SUBSCRIPTION PUBLISHED 5/- PER ANNUM. EACH MONTH. 00 COPIES FREE 00 TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE I RaSH WHOLESALE FROM ASSOCIATION AND EASON & SON, Ltd. OF ITS ASSOCIATE DUBLIN. DEPARTMENT TRAVEL TY~ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE IRISH TOURIST ASSOCIATION, DUBLIN. ,. ..- ~ . ;"" VOL. 4. JULY, 1929. NO. 11. A Memorable Event. N Sumla\ 23rd of June, 11 remtlrkablc dCllIOll­ lo,yalty of a nation to it, ideltb, but t.he spirit of ordel' stratio;;" of the vitality tlnd eal'lle,:;tne8S of t.he and progt'ess which i~ chnl't1ct.eri -t.ic ol the Irish O New Ireland took place when the country Henaissance. celebrated the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation and the triumph of Daniel O'Connell, the Libewtor. Primarily it was of course, an occasion of thanks­ The Irish Countryside. aivina and the eel:emonies, which "'ere exelusivelv of o 0' " [\ religious nature, \vere marked by a dogree of quiet _\Jl countries have certtlin attraction, ill eommoll devotion which in itself was [\ tribute to the Irish "'hich they can offer to holida\' makcrs but in the people. Another a pect of the celebration "'hich compctition for touri·t tmffie tl~e distinc'tive feat.ures must have its tribute was the remtlrkably effici ilL of a country will be the determining factors in bringing organisation work. 1 othing like it htl~ been soen in visitors. In Ireland one of t.he ullique sights i-; the Ireland before, and it i' improbable that the work remarkable freshnc,'s lmd fricndl} lIppCtlrance of tlll' would have been as "'ell done in any other country. countryside. An equttble clilnlttc has given oUt' Over 300,000 people, or nearly onc-tenth of the entire countryside It cool and frcsh appearance >;ueh as i~ population of the Irish I,'ree State, a sembled in the not to be found in any country in the world. Phrenix Park, Dublin. They came lrom nil parts of It is only in these SUlllBwr (h,\ s, ",hen the hot the countrv-from Valentia to :'Ialin Head. For the sun is seen through the trees which o\'er"hadow a most part' they arrived, assembled and dispersed Wicklow road, or glinting on 0. \Vestcrn lake. that thi-; within the space of 14 hours. Their assembly was freshness can be fully enjoyed. In tll evenings, whell marked by no crushing or undue haste. Dublin the etting sun tUl'll8 n Kerl.'Y bog iuto a blaze of t.rellted her yj itors well; nOllO "'ont [l\vay hnngry. glory, with our wbitewasrwc1 Uwtehe<l cottages adding The trams and omnibu e and the raihm,\s co-operated a touch of the pict.uresljue t.o the land::;eape, impres­ in the disposal of the people in an ast.oni~hillgl.v effi­ sions a1'O recorded whieh remain :t lifelong memory cient way. 'rhe. demonstration pl'O\'ed not alone the of pleasanL contentnwnt, Photo) [LT..\. .111 e.cclllsice riI'''' of the s('Clle ill Phlrlli.r Pa/'I, 011 the occa.ioll of the Celllellary Uelebmtiolls of Catholic Emallcipation. IRISH TRAVEL. July, 1920. DRIVING THROUGH CONNEMARA 'By W. M. Letts. ~ 'E of the delights 01 motoring is to rccall cer­ every 'hadc of umber, sienna, ru et, \'andyke, in its tain days, to compare notes with others, to oft colour; now it i' a great ilver hield of the bay, O dll'ell in memory on the lights and colours with thc majestic cone of Croagh Patrick, the holy thnt are so tnpricious until the mind records them in mountain, blessing sea and land. .\.gain, it is an old that sketch-book which even thc unskilled may keep. \roman in red petticoat piling turf, or a donkey with There i.. 11 question I have often put to sailors: her little \roolly, straggle-legged foal at her side, or a " What is tbe most benutiful harbour you have seen?" flock of proud-cyed, stiff-necked geese gaggling de­ To motorists I \\'imt to ,ay: "\Vhnt is the most fitlDCe nt the car. memorable dri \'e you lwve tnken?" ~lallarnnll'y is a beauty spot, famous in guide books, :'Iny I put the Jast question to myseU and answer but we did not stop till wo reached \Vestport. One it 101' sheer joy in recalling the beauties oC thc day alwaYi:l does wait a little in Westport, it is so often and or the placc? the last link with civilisation. You may cash a cheque We left Dugort, 011 the thero, and buy provisions north-wcst of .\chill Island, for lunch, cheese and toma­ on a .June morning, leaving toes and bananas, things at nn ens,\ nfter-breakfast you may not see for a long hour. Tbe nm acmss the time, for \Vestport is an im- island is loYel,\ for n sblrt. portant town, though to :\lountains lire tu111 bled be­ English c.ye it may look fore nnd nround. nnd the sleepy and ver,\- Irish. sea glomlls in thc loughs and Our way took us through hnys of this indented lnnd. the Marquis of Sligo's estate I could neyer leave .\ehill and out to the Louisburg without n heavy heart, for it road. \Ve \\'ere running s ms a blesRed islc of peace under the shadow of Croagh and kinclliness: nnd the Patricl{, the mountain of hollow noisc n the "'heels Photo] 11 f,onely Stretch near Doolagll. [.-\uthor. pilgrimage, trodden b,v hun- Photo] .t Distant Fie!!' of ('roagh Putrid... [Author. Photo] A chill IJead. [Author. run oyer the bridge at .\chill Sound has a dolour in it. dredi:l at thousands of piou feet. We stopped to look " Oh! happ.· i 'land, I will c me back," the heart at ~Iurrisk .\bbey, an anci nt ruined haunt of holy snys with a sigh, lest the dr am should be vain. J1wn, and now an bbey of tho e gay brothers, the jackdawR. We lunched on a bank above drifts of .H ,\chill Round the driver of the car, with many y llow flags, and looked out to 'ea or up to the moun- m,mly admonitions about the right way to drive, got iain ns tbe mood took us. into the Dublin train. All handR were busy in per- \Vb n th • car ret1ched Louisburg we turned. Every . uading a huge, l£-willed, ow to enter the same road th,\t Olle does llot follow in this \Vest country it'ain. In the bustle and general excitement the ad- is n lure resisted. \Ve might have gone to Muilrea monitionR \\'ere quietly taken and as quietly the car and th lonely. hare below that mountain, but we ~lid off on the roarl to Mnllarann.\. There is beauty, turn cl inland to follow the mo t beautiful road I know hut no monotony of beant.v, all ihe way on these that takes the happy wanderer by Doolough Pass and 'Vest of Tre]nn(l ronds. Now it iR n bogland, with Delphi to Lecnane,the key of Connemara. A lonely 252 (Continued on pag 269.) July, 1929. :RISlI TRAVEL. The Beauties of Kenmare. (13 . W' .L.) FIRST set foot in Co. Kerry at 1\.en- I mare, and found there a t h l' i v i n g town and a host of t h i n g s to interest. Looking towards the sea from the lofty su ­ pension bridge \I,hich pans the J(enmare Hiver, on the right lay a pier, now apparently little used. At 101V tide the approach of a v e s s e 1 through the ledges of rock mu"t have been almost im­ po sible. But ship of 150 tons could snfely enter with the full tide. Photo] Jfl/c/(sna Jfol/ntain, Kenll1m·e. [,\lIthor. In Stuart day, when 'Yilli11l11 l'ett~" founded the to\l'n, he \\'as regarded as of the" .\ncient t1nd :'Iodern Htate of the County of an ;tchenturolls and not too sensible pioneer, becau"e Kerr~ " should consult Dr. 'mith's 1ldmirable hi'­ he determined to form an Engli'h ettlement in this tory, publi hed in 175G, lmd no,,· a rare book. \\'ild district. The historian of tho'e times, whose Cut off from the outside world by a journey of two pen betray the mrlll, after a lively description of the da.\· through mounhlinous paths and den Cl forests, abundance of nature in this most beautiful trad of the mall community established1lt ~-edeen (l(enlllare the British 1 lcs, gocs on to say: \\"11 the llame afterwnrcls gi ,"en b.\ Iletty's de cenclant, " But during the greatcr part of the 17th cenlur.\, Lord 'helburne) to smelt iron for English manuft1C­ this pamdise \n1S as little kno\\'11 to the civilised WOrll! turers continued to prosp l' for 18 years. The popnhl­ flS Spitzbergen or Greenland. If ever it "'as men- ban amountecl to 180; the land aronnd, cleared of its Photo] Tile J(e11lnare Ri/·cr. [.\ IIthor. Ph to] Arbutus Foliage at Killal"llCy. [Author. tion d, it was mentioned a a horrible desert, a chao foresl trccs, was successfully cultivated, and t,,·o small of bog., thickets and pre ipiees, where the she-wolf barks were employed in fishing and trading along the still littered, and \\,here some half-naked sal'ages, ,1'110 con t. Salmon abounded in the ril'er and the moun­ ('ould not speak a ,,'ord of English, made them elve tnin streams, and some of the ettlers were bold burrow in the mud, and lil'ed on rool' and our enough to venture round 1\Iucksna and bring back the milk." The reader who \I'ould hnve a better account fish of Dromoughty Lake.