The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
FIRST GLIMPSE or IRELAND
BY 4 VIRGINIA TRAVELLER
conducted to the Queens Hotel, where

conducted to the Queens Hotel, where
We II, retired e i, at I, 4. N.
foot on Irish soil. with the pecuiarity
OF the people. j felt that / was, indeed.
upon strange rang soil. a great crowd OF
o usiEeu, ro anrty men ne and boys hung curl
was. Was study In itself ! have heard that
in Ireland 0A11'
sle 9n W on nnG ! morning preferred to
temporary lem travelling companion, a City
Hal official of Baltimore, arose EARL,
n piIe WIN other friends took jauntlng car
n rue an ABOUT the city. and Its remarkable
turn was something remarkable. He de-
CARED that ne had seen the most won
dfffrfuily beautiful country in the world.
lie was not far from right. If there is
a more magnificent harbor with more
beautiful surroundings anywhere In the
world do not know where It may be
round. Most Americans are apt to think
or Of, Ireland as poverty-stricken country,
with poor lands and ill-kept fields Such
Is far from the case. The lands the seen
cry and the country of Ireland are superb.
so FAR as ] have seen. no possible i'm
piovement could be devised for the beauti-
hcation Of the country. 1t is charming,
wonderful, magnificent.
Ride on Prilnative Trains.
At 2 o'clock on Wednesday i took the
- an utES.uceliStuWn lOra CORK. FOur Or
five. of my Atlantic companions
made the trip with me. The procedure
OF taking the train was so strange and
yn'American that hardly knew how to
fashioned beyond anything ever heard OF
Of, dreamt OF in America. ] believe a
whole train. engine and all, could be
packed away In two of our long vcstibulcd
riages' on these railroads, and compart-
ments. the doors being on the sides You
get In and are shut up there With three
or four other travelers-abont like being
IN Il carriage, or, more exactly, q hotel
omnibus. There are three classes of car
riagcs, first second and third, the prices
OF tickets being accordingly. Yet, trains
arc very frequent. and the accommoda-
ton Is good
our trip from Queenstown to Cork, n
distance Of twelve miles. was a delightful
one The country between Is highly de-
veloped and contains not foot Of waste
ground Old castles hang over the River
Lee, along whose banks we Travelled, ana
now and then'the typical matched cottage
came into view
Our arrival in Cork was no less strange
to NE. Tho city has about as many In
habiiants as Richmond, something in the
ncighborhood Of n hundred thousand, yet
It Is no more like Richmond than Rich
rather too large at this time for me to
handle. prefer to write another article
on Cork, studying It and the character
OF M people IN comparison with Rich
1nond' J think IT would be profitable
At this writing I am domic!ed in Tia
Royal Victoria Hotel, on Patrick Uhc
ien,d'InE, Street i Is. | an, told. typi-
being the case, rather think nv so.
jsourn ~ Ireland will be shorter than I
hrst intended 1t should be- Not that
arp not nicely treated and cannot yet
the prehistoric, ante bclltlm. nrjm%voi
Ghlhynsnurian customs and formaiities
mat surround me. Mr.. Taylor, my Bal,
a VI , friend, stood for nm hour ia front
wards Baltimore. he was Tie IN most as
,,norouehly homesick man have ever
seen ,, lie got his grips sneaked Off To-
re lie d n,i, and booked through 10 Dublin.
Sy ne first ship ilat Viii inka Nm
c e%,, t,is baltimore man admits thai liz
COUNTY " the most beautiful and hiphiy