Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-14
no Killarnav AMI RaoL

Will meet him from any of the generous
GENIAL. and gentle people of that oceaI
Isle. In my recent travels in Irish tow
ana country L was frequently assured
ana the natives seem anxious to be be
lieved on their word in this matter. that :
visitor might journey alone from one enc
OF Ireland to the other, by day or BY
night, and not a soul would trouble HIN
or harm a hair of his honor's head
Whatever quarrels the people indulge il
among themselves, they know how to re
spect the rights of hospitality in receivins
their British and foreign friends. ThC
WayfarIng man, though a fool, may no
easily err in this regard; for the Irisl
simply answer a fool according to his
folly, and quietly let him go his way.
In behalf of those who may value sug
gestions as to the enjoyment of a short
and sweet holiday, allow me to sum
Marie a recent excursion and experience
a midland railway train took me from
! London to Liverpool. The Midland line
deserves very large share of public
| patronage for two principal reasons, Its
! directors do so much for the convenience
and comfort of their patrons, and the
route runs through one OF the most pic
! turesque and charming districts in Eng
land. The wooded hills and grassy dales
| Of Derby's lovely county are seen from
the carriage windows, suggesting to the
musing mind that the hand of nature
never fails in beauty or in bounty. II
this sounds like poetry the scenery merits
the honor, for IN compelling our admira-
ton it inspires our song. But soon the
loneliness is past, ane our rapid race Is
run. In Liverpool l find a White Star
steamer ready to embark me for Queens
town. Alter crossing the Atlantic half a
score of times in nine different steamers.
L may be supposed to speak of ships with
a little discrimination. The White Star
boats are well built, admirably adapted
Tor passenger traffic. fitted up with every
modern improvement, one of the latest
attractions being the lighting of the
saloons with electricity, and the officers
are obliging and worthy men. For safety
and speed these steamers maintain a
tirst-clasS reputation. With not a little
regret left the ''Adriatic' when we had
entered the magnificent harbor of Queens
town. An old harbor-master with whom
L cOnversed on the boat that ran I'D to
Cork, and whose cap bore the Virgilian
motto, ''Stati0 bene fida carinis," which
he considerably translated for me, ga
good harbor tor ships" may be pardoned
for his Partially in speaking of this
splendid port as the finest in the world,
mentioned Halifax and New York bavs.
but the ''old man eloquent" declared for
Queenstown, and as it was not for ssthe
likes of me" to dispute with grey hairs
retralned from argument. Without
doubt Queenstown Harbor has fell EQUALS
In the United Kingdom; few superiors any
where on the borders of the deep.
Landing in Cork, close to st. Patrick's
Bridge, IN the centre of which is an effigy
of the excellent saint, / made my way up
Patrick street, pausing to admire FOley's
bronze statue of Father Mathew, the
Apostle OF Temperance, or rather of
Sof%
Cathedral of st. Finbarre, the patron
saint of Cork, proceeded to the station of
the Cork and Bandon Railway, situated
on the Albert Quay, just over the bridge.
The station is within five minutes walk
from the centre of the city. Here
arranged for trip by the Prince of Wales
route to KillarneY's Lakes. This route s
so named because it was that taken by
his Royal Highness in 1858: when the
Prince Consort wrote on April >. EsNext
week he BERTHE is to make a run for four
teen days to the South of Ireland, by way
of recreation" The train leaves the
Albert Quay Station at the convenient
hour OF 800, and runs to Bantry, dis
lance of fifty-siX miles. At Innishannon,
the view obtained of the Bandon river is
remarkably pretty. Bandon town was
originally a Protestant settlement, the
Southern Derry, and bore on its gateway
h.
Atheist may enter here, but not Papist."
Some wag, of the excluded faith re-
taliated by chalking underneath the re-
partee: "The lad who wrote this wrote
it well. For the same is written on the
gates of hell" At Bantry the delight we
derive deepens as we behold the famous
bay, which for length and breadth and
depth is a marvel Of advantage, and for
surrounding scenery is a situation of
Nnnp -f.Fsutvr hon
that ''if such bay were lying upon
English shores, it would be worlds |
wonder;" and he justly adds, 'sperhaps, if |
it were on the Mediterranean, or the |
Baltic, English travellers would flock to it |
in hundreds" Ten miles of good road |
conduct us TO Glengariff, which is utterly |
indescribable. Lord Macaulay and Sir
David Wilkie esteemed it the fairest spot
in the British. Isles; and without tine
ture of irrevefence L may apply to it the
well known verse Of Isaac w ats:
81 have been there and still would go,
It's like little heaven below;
Not all my pleasure, nor my play,
Shall tempt me to forget the day"
AS a health resort for invalids, the
climate of Gleugarif is incompatible,
and ought to be better known that 1t
might be thrOnged by thousands the whole
year round. Where there are two good
hotels there should be twenty; and in
winter as well as in summer the sick, the
aged, and the weary should gather into
this sanatorium for the body, this sane
tuary for the mind, where the daily atmos-
phere is calm and "the common air is
BALM" to find herein a house of health,
and quiet resting place that shall seem
the gate of heaven.
From Glengariff TO Kenmare is drive
ever to be fondly dreamed of by those who
L. -,
journey was one of astonishing beauty"
and Lord John Manners calls it ''the
grandest road, barring the Alpine passes,
that | know" The view from the brow of
the lofty mountain, about five miles from
Glengariff, with Bantry Bay and Glen
gariff Harbor on the south, and broad,
green, sylvan, and variegated valley,
thousands of feet below, ON the west,
forms divine picture which only divine
painter could depict or divine poet
adequately describe. On we press, now
along the precipitous side of steep
activity, and now into the depths of tun-
mel 600 feet long, cut through the solid
rock; anon through three Gothic arches
which cross our path, while around US is
spread a scene of solitude and solemn
splendor, stretching away as far as our
eyes can see, and the like of which our
eyes will seldom see again. Now we
catch a glimpse Of the Kenmare river,
and lady of the party exclaims, ''Oh,
what an enchanting placeP We cross
suspension bridge and are in the quiet,
quaint, little town of Kenmare. The
concluding stage of the journey by the
road, distance of twenty-one miles, is
to many tourists of indispensable inter-
est. Certainly some of the views, as of
the purple mountain, or of the eagles
nest, yelled in mountain dew or moving
mist; or the general view of the Killarney
Lakes, which is caught from near the
barrack of the Musgrave Constabulary; ;
or finally of the middle lake on the one
side and the Tore Mountain, rising nearly
| 1900 feet just overhead on the other, are
| superbly sublime and beautiful. Before
| breakfast one morning, l walked out from
| Killarney to Ross Castle, from the sum-
] NIT of which the view was magnificent.
| Beneath was the lower lake, where my
! guide assured me he rowed the Queen for
! two hours during her visit in 1861. This
is not at all improbable, for her Majesty
writes in her "Leaves from JournaP' a
detailed account of her tour, and also
writes to King Leopold Of the Belgians
"The next morning Aug. 2S), we took a
most beautiful drive all round this lake
and in the afternoon went upon the water
There were at least hundred and fifty