NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1909
Copyright, 1908,
By William E. Curtis
Copyright, 1909,
By Duffield & Company
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| I. | A Summer in Ireland | [1] |
| II. | The Cathedrals and Dean Swift | [15] |
| III. | How Ireland is Governed | [34] |
| IV. | Dublin Castle | [53] |
| V. | The Redemption of Ireland | [60] |
| VI. | Sacred Spots in Dublin | [77] |
| VII. | The Old and New Universities | [97] |
| VIII. | Round about Dublin | [115] |
| IX. | The Landlords and the Landless | [130] |
| X. | Maynooth College and Carton House | [143] |
| XI. | Drogheda, and the Valley of the Boyne | [159] |
| XII. | Tara, the Ancient Capital of Ireland | [174] |
| XIII. | Saint Patrick and his Successor | [188] |
| XIV. | The Sinn Fein Movement | [202] |
| XV. | The North of Ireland | [209] |
| XVI. | The Thriving City of Belfast | [222] |
| XVII. | The Quaint Old Town of Derry | [237] |
| XVIII. | Irish Emigration and Commerce | [247] |
| XIX. | Irish Characteristics and Customs | [260] |
| XX. | Wicklow and Wexford | [268] |
| XXI. | The Land of Ruined Castles | [283] |
| XXII. | The Irish Horse and his Owner | [300] |
| XXIII. | Cork and Blarney Castle | [312] |
| XXIV. | Reminiscences of Sir Walter Raleigh | [330] |
| XXV. | Glengariff, the Loveliest Spot in Ireland | [343] |
| XXVI. | The Lakes of Killarney | [366] |
| XXVII. | Intemperance, Insanity, and Crime | [391] |
| XXVIII. | The Education of Irish Farmers | [404] |
| XXIX. | Limerick, Askeaton, and Adare | [417] |
| XXX. | County Galway and Recent Land Troubles | [432] |
| XXXI. | Connemara and the Northwest Coast | [443] |
| XXXII. | Work of the Congested Districts Board | [459] |
| INDEX | [475] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| An Ancient Celtic Cross at Glendalough | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing Page | |
| Queenstown | [4] |
| The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary | [8] |
| Holycross Abbey, County Tipperary | [10] |
| St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin | [16] |
| The Tomb of Strongbow, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin | [32] |
| The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1906–9 | [34] |
| The Countess of Aberdeen | [36] |
| The Four Courts, Dublin | [48] |
| The Castle, Dublin; Official Residence of the Lord Lieutenant and Headquarters of the Government | [54] |
| The Customs House, Dublin | [78] |
| The Bank of Ireland, Old Parliament House, Dublin | [80] |
| St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin | [90] |
| Quadrangle, Trinity College, Dublin | [98] |
| Main Entrance, Trinity College, Dublin | [102] |
| Sackville Street, Dublin, showing Nelson’s Pillar | [116] |
| Lighthouse at Howth, Mouth of Dublin Bay | [122] |
| Portumna Castle, County Galway; the Seat of the Earl of Clanricarde | [138] |
| Maynooth College, County Kildare | [144] |
| Carton House, Maynooth, County Kildare; the Residence of the Duke of Leinster | [152] |
| A Celtic Cross at Monasterboice, County Louth | [166] |
| Ruins of Mellifont Abbey, near Drogheda, County Louth | [168] |
| Carrickfergus Castle | [180] |
| St. Patrick’s Cathedral at Armagh, the Seat of Cardinal Logue, the Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland | [194] |
| Cathedral, Downpatrick, where St. Patrick lived, and in the Churchyard of which he was buried | [196] |
| The Village of Downpatrick | [200] |
| Rosstrevor House, near Belfast, the Residence of Sir John Ross, of Bladensburg | [210] |
| Shane’s Castle, near Belfast, the Ancient Stronghold of the O’Neills, Kings of Ulster | [216] |
| Queen’s College, Belfast | [226] |
| Albert Memorial, Belfast | [228] |
| The Giant’s Causeway, Portrush, near Belfast | [244] |
| Bishop’s Gate, Derry | [297] |
| Irish Market Women | [260] |
| An Ancient Bridge in County Wicklow | [268] |
| The Vale of Avoca, County Wicklow | [272] |
| The River Front at Waterford | [290] |
| Lismore Castle, Waterford County; Irish Seat of the Duke of Devonshire | [292] |
| An Irish Jaunting Car | [308] |
| Going to Market | [310] |
| Queen’s College, Cork | [314] |
| Blarney Castle, County Cork | [322] |
| Kilkenny Castle; Residence of the Duke of Ormonde | [326] |
| The Ancient City of Youghal, County Cork; the Home of Sir Walter Raleigh | [330] |
| Myrtle Lodge; the Home of Sir Walter Raleigh | [338] |
| Lake Gougane-Barra, County Cork | [348] |
| Chapel erected by Mr. John R. Walsh of Chicago on the Island of Gougane-Barra | [350] |
| The Pass of Keimaneigh through the Mountains between Cork and Glengariff | [352] |
| Glengariff Bridge | [356] |
| Kenmare House, Killarney | [372] |
| Upper Lake, Killarney | [376] |
| Ross Castle, Killarney | [380] |
| Muckross Abbey, Killarney | [384] |
| A Window of Muckross Abbey, Killarney | [388] |
| Treaty Stone, Limerick | [422] |
| Adare Abbey, in the Private Grounds of the Earl of Dunraven, near Limerick | [428] |
| Fish Market, Galway | [438] |
| Salmon Weir, Galway | [442] |
| A Scene in Connemara | [444] |
| Clifden Castle, County Galway | [448] |
| A Scene in the West of Ireland; Lenane Harbor | [450] |
| Barnes Gap, County Donegal | [460] |
| An Irish Cabin in County Donegal | [464] |
| The Old: A Laborer’s Sod Cabin; The New: Example of the Cottages built in Connemara by the Congested Districts Board | [470] |
| Interior and Exterior of One-Story Cottages erected by the Congested Districts Board | [472] |