The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-04
CORK, THE BEAUTIFUL.
Irish Scenery in sprinptime


One should be sure 10 90 from,
queenstown to Cork NOT b,- an b I'M
w tne little steamer on the River 7 90
ooout an hours sail. One will have
gllmpses of the sprine from
ueCk OF the ocean steamer in the
sfeeh nelds along the southern coast
~ ~ Ireland, and in the pleasant islands
fba ~9peehstoWn harbor. But sailing up
i,s en-, 1Ner Lee one comes upon il in
/ 49,. IN Ireshness and beauty. The
! fo,.r,a5 may have thought he had
,,ria ~ oCIIe conception of the lux
'Silce OF Irish turf and foliage hur
! ne nnds here that he knew va,,7, '1it ~,
~, II. such lawns and trees such
ltty-clad cottages and walls and
o-ie-i cues, such peaceful loneliness and
! e,,ro..aI5 lhg beauty surpass all ones
SeApecta atoms. No wonder the irish
80 80 thelr home. And it must have
% sad combination of misunder-
+t1 Jung and injustice which has made
'h mem so eager to leave it.
=, O ~, Oh the loveliest spots in Cork is
WbeI' saroen OF the bishops palace.
men we visited it early in Nav ali
She Foliage was in the perfection of
oeduly fresh and glistening-fairly
asIoW with life. The air was fra ora +
4iohi the clustered blossoms. and all
ny us seemed to be singing a well
come TO the spring. The grounds are
Ilot large, yet so laid out as to seem
quIte spacious. Numbers of rocks kent
Up perpetual clatter. lowering above
'4ielI nests perched high in the trees.
+aro - user Is a very quaint and in
teereSllnS old city. The streets and
me houses upon them. have DELIGHT
u lfresularity. A year after Amer
lcd was discovered Cork was excited
allu Jubllant over the entrance of
1erhlh Marbeck, the Pretender MANY
u the streets are nothing but lanes
ana are so called-narrow winding
aieys' quilt up on both sides with low
MhiteWashed huts. Sometimes these
iailes run right up hill and can only
De cilIhDed by steps. There are curl
Jus houses with slate sides and fronts.
ouSes with matched roofs and with
niue hard-trodden yards behind them.
separated from one another nv stone
Nalls, and often with a mig in one
corner. In these yards there is hardly
room TO turn around as in the lanes
IEere is hardly room for two to PASS
no cart, not even the small Irish ones
can go through the latter They recall
Ayr: Va
Poor narrow footpath O. sweet
mere tWa wheelbarrows tremble when
The short two-wheel carts. or iaunt
ing cars, With their little overworked
donkeys and their Irish drivers. are a
curiosity. The car is composed of two
cuShloned seats placed back to back.
with the rounding ridge between them
TO lean upon for support and rest.
Inc chief excursion from Cork is to
Barney Castle. by the Sundays Well
road: a beautiful drive along the up
per Lee, bordered on the one side by
the intervale meadows rich with their
luscious green, and on the other by
highly cultivated grounds. One looks
with eyes that never tire upon the
irish green, so luxuriant and soft
Everywhere it has the same charm
in the fields divided by hedges. or by
banks of turf brilliant with furze; in
the ivy making every tree trunk an.
emerald pillar TO support its leafy
dome; in the hawthorn fences: on
churches and cottages; in all places
upon which green things can grow. 1t
is the universal beautifier. and crowns
with its peculiar charm even the mean
est things which it covers. 1t makes
decay graceful, and lends fascination
to that which would be otherwise I'M
interesting or even ugly. The yellow
furze in the meadows adds to the beau-
ty of the landscape, if not to the value
OF the land, forming with the grass one
OF natures green and gold' editions
of spring Observation-Disclosures Post
Express.