVERY DESCRIPTION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS TRANSACTED ON ARRIVAL SLIGO. OF A.LL LINERS 13 ...... DAV OR NIGHT IRISH FREE STATE. Wholesale from TI1e SUBSCRIPTION Irish Tourist Associa­ 5/- PER ANNUM. tion and from Post Free. Eason & Son, Ltd. 00 00 COPIES FREE Retail from all TO ALL MEMBERS Newsagents and OF THE IRISH from The Irish ASSOCIATION AND Tourist Association. OF ITS ASSOCIATE Price --- 3d. DEPARTMENT TRAVEL OFfiCIAL ORGAN Of THE IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION. DUBLlI1 APRIL. 1935. NO. 7. VOL. X. Cen yeare! The Irish Tourist Association <elebrates the dose of a de<ade. emphatically, " Why not I" when it will be accom­ "I RISH TRAVEL " is primarily a medium of the panied by or interspersed with keen criticism illustration in word and picture, of the autrac­ hard-hitting and, perhaps, an exaggeration of com~ tions which Ireland holds out to the to':1ri~t and r~spect, rea~ershlp plaints. holiday-maker. In that its IS_ not The Annual Reunion this year promises to be particularly concerned wIth the detaIled work of unusual in many respects. It is whispered that the propaganda and preparation which, in every branch .llnual Report will disclose an improved financial of tourism, occupy the off-season months an~ ensure rede~oratIOn position with even brighter prospects for the future, the effecting of improvements, and and that the lengthy survey of ten years' work will modernisation essential to the formatIOn of good be both full and frank. The celebration of our tenth impressions. But IRISH TRAVEL is also the offiCIal organ of that birthday will take precedence at the Banquet, but the demands of the modern visitor will be the big great organisation whose twofold. duty. involv~s. not only the attraction but also the satlsfac.tIOn of vISItors. feature of the Hotels' Conference. 1.T.A. members have no excuse for absence from This organisation, alrea~y bus~ on ItS propaganda work in outside countrIes, wIth the resources of the annual. f.unctions this year, and there is no doubt that the dinmg (and dancing?) accommodation at the press advertising, radio programmes, films, and Gresham Hotel, Dublin, distribution of literature will be in heavy all pressed into service, demand. Nor will it has, as in previous be the fault of the years, chosen the end of organisers if the meet­ April and early May to ings fail to elicit an­ signalise, through its nouncements of policy Annual Meeting and Conference of Hotel which, in themselves, would be worth coming Proprietors, the transi­ Holidays in 1935 tion from preparation to Mountain Climbing in Connemara-by O. Wall to hear. practical test. The True Irish Climate-by H. de Mowbray What has all this to Parnell ... ... ... ... do with prospective I. T. A. ANN UAL An Irish Holiday Resort-by Uhas. Gallen ... visitors to Ireland? FUNCTIONS. Fly-Fishing for Trout-by L. Galley Only this, gentle readers At the Annual Meet­ The Folk Lore of Ireland is Unique-by in other lands - we ing of the 1.T.A., the D. L. Kelleher 128 wish you could be there Hoteliers' Conference Our Irish Countryside 129 with us. We could and the Official Banquet An Irish Holiday 130-131 wish you no better on Tuesday, April 30th, Ireland through the Windscreen 132 assurance that the Howth Castle and its Legends-by A. Kalle 133 there will be Dluch 1.T.A. looks after your felicitation, celebration ID IRISH TRAVEL Cover Competition-Results ... 135 Ireland's Leading Hotels 137 interest as well as and, perhaps, what our Ireland's. And we could IDm A Directory of Hotels ...... 139 American friends would wish you no better fun call .. boloney." But, ~.\9~~oo~~~JIT "Why Not?" - and than being there! II7 IRISH TRAVEL. April, 1935. NOTES and NEWS. Excursions from U.S.A. in 1935 : Golf in Glengarriff: J{ew Aerodrome for Galway .. Ladies' J{ight" at the Tourist Exhihition in London. Mr. Peter J. Mahon. .. Ladles' Night" at I rlsh Exhibition. A big increa e is expected in the number of Americans ~londay, 7th March, \\ as "Ladies' ight.. at the l:ulIling to Ireland tl1i season, and resenations with the Exlllbition now open at th High Commi sioner's Office, various transatlantic steamship companies for the summer Piccadilly House, Jermyn tr et, London. Some forty months' sailing are said to be in excess of last year's gue ts attended, representing the Lyceum Ladles' Club, bookings. Worth special comment is the excursion the Gateway Professional and Buslne Women' Club, arranged by the Cunard White tar Line per the s.s. the American Women' Club, etc., etc. Mr. Dulanty, the " Franconia" from Boston, on June ~9th. Mr. Peter J. High Commissioner, presided, and much intere t was Mahon, a well-known and particularly successful con­ di played in the tourist section, where the picturesque ductor of such tours, will lead the party. He has also village of Ballydainty is di played. arranged an inclusive "all-expense" tour in Ireland, at On farch 21st, eventy Illanagers and representatives a cost of $46.50, bIlled to leave Galway on Monday, from London branche~ of Thos. Cook & ons attended 8th July, for a tour of Connemara, Clare, Lim rick, a reception at the Exhibition, at which the film, "Gem Killarney and Kerry, Glengarriff, Cork, Blarney, Youghal, of the ea," was hown. The audience wa then Tramore, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin. Pas engel's addres. ed by Mr. D. 1.. Kelleher, London manager of the on board and on the inland tour will have the benefit of Iri h Touri t Asso iation the expert knowledge and experience of Mr. Mahon-a ~ nowledge and experience extending over a period of nearly 25 years. Trout Anglers In Ireland. \Ye have just received, from the Honorary ecretary of the Irish Free tate Trout Anglers' Federation (Mr. L. Gaffey), a li t of Affiliated Angling Associations and Clubs, Golf In Glengarrlff. Which, unfortunately, is too lengthy to be published in That lovely resort on Bantry Bay - Glengarriff ­ its entirety in this is ne. It shows, however, that this needed one thing to complete its holiday perfection-a body of anglers is well organised and completely repre- Golf course. This has just been effected by the enter­ entative. There are thirty- ight angling associations and pri e and energy of some of the residents who opened club in the list, and all fishing districts in the Irish the" Glengarriff Golf OUlse" on March 1 th. The formal Free tute are covered from Dundall<, Cavan and inauguration of the new club was celebrated by an Open ~lonaghan, to ork and Kerry, and from DUblin to Mayo troke competition, commencing immediately after the and Galway. The hon. secretarie of all these groups will opening ceremony at 11 a.Ill. giv valuable as i tance to visitor for angling in Ireland. The course, which i a nine-hole one, i situate at Lugdine on the eastern shore of Glengarriff harbour, ~ within 'easy l' ach of the Village and the hotel. Much care has been given to its layout by a representative New Aerodrome for Galway. committee, supported by a keen local membership from Bantry, Glengarriff and district. The course gives magnificent views of the bay, the islands and the Caha mountains encircling the coastline. The new links is bound to prove an added attraction for visitors to lovely Glengarriff which, with its mild climate and rich scenery I RELAND1, and vegetation, proves a splendid winter and spring, a well a summer holiday re,ort. NOTRE DAME 1.500 .'!..~'=!:.~••••••••••••GALWAV B~r ~ ....··········- New Book on Ireland. Mr. tephen Gwynn, well·known as a writer and sports­ man, has written "Ireland in Ten Days" for inclusion by Geo. Harrap & Co., the famous publishers, in their popular "In Ten Days" serie of travel book. Readers of travel literature look forward expectantly to the i sue Route 0/ propo••d new Civil Air Service. of this publication. Great interest is b ing taken in the prospect of a regular ~ passenger and mall air service across the Atlantic-a .p,rospect .which appears to be within sight of realisation. Summer In Donegal. 1he posslblllty of a regular transatlantic ervice between Galway Bay and eWfoundland-l,500 mile in 7~ hours­ " umm l' in Donegal" i the happy prospect of Mr.