Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07
OUR IRISH LETTER
A TRFlTO COUNTY DONEGAL AND HISTORIC
LONDONDERRY.
gr. ]. B Taasy TsIls Of Wild Irish Scsu, ~
Primitive People and Bsaattul LOugh Swilly.
Also of the Historic Walls Of the maiden
Ciy"-O;har Notes Of Interest
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Spee,sI CorrssDondsass OF tas Rs0isssr.
BELFAST, IRELAND. September 90
Why is it so many Americans think IL
no loss II Ia their tour abroad they skip
lFciand? True some there are who
think q worth tbeir while tO"dO' Dublin
and the lakes Of Killarney Rad accord
ingly rush through these classic res iOns,
perhaps In few hours, when they DE-
serve as many days; for It is impossible
In so short time 70 either see properly
the many beauties Of nature
in and aroRnd the lake region
--or >-~ekamlne the very interest
Ing historic curios stored 10 the
Irish capital But In such hurried
trips the North OF Ireland Is ignored
altogether. There is county Antrim
with its rOck-ribbed coast, aud that
grand natural wonder, the Giants cause
way, which alone should arrest the al
tention OF the tourist long enough 10
pay IL short visit. There Is the county
OF Derry with Its historic maiden
City," so often beseiged but never cap
tured, we'll worth q couple or days SO
jOurn. But best OF all is trip through
the Highlands OF Donegal. IN many
respects there Is nothing Ike 10 IN tue
kingdom. "Noyel, picturesque ana
charming" are the Oft repeated e1clana-
tions OF the fortunate visitors. From
Donegal Bay TO
LoUGH swILLY, TIE COUNTRY,
the people and their habitatiOns are an
endless source OF pleasant interest .. The
Lake Of Shadows, as Tom Moore calls
Il a.
wide az its mouth, and for twenty niles
its width varies little. And Ike wonder
full giants arm II looks, with the ocean
for bis body. The water is as clear and as
blue as old ocean itself, so that the high
cliffs and sloping hills along its borders,
with the constantly shifting clouds or
varying density, make the bosom or
the Tough quite susceptible OF DrOduc-
ing the many beautiful shadows from
which 10 takes its poetic name. The
short rides On jauntinR cars or ave,
seven or nine miles, as the case may be,
from the many points OF interest
are not Over-fatiyuing, and give the
occupants a wholesale view Of the grand
scenery and permit them TO respire
without stint the inVigOrating atmOs-
phere. The cars are TO ba had at almost
any Of the many villages or hotels on
the lines Of travelo The hotels are
mostly unpreteutiOus but comfortable,
and the tourist will always ind hearty
welcome, good bed, likewise meal; not
dainty In any sense, but palstable. In
making the rounds or the Highlands the
tourist will probably tarry for lunch or
over night az such
CELTIC AND ODDLY NAMED PLACES,
not a few OF them with an ancient and
interesting history, as Rathmullan,
Letterkenny, KilmaCrenau, Port Salon,
MUlroy Bay, Dunianaghy, Horn Heao
said TO be the highest ocean cliff 10 all
Ireland), Derrexbeg, Arahera, Derry
Eeagh Mountains, Lough Finn, ArdGra,
CarrlcK 1.-THE paradise for trout and sal
mon anglers and spOrtsmen with gun
and dog, Killybegs and GlencOlum-
kille, with its interesting stone
A crosses mpaRd Saint Columbs's
Stone o6d. At Carrigan Head,
hear by, the chasms and precipices are
8ouite terrifying, and the tops OF the
cliffs over /, 900 feet above the sea level,
from which the view is simply grand.
In the stretch from place TO place, the
rambler will see mountains, not high,
but bold and precipitious; boughS, little
Aloughs, quantity framed In rugged land
scape, cliffs, queer looking and remark
Able caverns, zigzag streams coursing
Md cascading over rocks and into dells;
tone cottNges with matched roofs,
bme quite dilapidated and wretched
boxing, others neat, clean and in
Mod repair, bareioOted women and
children, many Of the older
folks knowing no language but Celtic,
aud governed by customs running back
into the centuries; some stopping their
work TO stare at the passing stranger,
but more who think him too uDimpOrt-
ant to even cast a glance; little patches
OF cultivated land, with the ripened
fields Of oats, just now being harvested
by both sexes), and inside of a stones
throw, tae observer may see the rocky
mountain side with patches
OF PURPLE BLOOMING HEATHER,
which form striking contrasts to the
land in crops; here and there turf boys,
some workable, some exhausted; all
these and much more, entertaining, in
tqrestlng and often instructive novel
ttbs, are constantly meeting the eye as
the traveller rides quite comfortably on
the open car, the roads nearly all excel
lens-noue bad, and the air bracing.