Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
View, Of Londonderry. North ireland.

prepared by the National Geographic
Society Washington. d. CO
RELAND'S north coast, shared by
counties belonging to the state Of
Il Northern Ireland and by territory
of the Irish Free State, Is pic
turesque portion Of the Emerald Isle.
Parts OF the region have been bones
OF contention between the two states,
and the former Ulster counties of
Monoghon, Donegal and. Cavan have
been added to the Free State.
Ulster, in the northeastern corner of
the island,> is in--the odd position of
being a part Of Ireland which is in
large part. not Irish. Three hundred
years ago the British king, James /,
with the desire to Anglicize a part of
Ireland, decided to "plant" a colony
of English and Scotch. What is known
as the Ulster Plantation followed.
The original plan of the king was
to have English settlers dominant in
Ulster; but he also permitted the
Scotch to participate. English settlers
were not easily interested, however,
while the Scotch focked in, making
the Plantation dominantly Scottish.
By 1860 the population Of Ulster con
sisted of some $4,000 inhabitants of
Scotch blood, 5000 of English ances-
try, and 10000 Irish. Altogether prob
ably about 100000 Scotsmen. moved
to Ulster. The English were soon
merged with the Scotch but the Irish
and Scotch strains remained almost
entirely Independent. N
Ulster differs economically from the
rest of Ireland. Either the Scotch i'm
migrants had a greater propensity
toward industry or their economic
conditions were more favorable. At
any rate Ulster has become the marked
industrial region Of Ireland while the
remainder of the country, save in the
larger cities, has not followed this
line Of development.
There is religious difference, too.
between North and South Ireland.
q Ireland. including Ulster, was Cath
Ollie. The Scotch immigrants brought
their Presbyterian religion with them
and it became firmly rooted. The Eng
lish government favored the estab-
lished Church of England and this is
also strong in Ulster. The Presbyter-
fans and the Episcopalians combined
today tip the scale in Ulster to the
side of Professionalism. But the margin
is not great.
Along the Border.
The present border between the
Irish Free State and the State of
Northern Ireland, created in 1920 and
1921, extends through rather rough
country. Dundalk on the east coast,
is just south Of the line Near this
city is one Of the passes through the
hills used since earliest times in Ire
land; and because of this situation
Dundalk's neighborhood has been the
scene Of numerous battles. Farther
west the boundary touches the long
deep valley in which lies Tough Erne
the longest and the second largest
lake in Ireland. The islands largest
lake, Tough Neagh, lies in the heart
of Ulster east of Belfast.
Formerly Ulster consisted Of the
northern tier of counties from coast
to coast. When the two self-governing
states were formed, however, Donegal
largest of the Ulster counties, occupy
ing the northwestern corner Of Ireland.
was attached to the Free State. The
boundary Of the State of Northern Ire
land therefore, does not now reach the
Atlantic but turns at it's southwestern
corner few miles short Of the coast
and runs nOrtheastward between Don
egal on the west and Fermanagh, Ty.
rome and Londonderry on the east to
Tough Foyle, an inlet at the very top
of the island. The State of Northern
Ireland. Therefore, occupies only
small segment in the northeastern cor
ner Of Ireland. REIMBURSEMENT of the
boundary as desired by the Free State
would concentrate the northern divi.
sion still closer into the northeast
corner
Though small in territory the State
of Northern Ireland has q concentrat.
ed population. Its area is less than
one-sixth that of Ireland but it con:
tains more than a quarter Of the is
lands inhabitants.
Donegal Warmed by Gulf Stream.
Although in the same latitude as
northern Labrador, Donegal, the north.
west county of the Free State, enjoys
the temperate climate of Virginia.
This freedom from severe cold Done
gal owes to one Of the pleasant little
pranks Of the Gulf stream which
washes it's rocky coast and sends
warm winds.
Although slightly smaller than Della
ware, Donegal was in ancient times
the kingdom Of the elan O'Donnell.
Scattered throughout the county are
many interesting ruined castles of the
days of the Irish. kings and later strug-
giles with the Danes and the English.
Parts of the country were not subju-
gated until the last years Of Queen
Elizabeth's reign.