SPORT.
For sportsmen Ireland is a happy land, ready to supply their every want. Royal Meath, Kildare, Waterford, Tipperary, and Cork County are hunted by several good packs during-each season, and "the meets" are duly published in the local newspapers.
In the large tracts of bog, moorland, river reaches, and mountain lands there is splendid shooting; in Kerry especially, where poaching is put down with a heavy hand, there are plenty of opportunities for sport.
In most cases the hosts of the hotels have secured the shooting of many thousands of acres in their vicinity.
When the weather is "hard," excellent sport can be had along the southern districts.
The gentry most usually preserve their estates with great vigilance, but they are generous in giving permission to bona-fide sportsmen.