The Sunny Side of Ireland / How to see it by the Great Southern and Western Railway
ALEX. THOM & CO. (Limited), 87, 88, & 89, Abbey Street, DUBLIN.
Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent spelling of place names are left as in the original.
These pages attempt to make better known the large part of Ireland which is served by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and while doing so to realise Shakespeare's words:
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
If they succeed in these endeavours, they will satisfy the compiler. No inexorable route is insisted upon, but no suggestion is stinted which may help the tourist to enjoy fully the beautiful country he passes through—and a beautiful country it truly is, be it approached from Athlone, its north-western gate, by the Shannon, where,
In the quiet watered land, the land of roses, Stands Saint Kieran's city fair,
or from its south-western side, in the kingdom of Kerry, where the ocean leans against the mountains, and the storm-swept peak of Skellig Michael makes the most westerly citadel of Christ in the Old World! Everywhere within its broad borders, swift-rushing rivers, mirror-like lakes, and mountains tiaraed in the skies, delight the vision and gladden the heart.
The Gaelic names of places are usually word pictures reflecting with fidelity the physical features of each place, or tell sad stories of the death of kings. Where possible, the equivalents have been given in English.
John O'Mahony
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JOHN O'MAHONY.
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
LIST OF MAPS.
CONTENTS.
Introduction.
Sackville-street, Dublin.
Dublin and District.
DUBLIN.
DUBLIN DISTRICT.
Limerick and District
LIMERICK.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
Falls of Doonass-River Shannon.
Adare Abbey, Croom.
Adare Manor.
Lartique Railway, Ballybunion.
At Ballybunion.
At Ballybunion.
The Shannon Lakes.
DUKE OF YORK ROUTE.
Cork and District.
CORK.
CORK DISTRICT.
The River Blackwater, Youghal, Etc.
In the Woods at Buttevant.
Mallow Castle.
View on the Blackwater, Youghal.
The Clock Tower, Youghal.
Sir Walter Raleigh's House at Youghal.
Strancally Castle, Co. Waterford.
Blackwater River.
Mount Melleray—View from South.
The Guest House, Mount Melleray.
Waterford and District.
Waterford, from North Side of River.
Waterford, from North Side of River.
The Quays, Waterford.
Imperial Hotel, Waterford.
Curraghmore.
Tramore.
Evening at Tramore.
Evening at Tramore.
Dunmore.
Dunmore Harbour.
Holy Cross Abbey at Thurles.
Rock of Cashel.
Dungarvan.
Killarney and Glengarriff.
KILLARNEY,
AGHADOE.
KENMARE AND GLENGARRIFF.
DRIVING EXCURSIONS IN THE VICINITY OF KENMARE.
SOUTHERN HOTEL, KENMARE.
GLENGARRIFF
The Lakes and Fiords of Kerry.
Caragh River and Lake.
Southern Hotel, Caragh Lake.
Pass of Ballaghbeama.
On the Coast near Glenbeigh.
At Glenbeigh.
Lake Coomasaharn.
Cahirciveen.
VALENCIA ISLAND
THE SKELLIGS—ST. MICHAEL'S ROCK.
WATERVILLE.
EXCURSIONS IN THE VICINITY OF WATERVILLE.
HIRE OF BOATS
POSTING ARRANGEMENTS.
PARKNASILLA,
DRIVING AND BOATING EXCURSIONS IN THE VICINITY OF PARKNASILLA.
County Clare.
Dromoland Castle.
Ennistymon.
Lisdoonvarna Spa.
Kilkee.
Kilkee.
Amphitheatre at Kilkee.
Look-out Cliff, Kilkee.
Golfing, Lahinch.
Cliffs of Moher.
Kilrush.
Country Car.
Galway and District.
At Galway.
AFTER AUGHRIM.
Queen's College, Galway.
Connemara and Sligo.
Queen's College, Galway.
Achill Head, Mayo.
Diamond Mountain, Letterfrack.
Glendalough.
Lough Corrib.
Killery Bay.
Kylemore.
Lough Gill.
Summer and Winter Resorts
Natural History of the South and West of Ireland.
Geological Section from Bantry Bay to Killarney.
A Kerry ditchbank showing Pennywort two feet in height.
Saxifraga umbrosa.
Among the Arbutus, Cloonee Lakes.
Arbutus Islands, Upper Lake, and the Reeks, Killarney.
The Irish Spurge.
The Kerry Slug.
Nest of Wood Ant at Killarney.
SPORT.
GENERAL HINTS
CORK DISTRICT.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
KILLARNEY DISTRICT.
WATERFORD DISTRICT.
SLIGO DISTRICT.
DUBLIN DISTRICT.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
WATERFORD DISTRICT.
CORK DISTRICT.
SLIGO DISTRICT.
GALWAY
DUBLIN DISTRICT.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
CORK DISTRICT.
WATERFORD DISTRICT.
KILLARNEY DISTRICT.
SLIGO DISTRICT.
DUBLIN DISTRICT.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
CORK DISTRICT.
KILLARNEY DISTRICT.
SLIGO DISTRICT.
DUBLIN DISTRICT.
LIMERICK DISTRICT.
CORK DISTRICT.
WATERFORD DISTRICT.
SLIGO DISTRICT.
INDEX.
Advertisements.
The "Hammam" Hotel AND Turkish Baths,
The ROYAL VICTORIA Hotel,
First-Class Accommodation.
KILKEE, CO. CLARE.
Royal Marine Hotel.
Arrangements made for Private Families.
OWN DAIRY.
"One of Ireland's beauty spots." Seven miles from Limerick.
SHANNON HOTEL.
Cycling.—Boating.—Driving.—Pretty Walks.
ROYAL HOTEL,
VALENCIA ISLAND, CO. KERRY.
CUNARD LINE,
INAUGURATED JULY 4th, 1840.
FLEET.
MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE.
HAVRE SERVICE.
ENGLAND
SOUTH AND WEST OF IRELAND.
WATERFORD AND CORK
NEW MILFORD.
OPEN SEA PASSAGE
Waterford and New Milford.
THE BOAT TRAINS
NEW MILFORD AND PADDINGTON
WATERFORD.
FIRST CLASS HOTEL,
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