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]

ONE IRISH SUMMER