CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Glamour of Killarney[5]
II.The Road through the Gap: Its Memories and its Ruins[11]
III.The Lakes and the Mountains[23]
IV.Muckross[33]
V.Ross, Innisfallen, and the Lower Lake[38]
VI.The Killarney Folk[49]
VII.The Fairies—and Farewell![56]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY FRANCIS S. WALKER, R.H.A.

1.The Upper Lake[Frontispiece]
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2.The Gap of Dunloe on a Stormy Day[9]
3.The Head of the Gap of Dunloe[16]
4.At the Foot of Mangerton Mountain[25]
5.O’Sullivan’s Punchbowl[27]
6.Muckross Lake and Glena Mountain[30]
7.Muckross[32]
8.The Island of Innisfallen[43]
9.In a Typical Cottage[46]
10.Mountain Homes of the Killarney District[49]
11.Cutting Peat from the Bog[56]
12.The Eagle’s Nest, Killarney[On the cover]

KILLARNEY

CHAPTER I
THE GLAMOUR OF KILLARNEY