El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-09

I tinue5 the Irish notes.
[ IN THE shabby and poor little village
l Of Atheury east Of Galway, modern
I sfarm machinery in variety and con.
siderable quantity was displayed out.
side the tiny shops where a little OF
several things was kept for sale.
saw this again at Athlo1e and at Null
iugar, where several shops keep farm
I implements and there seems TO be con
siderable market for them.
90 Dec, 1919-From Galway 70 Null.
ingar. Boys and pasture most all the
way. The little town of Athlone has
marks Of progress and some activity;
a few small industries and fair gen
eral stores An important print shop
here, turning out pamphlets and an out
spoken radical weekly newspaper which
appears TO circulate through all this
region.
AIuningar is the most progressive
looking town I have seen in Ireland
thus lar. a small place but looks busy,
reasonably contented, well kept, and
above all shows evidence Of doing some
thing, moving, improving, advancing,
new buildings, paint, repairing roofs,
modern shopfrouts, some little indus
tries.
North Of 3ullingar there Is some
rather pretty country, lakes, etc, more
woods ard less bog, but very little eul-
tivation-
Note q changing spirit Of the people.
This is northwest Of Dublin, but stil
in Leinster. BY Cavan to Clones in
county Monaghan In Ulster now.
Clones is a progressive and busy look
ing place; vel dressed and contented
looking folk Small town but some
good buildings, electric lights, several
shops expose agricultural machinery.
On top Of q hin is a very ancient Gel
tic cross. one Of the archaeological treas
ures of Ireland
North of Clones BY Enniskilleu and
the lakes 20 Omagh there is somewhat
more evidence Of tillage than south Of
Clones. Country continues to improve
perceptibly. Up towards Londonderry
the country appears a little better used
and better kept The railroad sta
tiOns, ETC. are better and cleaner than
they were N the south
Londonderry, a city Of 10000, Is q
busy, busting place with It's shipping.
industries and trade. 10 has no large
OF important mercantile shops and the
number Of small ones is not excessive.
There seen to be no Sums, but long
ranges Of neat workmen's houses. and
the principal residence district Is ex-
tensiTe, and resembles blocks taken
out Of middle class st. Louis or Kan
sas City. Good streets, sidewalks,
drains, and lights. Town not boobish,
two or three little shops with periodic
Gals and postcards and a few books,
mostly standard stuff, cheap reprints
of good books; no trash or off-color
publications noticed in the bOokshops
Londonderry has one fairly good and
sizeable public park, though not much
fitted up for popular use.
Leaving Londonderry crossing the
Foyle river in the early morning. wit
messed a wonderful rainbow which had
its end in the water quite close to
the tram and appeared TO move snglt-
II yelling with its full bright colors
all objects beyond. II was visible only
a few yards away.
From Coleraine TO Belfast through
count v Antrim, all the towas and the
country well kept and houses well
built and often costly. Farms, farm
houses anu rNAl lllaA--G lNfIaA " I'll
cared for. Entire region appears busy
Industrious and prosperous.
Belfast, largest city in Ireland l3s7,
00Ol. has fine public buildings and an
impressive public square. Il has many
immense and important textile mills
and good mercantile shops in al lines.
and shipbuilding make the
water front for miles a scene Of &C
tivity. Much new construction and re-
sent extensions Of streets. Crowds OF
streets, street cars vel patronized.
The last night Of the year I sailed
awav from Ireland across the North
sea and arrived at Glasgow, Scotland.
New Years day
In reprinting these notes I have IN
tentionally omitted until now certain
general Impressions and comparisons,
thinking it better to summarize at the
close. The Irish Notes viii con-
tinue tomorrow, taking up certain gen
aral aspects. now that we have fin
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