New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
ULSTER.
A BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS COUNTRY
Erorn rho Ioldnn Daily News

BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.
From The LOLdOn Daily News.
wonder II The day will come when this bcnuii-
Tn ton.i WITH @i eve for The pctnSnc Ireland
can give his moneys worth. No county Ia Euiup"
show within IN cqusl space 80 many socnie b""'i
rs present themselves duIng Trip, saN, rom Dab
In, through Wicklow, BY Cork. ana down 20 Queen,
town and along The southwestern coa't. Glcn-nh.
At the Bantry BAY. OF the ovccsi -p)l,
In the world; Dublin bny, with lis background Vi
Mountains lis CLEANING sea- H. woody shore. dotted
with villages ana country residence. pmnd.ns one oi
Belfast is not 80 beautiful a, that from Dublin through
WcEow, but II is exceedingly pretty All the same
sufficiently attractive 10 lead the attention caplye
tym ones batch Of ne%spapeG DrA e g 0r Won com
slant and changing elements III most " tlc hiie.u
csGpc Sisry S S@t whole S way to Dn EGa%SS the
scashoc. skenieS win is wide eXpans" OF sea- !,
S , bat 5poseda %ho% S SSs I
which, both on account Of lis beauty and historical
Regatta printed in hrgc letters large poster
we're the ii>t words which caught one eye a. The
train stopped at Drughsla station. Down bcow-a
long way fellow the railway bridge-lay historic Drog
hcda. with It's gray strcets piled up on the step
wooded slopes Of The boyne Town grhyS S ~g
wellian saints. Belfast man woll1 nave saln iNit
T AS p" SIy Ts rd tGoS o0h e folk cy or
themselves with the reflection that tlcl' npllni 81
Ulster can buy up mo nd ,8T no,e NTH her steamer
and sailing ships lying one behind the DINER III mum
file. are, or seem TO be, MS dead commercially as 'e
shannon at Limerick
Beyond Drogheda the view rccedcs until nothing
of it is left but the SKY line that flashes q az l' d
scape. like the edge OF swCd ~ Duni;.Ih , w
ss sxoG eSp So o ag he and ds ns soo e
dashes into hllly country, which reminds one OF a
ocpfs /" sHahS sHS Of FRAY stone
enclosing tiny patches OF sloppy bog, the dlhIhuuVc
hut Ee dog kennels the heaps OF po the are sncR
familiar objects in Clare and GALWAY ana heirS an o
and the cultivation change before Bc>sDfOOh -
reached Then Ieyond roradoTn S Sn%e
Factory chmneys. tall built OF red brick, stand out
against the fresh green Of tie county. ID w ~,
be snow The meadows are the bleaching fields, and
those great buildings are the linen factories. we
have rushed all at once into new country altogether
behind, and among the strenuous reSt+r n sr
precise peopletoslly unlike the careless happy
go-lucky untdy, genial, humorous race oi IN"
South. Here are almost before We know 1t In the
The geography Of the Belfast region Is one thing;
round Belfast Tough the Belfast may clearish
day gaze straight the into the home Of The
matter-oiact yet curlo'lsly romanuc, obstinate ~
domi:sble people from whom he Is sprung. THIS
energetic town Of Belfast IS as IT were placed on the
the Hollywood Hills, Castiecash Iiills, the Diyis
houses are without douht, far superior to any 10
caites OF the class in Great Britain. BeliaSt
every other town In Ireland IL stationary or decay
Ing I'm respect Of ite rapid growth Belfast mere
closely resembles an American than a British town
Ten years ago the Royal-ave Of Belfast; stately,
nrosperous street which together with Donegal
fscs forms the principal business quarter of the
town was nothing but collection Of mean little shops
Belfast streets when the factory hands are coming
ont or going In, might imagine himself In great
manufacturing town Of England or Of Scotland No
onrcr does Belfast depend upon the linen trade alone
Tor her prosperity. shipbnilding Is already one OF
har crc.fcst industries The town Il extending H.
self in ali directions. Nor In this wonderfully rapid
extension ara sanitary ana architectural consdera-
ons dsreaardcd on the contrary, the newer streets
are wide and well tuilt. Belfast also possesses i've
parks, one or two OF which rs pretty as any In
Scotland or England.