Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-05-14
REX THOMPSON
is IN KILLARNEY
Soldier Son of Mr.. and Mrs. f. l..
Thompson of DEBORAH is Doing
the Land of the Shamrock,
Visiting Many Points
| of Interest
SAYS HE KISSED
BLARNEY STONE
Donald Haugen, Son of X. /. Haugen.
is With Him on Trip Through
The United Kingdom
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plowed fields. The houses are little,
quaint, and old fashioned with tiled
roofs and every now and then touch
Of the Europe of long ago is seen
in the funny matched roof of some
weather beaten little cottage. The
country people themselves are re-
freshing after a taste of city life in
London. A simple rustic people, limo
cent as children in some ways, yet
nearly with heritige of the noted
Irish wit and intelligence, the whole
enhanced by their brogue and tricks
Of expression, it is a pleasure to
mingle with them. At Killarney we
are in the heart of the world re-
nowned lake country of Ireland We
have been out through the lakes
and found some very beautiful as
we'll as famous spots. The main
lakes of Killarney are a chain of
three known as the Lower Lake,
Middle Lake, and Upper Lake. We
were out today on trip by carriage
and were gone all day long Starting
from the hotel we crossed the Flesk
river, and drove down beautiful
country road until We reached the
Lower Lake. Here the road skirts
the lake for a long distance. In the
distance on either side rose the
mountains, color combination in
green, purple and brown, on each
side of the road the trees and foil
age fairly crowded the pathway, and
through the foliage on the right
cleaned the silver OF the lake. We
saw three especially beautiful islands
Ross Island, Installer, and O'Dono-
ghues Prison. We crossed Brickeen
bridge at the point where the lower
and middle lakes join, and got
very fine view of the middle lake.
Two especially noted spots that we
visited were Colleen Bawn's Rock"
and the Colleen Bawn's Cave"
After following the middle lake for
some distance We reached Dinis
Cottage, where We ate lunch. Here
the view is exceptionally fine, Eagles
Nest, Tore Mountain, The Meeting of
the Waters, and Weir bridge all be-
ing visible, besides the ranges ex-
tending down both sides of the lake.
After lunch we visited Weir bridge,
which spans little stream called
Long Range" This stream is only
two miles long and very swift, and
connects the upper lake with the
other two. Just below Weir bridge
it forks off in two branches, one
flowing TO the middle and one TO the
lower lake, and each branch being
at right angles to the main stream.
AS result, very tempestious bit
Of water is in evidence at the
Meeting of the Waters" On our way
home we saw the beautiful Tore
Cascade and the upper lake, a gem
of silver set in the green of the
mountains. We also drove through
the Earl of Kenmares estate on the
trip. | have also visited Muckross
Abbey and Ross Castle, two ancient
castles whose crumbling ruins, vine
grown and moss covered rear
their remains in stately beauty near
the sparkling lakes. We expect to re-
main another day in Killarney and
then leave for Dublin to attend a
big race meet there. l am having a
wonderful time and won't be back
to London for some time, as we are
going to Scotland when we leave
Ireland. Although it is little early
in the year we have been fortunate
so far in having warm sunny weather
after long spell of, gloomy
weather in London. 1 will write
again when / get time and let you
know how everything is going.
Must close for this time as it is
getting late.
With love to all,
From REX THOMPSON.
p. s. | am sending you a little
illustrated booklet Of the lakes
which l hope will give you a good
idea Of them.
Also some pressed flowers. The
violets and the yellow flowers were
picked at the foot of Barney castle.
The other flowers were picked near
the middle lake and the ferns at the