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DECEMBER, 1950

Threepence IRISH'TRAVEL

BANK OF IRELANDAre you planning a holiday?

Are you aware that the safest andmost convenient method of carryingyour money is in TRAVELLERS I

CHEQUES issued in £ 10 and £5denominations, or in the form of a

LETTER OF CREDITavailable in all parts of the world?

CHRISTMASYEAR AT

SATURDAY, 2lrd DECEMBER.Dancing 8 p.m. '0 12 o'clocl<.

SUNDAY, 31st DECEI'lBER.New Ye.,'s Eve Grand Gala Dance andEntertainment. Dancing from 10 p.m.

Dancing to

The GRESHAM HOTEL ORCHESTRA

CHRISTMAS DAY, 2Sth DECEMBER.Yule'ide Dinner 7 p.m. Dancing andEn'ertainmen, '0 follow.

Evenina Dress essentia.l at all Dances.

SUNDAY, 24th DECEMBER.Lunch Time Music.Orchestral Concert ilt Dinner.

ST. STEPHEN'S DAY, 26th DECEMBER.following Leopard"own Races. GalaDinner 7.30 p.m. Daneina andEn'ertainment 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

where the following pecialArrangemellts have been made

for yazer entertainment:inclusive of all Meals,Dances and Festivals(exceptin2 Sunday, 3 J"Decem~.r),

FROM

PROME 46881 (20 lines)

DECEMBER, 1950.

40/ - Dailyfor il stay of not less,han four (4) days.

VtSlTOR~ ARE REQl"ESTED TOWAKE THBIR R.ESERVATroSSEARLY TO AVOID DJSAPpOIST.lIE~T.

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DUBLINor any of it Branchc.

1 he Aaents of theBank It any Branchwill be alad '0 adviseyou on any bankinaproblem you may have

of DUN LAOGHAIRE

Managing Director: Mrs. M. Co/dwell

A Hotelto remember

The CLARENCE HOTEL, DUBLIN

Unrivalled for Cuisine and Serviceuperb Cuisine makes the Clarence menus

unrivalled and appetising. The service, too,which is prompt and courteous, will pleasethe mo t exacting patron. .Phon~ 76173.

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Telegrams:

RO OTELDun Laoghaire

Telephone

JI95 and 811961

ROSS'S

in thecentreof a

Holidaycentre

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~.. BR*AY :'IF~ Hotel Completely Booked out I~

I> ~for Christmas \IN~: 1~~ ~~ hut a limite 1 numher .~~,~3~: or tahle' I'esel'vations ffi-..I availabl ror .~ CONCERNING THE ENGINEERINGI CHRISTMAS NIGHT- ~ and Kitchen Services of your

~ Yulf'tidf' Dinnf'l' and Gala Dre ~ Hotel, consult us.

li.·.'.•. · ::.. Dun,. "nd ;~I;...:',;,. TI,k.t 25/-. ~ OUR MANY DEPARTMENTS AND

.: ST. STEPHEN'S NIGHT- i\ ! expert craftsmen enable us to

Dinnee and Dane . }< an 'V Dre s or '.1.:. provide service. secon.d to none~ Ev ning Dre . Prize for the mo t i~~~ comical, original ancl prettie t. ~ to our many fnends ID the hotel

!~. WEDNESDA:~-3 ~;C. T:;:~_25/- ;~: ::::~ING' HEATING, ELECTRICAL

Farewell Ul' S Dinner-Dance. ~

~ 9-2 a.m. Tickets ]2/6. i~ and Kitchen Engineers to the

I.. NEW YEAR'S EVE- I leading hotels.

~~.'.: Dress Dinner-Dance. '.~~ 9-3 a.m. Ti ·kets 25/-. I

(TJicensed trom midnight) i~ ~~

~ * * ~.~.·..~.. Iyno,CfUA- 9;"" ~tePLf;tt ,'T" Come and enjoy our Dress Dinner- :M .t~ \N

I'.' :. Dance next Saturday, 9-1 a.m. and '.'~~.~. ~ ti.fYLtttd._ every Saturday night throughout .

the Season.(Licen. ecl until mi(lnig-ht)

DAWSON • STREET • DUBLINI A" ROYAl," WEr, ME await you.t I~.,: the most beautiful halll'oom in the !~~ 32 -ounties. ~~ .~

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Phone 74336. 5 Lines

THE NATIONAL BANK LIMITEDEsta.bUshed 1835.

offers an unrivalled service in thefinancing of foreign trade a1ld theprocurement of funds at the most

favourable rates everywhere.

234 Offices throughollt irelalld alld26 Offices in London and GreatBritain. Agents alld Corresponde'lts

throughout the world.

DUBLINEVERY DESORIPTION OF FOREIGN BUSINESS IS TRANSACTED.

34-86 College Green. LONDON: 18-17 Old Broad St., E.C. 2

BEECHWOOD HOTELKILLlNEY, Co. DUBLIN'Phone: 84477

completelyreconstructedand modernizedfor 1950.

A beautiful Georgian residenee,standing in own grounds, adjoining Killiney Golf Links and only7 miles from Dublin. Box-springMattresses, Bed Lights. Hotand Cold ruuning water in all

Bedrooms.Central Heating Throughout.

Loek-up Garages. SpaeiousParking Ground. Tennis and

Putting Greens.Nearest Station: Killiney.Bus Serviee passes main

entranee.Hotel ear meets all trains and

mail boat by arrangement.

FULLY

LICENSED

Resident Proprietors: :ME, and MRS. G. H. COLEMAN, DUBLIN.

* For Tariff, ('te., please apply Manager.

DANCING

Apply MISS M. McGUIRE

LISDOONVARNAROYAL FOR CUISINE AND COMFORT.

FULLY LICENSEDSPA ORCHESTRA "

H. & C. IN BEDROOMS

HOTEL 'PHONE 16.

COlS FAIRRGE HOTEL(SEAVERGE)

Central Sunny Position on Sea Front. Good Food, Well Served

HOT and COLD WATER ALL BEDROOMS.ESPLANADE- 'Phone: Bray 293 -BRAY

HOTEL PELLETIER21-22 HARCOURT STREET, DUBLIN

Very Central Position. Garage. Hot and Cold Water in Rooms.ELECTRIC FIRES. TERMS MODERATE.

'PHONE: SI S201. APPLY TO THE PROPnlETRf:SS.

KINVAltA HOTEL and RESTAURANTExcursion parties catered for :: Excellent Cuisine:: Separate Tables.

Telegrams: 'Kinvara. Bray.' Telephone: Bray S7• ESPLANADE, BRAY •

Under personal supervision of Proprietress: MRS. F. McCALLION.

Compr'ehenslve BANKING & FOREIGN EXCHANGE Service

DUBLIN BRANCHES:

MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK, Ltd.Head Oftloe: 66 SOUTH MlTtT,. OOU

OVER 200 BBAN0HE8 AND SUB-BRANOHES

O'CONNELL STREElPHIBSBORO'RATHGARRATHFARNHAM

LIMERICK BRANCH

GRAFTON STREETPEMBROKEDRUMCONDRACRUMLlN

GALWAYDERRYLIMERICK

DAME STREETINCHICOREDONNYBROOKIIAGGOT STREET

BELFAST

1:"1 rest/L'aliolls COl/SUit ."vUI' Il'm'cl agclll 01' .la LiuIiHS.

10 Up/,er 0' COIlIlCl! Slret!. Dubllll. FclcPI/llllC pC)21

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'1'111' .\('1' Lilll!lIs lIa.'" has 110\\ hel:Ollll' tlH' 11 I'd illa 1'\'

(,\·I'I'.\··d:l.\· I11l'1lns of InlY('! hp! "'N'n [I'pland aurlBl'itain :Il1d the ('ontill nt1-~eglllaJ' Sl'''' i,'"s 1'1'0111 Dul;lilt to London Alt\Jl(·llOstcrHi I'Ill in g'lHlLlt , Li\erl'ool, G·IH.tigmy, Isle of AI an, Pal'is;.\ IlIst erdalll. i It ass(wia liolt with K.L.l\I., :l1t(1 f-;hannol\.

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Terrazzo,Wood Block Flooring,

Tiling and Plumbing

D'Rilril'lof Lincoln Place

J. J. O'Hara It Co., Ltd .. 29.30.31 Lincoln Place, Dublin. Phone 61576·7·8

THE LODGE HOTEL,DROMAHAIRE, LEITRIM

Telephone: Dromahaire 4. GRADE A.

* * *Fully licensed and modernised. Excellent food,drink and attention.

HOOTIr G--Preserved rough shooting over 20,000acres (grouse, pheasants, woodcock, duck, hares,

snipe).

FISHING--8i miles River Bonnet (salmon and trout),also 4 truut streams.

Beautiful Scenery Brochure on request.

The Headquarters

Furnish at

TODD

DUBLIN

For Happy Homes

BURNS

STREETMARY\..

11 l TISIT TO

GniinnesslandMany of Dublip" IllOt f:11ll0u buildings lit' along the h,1I1ks of the Ri\l'r Lilfey. Above

\\ eee the noble Cu tom t Iou e \\ ith one of the Guinnl's boat "in!;! alonaside ..,..... b

One could tak' a I)k'asant "all from here to ,icw Trinity CoIJl' l1l' the Bank of'=' '

Ireland, th' Cit) J lall, Dublin Ca..,tk, Chri t Church ami th' ancient t. Audocn'

Chun.h, ending up n.llurall) "ith a ,'(..,it to Guinnl' s's Bre\\ en a l it\ \I ithin a cit,·.

OMEIHI G 'TO WRlll HO;\IE BOUT' Conduuc'd lours round the Bre\\er) arc a

wcekUaY fealure (B.ll1k Ilolida» c'~ll'pled) bel\\c','n J I a.lll. and 3 p,lll. On llunl.,~ alII a.m. only.

Children under 12 are nol admilleu. A. '0. 2 I bus I'rom Coli,,!:' Gn'c'n \\ ill lake ~ ou 10 l. Jame "

l';ale-Ihe main entrance-and you can prollli'e) ourself an c'~pl'rience )'1l1 \\ ill relllc'mber all your lIfe.

G,!' 1576-

HOTEL ESPLANADE

BRAYOpen 365 days of the year

Professional EntertainmentsPhone: Bray 56-Licensed

Official organ of the Irish Tourist Association.5/- per annum, post free, from the Irish Tourist

Association, Dublin.

A Gift that an Irish Friendoverseas will appreciate.

"IRISH TRAVEL"

5/- Post Free. :: 12 months.from

Irish Tourist Association.O'Connell St., Dublin.

Another Aer Lingus Increase151,622 passengers u 'l'll er Lingus erviee!)

during the first half of th(' 'lU'l'ent financial year,all increa e of thirteen <1 lid a half per cent, overlal'l. year's half period (ot~l. 9,213 flights wereoperated with a 99 per cent. l'tJg-ularit r. The fir '1.

veL' award of the Ctln1bel'bateh trophy has beellluade to Ael' Lingus 1'01' safety, regularity andl'fn ('1 ell \'.\'.

Remarkable 1500 B.C. GraveFound in Meath

'I'\\"('II(Y miles from Dubliu, a( J.'ourklloek', '0.

.\1 \;,a( h (altitude 500 ft.), the mo~( notable 1ri 11l{l'OIlZ, Ag Burial (,hamb r yet di covered, andnppI'uximately dated 1500 B. '. is h ing' excavat (1Th(, ('('I1(I'al l'hanilH'L' i almo;( twit'e a. large asI hat ill (h famou: motllld Ht • Tewg1'anO'e, hitherto1hl' Jl\o,'t l' mal·kahl in h land. 'remated bone.,~t OlH' and bon beaw amulets of erpentin anll\I'hi( s(on leg nda!'y "brain ball " are among(hc c1iseo\'erie th rc np to date by Tati nal.\lnseulIl excaYator .

Fermoy ParkJ·'ermoy, wii1l a populatiun o[ a little over 4,O()(),

will have 011 o[ the pretti 't town payks when tb('hllldscape scheme is complete<l. IIaving purcha: e 11he g'I'ouI1l1s oE l!-'erJn0Y House foul' years ago, says;] n "hish IndepenL1 nt" I'eport, 1\11'. EdmuJU1(\lI'I'oll, solicitor handed th m OY l' t.o the ouncillast year to be ye'(ed in the connnunity.Comprising ven anes, th land front thl'11ll1ill street be'iele th mao-nifie nt bridge oyer1111' Hla(,k Yater and it i' houn led none sitlehy th ri\'('r bank. Ther will be thr e entrance:ail op n-ail' tag will fa a I toad lawn; a l'hiltl]' >n's playgor und will h(' fa· d hy a 'lill-terrae fu]'Ill(' pal' n( , and th main walk' \lill be hotmd L1hy low eat-'wall,

Historic Castles PreservedRe. tOl'ation and repair ar alreac1~' 'olllple(ed at

l.emanagh a tl, lal'. and well adyanc d at('alTi ·k-Oll-' 'nil' astle and Ro(kfleet Ca tl . 1Iayo.. \ proposal i being ma le to th Dublin orporationto pre rye the two 1 th . ntury Dutch ,,'eav l' '

house in Treat TJon ...Jord . h'eet, Dublin.

A New Dublin Bridge?An increase of 50,000 motor car, many of them

in the Dublin area, 'il1ee 1939, keeps the urgencyot traffic diversion by a n w bridge over the Liffey;] t DubliH under acti v(' <'ol1sioeration by the city<llld other au horities.

Cork River and Harbour ImprovementsThe £1,000,000 Cork harbour improvement scheme

ha nearly completed its fir t part of quay- reconstruction at Cork, and new grain dischargingfacilitie at the 'outh Jettie, Later stages willinclude a one hundred f et widening of the Lee atthe outh Jettie, to O'ive ocean-going steamersmore room for swing-lng.

Dun Laoghaire Stadium Proposal.'.. proposal for an up·to-date ports. taoium 101'

I)un Laog-hair lla' 1een put fm'ward.

Slievenamon Cross Ceremony::\Iany old people w l' in the crowd that saw

('oadjutor ~,hchbishop O'Donnel1. of Brisbane,.\ustralia, deL1i 'ate a Holy Year ero s on lievellallLon (2.364 ft.). o. Tipperary.

A statue of ,hri t the Ling has been 'reetedoverlooking the Gl 11 of _<\h\;'l"lo\l' at Coachl'oad.

A £10,000 bronze statue or th Blessed Vir/.!'in, atthe mouth of th Liff y at Dublin, will be th('docket'S' Holy Year lI1elllol·iHl g'Ht, -fot' el'eel ion ne.-tyeur.

More Trees in IrelandA Tational Al'hoUl' v eek will be held in 1951.

from l\Iarch 12th to 1 th, wh n token plantation,will be maue throughout tlJe country in de\' lopment of the mov ID nt to"'ard l' affor station.which i an urgent II ('(1 in a greatly ele-"'ooc1e<lland 'cape.

Gift for Winter VisitorsFor i~ vi itor pending' 14 nights al al.y .'wi"

Winter. port hotel will b refunded £4. ] '. gel 011

their bill, by agr em nt b tween th llOteliel',' and~wi. Hotel Keeper' A. ociation.

Cover PictureCOVER PICTURE SHOWS TWO SMILING RIDERS I

A BOREEN NEAR OUGHTERARD, CO, GALWAY.

Vol. XXVI. DECEM DER, 1950, 0, 3

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IRISH TRAVEL Dc' Illl) 'I'. 19:>0,

A Wicklow

SummerRecalled

.In

DecemberBy WALTER O'MARA

1::UAGL,\,A'l'n BLY I aJlI .. i((ing ?y ~he Ujlstain;window 0]' (hal l'al'll1hou:c, h,ten1l11!' to lh

I'nst le of leaH'., .'1ll('!lill!!,' the Sill n' of g'ra'" lIUlIlUI'l'Hn 1 (,b"" "'cein!!,' (h' 1ll0uIltaiJl yi w~, (}~lt OJl (Ilt'\I ild IOI;e:ollle lIliJl'shes (he hlaek al~.l, \I'lutl' hOl:se:, 1" ·t'lll 1'01 ~ .. in 0' The y g-I'az oft mto the fil's((I" t..l,",,~'" 1 ..lallg" of ('oar..e pointed gras, es and t 1I'1Yl~lg

Y llow gOl'. eland, Xow al](l th, n a eu~'lew and lts;nate go flying aeros.. with the~1' pe<:ulJ~r \'(llll!l' Olcalls, sOl1lel imes el'ying, sOll1ehm s a JOyou: buhhling', ~\nd in be!\\'('t'1l the ('u(·koo .. el1~ls hIS ('alL.I h aI' the Bo..s Man, it .. thc wOl1la,l1 of th~ hCHIS,'c.ttlls her inl.'hallCI, I h£'<11' him shoutll~g :~t hIS I~llll:l'ilS i I' it W(;l'€' a hUlllall Ill·in!!,' hc' had 1~1 1!'ont 01 IllSplongh, JIel's H al11l)les a ('I'OS, t~e filrnl,v::nl ilJldtc Its thc (·ow (0 1110 \'C' 0 \'C'I' the I'C hll, she III il k,s l~(' 1',

('atile al'e lowing', hC'lIs ('il(,kling-, chIck n~ ehll'plngHIHl a multi-Ynrie(y or son~ hirds, flJt ,IJ'01111([through sun and shadow adtlmg then 'lil1!!;ilJl! to1he drone of flies, T

f4ueh is the rUIl 01' e\'('I'~'clay down hel'~, (~c'am ra <:ould rp('nptul'(' the magic' of th ,settlllg o!(.11L' (71' atest 1'(:~(,I'\'oil', _\I'ouud the horIzon sta~J(It ht' I~ount:rim; of Djouc'e, . 'uaar Loa 1'.. ,<'a,l', ('m;I'lI!'l11Hl oppo,~ite I11~T 1'00111 is r~'I·I)\ll~t'I· ..tO\~n 1111,1. I<'\'(',nlh 1'e. n'oil', with it.. slo])lI1g .'Hle. 01 granlt )'o<:l~sg;i\ . no imjJl'f'ssion 0]' int 1'1' rel~(' h:--' man, I 'Iton il1at .'lopin~' "a11, lily f et m the gl'ea ( , lake,11 hind mc, a('ros.. tIll' l'oMI and down ,hel0,'" Ill' thpfllt r hed. tidy anll Pl't'tty as the SWll1lI11111G;. pool.ol' <;ome lllillioll<lil' lan<1o\\n 1', .\ s!1' ~lm o! toUl'ingo hu.'1:' al'l'i\'(', fl'OI11 tlll' eapital, stllTHli! th(' dust"hieh wafts in a c,loud 0\'('1' my hea t1 an~l a('ross th,t',xpan.. of "'Ht I', T follm\' it and .'~e 111 thp SUI~ S

haze the rows al1(l OH' <:lumps 01' pmes that skl1'(the far plcl<:PS and thp n <11'<:'1' of th lak,

President's Country HouseI \\'onl1 call Wi('klo\\' olhel' than the ,m'den 01'

11' land. J\ l4al'(lell is al-tifi('iaI, desig'ned and l'on-

SUGAR LOAf ABOVE E,..NI I<ERRT

('i ..('. nut \Yil'1dow is ilw land of ·UI'pris(·... SOIlI("thincr diffel'ent at C'\'C'I'Y (ul'n of the road, It islou!!h as a paintin!!,' t'xamined dose up, Vie\\ ('(1

hom a [ar it ('oul(1 only h <:on ..1] red a llHls(el'l>i('<:~.

r mind th eH'ningo's \\'alk along th ..id of a 1lOuntain, yer to th rig-ht was PI"'lident O'Kpll,\' Ssmnmer re~idene , a lowly white-eoated ea~tle-likc

building, ..hl'oud cl with hea"y tl'ees, The sun hlazedupon the "ie\'" Th re wa.' no one to he . (E'n anywhere, nothing hard 'an th s ng of the hi1' 1.(,haf'fin<:he , hullfin ·hps, soaring larks, linnets HIlIlthe inimitahle pail' or long-h ake 1 eurIe\\'s wheeling'ahout, their sad laments eehoing thl'ough (he \\'oods,It was a real wood, its llne"en flool' hUl'ied in 11I0SSand many Hutlllnn's 1('<l\'eS, I'ull of ]':lhhits tha( fledon my apP1'oal·h. Out of the I'orest I ('cHild see tlwil't]'a 'ks W01'J) e"t'J'ywh l'e, 'l'is '-cro 'sing eHl'h otheron the :,:~,f1 gTass or the hillside, The plal'(, was 1'1111or th m, ']'hey sat by yellow cl <:ked l'ul'1.e (,Iul1Ips01' lop'd alon o tlw hu~'(' day and l·o·k I'c'1Iees soplentiful HI'OUlId hc'L'('. Xo ..oonel' \r~s I scnsed thanthey \Y rc !rOIl(, alld the trees :1Il<1 I ,,'ue alont',,'UlTeying lhe pall01'al1l<l Hho\'e und lH'lo\\' I ('ouldsc' the glint 01' all odd ear tl'a\'clling along thc' (hinhro"'n l'Oi1(1. ~tillthl'I'c "'as no pet'son yj'ible, Onlya hig red house ..(andin~ in th cup f the Yi1l1 y,but not eyell . mol' 1'1'0111 its (,himneys. The t<J\\'erof a neal!>y (·hul'('h peel'ell aho\'(" its l)1'O( ('(i"eslli Id of tall' 1111", .\n<l the J'ookerY wa~ loud withtJ1(' l'iIlH'OUS harping or its clwcl1e;", I IHHl Owp -<:uliar' feeling that onl:>' the, all:--' Cap lay hl'~'011(l

wh I'e I ,'at an<1 Lough Tay trapped behind th eIII uutains, At th I'eu!' of it th land was simihn'lvga..hed, henpe(I and tUl1Ihlccl. It strel<:h d as fa'J'down throngh the eountry as Kildal'e and north 10th YCrge r th ('i(~'-a 1'('l4iOIl ]lU1I1I1WllNl into..hap hY]1rehist I'ic c'aJ·thlluakes and g'lil(·it'l·s, .In::;ta .. then there wel'c IJO l11('n, likcwise OWI'C' \\,el'c' ]10nein sight tltis day,

])('(' mhC'l", 1%0.

THIS TOWN

IRISH TRAVEL 47

hasFIVE EYES

ny GODFREY KILROY

[With the publication of the first entire reproduction,much of it ill colour, of the famous Book, of Kells, th:ancient Meath town of its origin has come mto the newuvividly again.]

FORTY miles hom J)nhlin, tra,:clli:1 0' by ~ue 01:

the hest I'oads in the Repuhht, Ill' Kells, no"NIllannus )101', ']'he history of Kell goes back to

long hefor(' the time of Ahraham. the olde.. t recor<1stating that, in th year of th ,,'orld 2 50. a gTeatwal'l'iol' named _' me 1iu. tame and cleared, theplain of )[ag'h-Seredh ... th HJ.H'ien~ nUl;1 of ,thedi"hid <ll'ollllll Ken .. , To l' ~~lt l,,-ell al1('lenthistol'Y H Ylsitol' has olll~- to read. ome of th£' :·tJ·eetI1clnH'~, .John, tl'eet-whH wao' n'e the PrI l' of,'t. ,John th Bapti. t; ('<won Street-:,'h~r the('anon.. ol' tll .\llhey of ,'t. )[ary the n'gm ;I'edto walk, C'a tie ,'tl' ('t-wh re the great le ,jat~ItlliH his' ea tIp; ero, S ~tre t-taking its name fromth 'l'OSS,

Deposed King Retires to Kells'Yha \\'ll~ the g-reatest or all pl'e-Chri.. tiall Kings

Pl'ohahly COl'ma' )fa' Ad, who liyed A,D, 21f) t(~~60, Hnd }'esic1ec1 at Kells dUl'ing' the last yeal'~;, 01Ids life, as h(' ha.d 1>('en hnnished from ,Ta1'a, 110 1,Jng'with a hlemish being allowed to reIgn, and 1\la<.'j\rt had hAd his eye damag- cl in hattle. lUal' Artis al ..o fnmou for the RtOl'y of hi~ court hip andnUI1'1'iage to a peasant g-i 1'1.

Tt was in 1152, at a gl'('at c('lesiastil'al goathering'ill K Ils, that pall.. \\' l' , for the first time, g'i\'en to.\ I'('hhi -hop, In 1176 the Anglo-~"'orlllan' dentstat cl Kell:>, LatH, lTugh d La'y huilt a g'reat wallnncl a ('a, tIe, and th lim light again played on thi ..:1I1eient to"l\ Jl' hut that "a't s 'ounll1'el, Henry theVIII, di, ..olypd the mOl1a tel'ie" al d the ~-\ bhey, ofSt. ~[al'Y and, 't. John \\'ere no more, Then ('amel(l-tl. \\'hen all the" 10l'als " ,;'ere kno ,ked out orth it' holdinO's, a 11 cl the rom\\' llian. mal,thed in.Kell SUl'\'iYed, Thi.. i.. just a "prinkling- f ancienthi ..tory, alltl the yisH l' may \\'ell a. k : " 'Yhat can1 s e 'N07.•' '," Thel' an' man~' thin!!.', and th y('annot he pa..... cl o\-el' hurriedly.

Round Towers and St Co]umkill's House'in ty fee1 high stan Is tll(' Roun(l TOlI'er, ll11iqu<'

among-st sHell 10w<,I's, inlls1l111('h 11: it hns f i7'e

ST. COlUMKlll'S HOUSE

\\'indo":, and thi<; i.. p1'ohahly hel'au 'e, in 1dentime, there were fiy I'oa(l .. and fin gate' leadi11g'into Kel1., , , and EY~:.· had to \\'at('h them all, '['Ill:'<1oorwav, too, i. mall; only one per on can goetthl'ougl; at a time. ,\lthough designed and huilt inn most ing'eniou.. mann l' \'or cler('n('e 1 m'poses-ithas to he se('n to real is \'ully what 'mall ('han('(' anatta ·ke)' had of getting inside-the To'wel' wasnppal'elltly not ab, 0] utely il1lpl'('g'na~)le: The I·'our,\Iastel's, <;ta1e thnt .\Iun·had was slalll, tl1 the 1'0\\,('1'in 1076, and some damag-e has uuc10uhtedly hr(,11done ahout the dool',

~t. olulllkill's 110ul'e has ,:tood the hlast oC elewu('enturie', ' ilrn1 testimony to th(' s1\ ill of its ancienthui ldel's, Rem 111 hel' tha t no hue shoul(l h('('1' cted that would 0\ el'Jook the "'l'each (olul11till ". ancI so we find thi' ancient ch\'ellingpl'3 ·ticallv at the top of th hill on ",hic'h th towni;:; huilt. .It is 'ug'gest <1 that the hou ",as huil1a. a last re, til1g plnte 1'01' th saint's hones II'h nth",y ,,'ere hrought oyer b'om Iona,

The High CrossesVo you wish to study the alltient ni~h ('[' ..<'s?

lE 0,' KelJ· i' probahiy th he!'.t plac~ in Tl'eJan I1'01' tbi purpo..e, Th~' ahound, hoth in tIlt' h)\\'nand in neighhouring listril ts. Iu exal11illin~ nw, ('('1'0 ses it shonld he oh~:('I'y('d that none 0 I' t!H'figures is nimhed, an(1 this] 1'0hahly dat('s 1helll ash<,twe n th(' 7th and !lth ('entul'ies, hr,'uus(· it \\'I.1S

h(\twe n the, dales thctt tb<, stOIt('-I\'(lrl'(,l's jl\tl.'u(l11('ecl the Nimhlls. All 1hese (,l'MSeS-except the

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IRISH TRAVEL 1)(,('('1111)('1', 1n;;o,

Second Centena ry

ofSarah Curran's Father

By J. L. MURPHY

A1' Tewmal'!<p1, ill t h( Ilotth-wf'stel'n tip or '0.

'ork, a ]ittle 1){)\' was hOT'11 two h11 11(] 1'(' 1 ~-('al's

~O'o to humhle pal'e,;1s-a hoy who was destillN! 10play ]at('1' a most pl'Olllill(,1l1 part in hi. h f'ig'h1eE'llth('entury politic, . and W]lO ,in tUl'll was to h('{'olllE' 1h('fathH of thnt famous fJ'lsh hpauty, ' Drah ('ul'I'all.

lUTan ",a a den1' !>oy at 1hE' local hE'dg-e s('hoo.1,and even here h(' attained a little fame f()]· IllS

hril1iancy of. answering- and fm' hi, early 111a t('l'~'

of the cia' ic. At the ll('ig-hh nrin!! hig hon.'f', to!lav th O11"e11t of a }[i. ional'y Ol'der. hp qni('ld~'

fOl;n<1 a patrolles.. , _fi',' .\1(111 O1'th heard of him.and ,,'ith her help h (·nt red }[idlet n CoIl g ,

ounty 01'1\:, wh re hi. Nll'eer wa. a perfect a ..hi patrone. could d . iT', TIis mothe~"" remote('onne'tion "'ith th )()(-al pow rful fanllty of 1hPhilpots pl'()yidef] hill) with a .'udaill<'tl supportwh n hp "on a . izar.'hip t(\ 'J'l'inity in hi S \'('11

tenth year, :)])(] lhP]' ns all under!rl'adlla t ]) is('ommand of the ela.... i(· '-"oupl <1 with n na1malO'ift for puhlic sp aking-woll for him a rf'cog~ition. and thi.' quickly gTC\\' into the cOlwictioJ1that h re indeed was a natural orator of Ha' fil's1l':mk. TIe was prevniJed 1pon to read for the Bar,and as his patroness was 'till in the ba('kgronnrlt his provid~d not too ml1ch difficu11 y. TIe waRactua1Jy called to th(' Bm' in 1775, and hriei'.·qui('kly ('ame to him.

The Precursor of O'ConnellIn one way he wa. the pr cur. 01' of 0' onl1e11:

he wa, not' flamhoyant in hi . tyle, hut he ('ouldwork to a brillianl ('Iimax. and h coulc1 play to ajury. And now he l11ak a O'oocl marriag Y'ith. a~fj s ·eagh. a di, tant cou in of. the remrh fan1l1yat Doneraile, ounty ork. To keep up the dig-nityof hi profe., ion he Imil1 for l1im eH a home 11 al'

. Jewmarket. which he (·all cl " The PriOJ'\'" : th l'P11 ' u!> cl to re1i"e lll1'ing the Y:lcatiol) of the Ta'\

ourl<;. and tp(']'e the elle'l 'hilclren of 1he fl,mibwere born. Wheth l' th 'ounhy villa wa. (',,11edafter the newly-acquired 1'1" idenc'e at R'lthfarnhalllno one can say. But ala, The Priory of _ e",marketis :iu. t as ruin01l' to-daY a. a recently 1)11111i.l)('dpre, photogrnph ,hows th Rflthfflrnham P)'iory tobe in thf' hi('entenary y a1' of his birth,

In ]783 ClUTfln ntel'ed the Irish Hou~e ofC"ommons. throug-h the influence of Lord Longfield,

CELTIC CROSS ON LEFT MARKS SARAH CURRAN'S GRAVE

n nobleman ,vh l'e.. itl nre. at Long-ucvill . is stillin o('cupation,1: mil ~ from :\Iallow, on 1he main::\Iallow-Killal'11ey road. ('u1'1'an, career in ParlinIII 111 waf> brilliant. lut hp favomecl th(' patri tparty Yery qui('ldy and ,oon hi oral 1'y washl'Ollght to heal' on th cl bate.. of the (lay, In 17!Hi.Iha1 is fOlll' war, hefol'e the Act of \lion withEngland, he cie(·laimN] that" union ,,,onl<1 Ill' 1hI'x1ine1ion of t/>r Tri ..h nnm :1-; 11 people, ,.

Sarah Curran's MarriageBut now the fnmily \l'er(' gTowing up, scwt! in

all, and CulTan appal' ntly derided that 3n }\1'111yand a aval cal' el' would be the hest ('ho;ce f01'1hehoys, so the two Ides! went that wa. But me 0 f1he girls, Sarab, \Va, starting to spoil things, 0111Cwhat, by reason of her infatuation for a. Rober1Emm 1. It was bad nough to keep cut of thetroubles of '9 , but her lover. Emmet, t111'n d out 10he the "WOI'. 1." rebel of the lot anc1 bv ~ 03('urran found him If def nding a P1:0 pecti~'e Fi nin-law for high treason. The 11anging of Emm t in,'eptemher of. that y ar put th family hark in 1he..o(,ial orbit, and arah wa, packed off' 10 ounty'ode Latf'l', wbile on n yi.. i1 to Wood Hill hon. e.

Tivoli, l1eal' ork.. h met a aptaill IT my. 'tnrg-eon. :111 En g-l i. h1l1a11 ; wa.. married in 1 Oil. hut,la: wa. in 11<'1' gra\' ill I O~. Poor .'al'a},! ,'heJi .. in the gray yar 1 of • ewmarket C1H1rch to.day.l,e1' tragic identity cloake 1 by an in criptio11 ofl'e pectabilit~- : "TIer lieth the hody of ,'nmh, wif('ol ~Iajol' fT, • turg on," The little eHi(· <T s\, hich marks hel' g-rave p('ep. ov l' the wall of the('hurchyard a1 the entranc of 1he to,m, and Jownthe street and almo t directly opposite. other lover,of the 20th cenlmy tl'ip tIle rantnstlC' (hrring t1]('dancing season,

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IRISH HUNTSSTAGHOUNDS

· '.\ '.11' 6r~HG. '1'. COGPLES 01·HOl·:-;DS. and HL 'TI~C; 1).\ \'5 )I.~STERS \.'1) KE:-;l\ EI.S SECRETARI ES

Co. Down ':!~); Tups .. Sats. lhllynahlnrh. Banhrid/..:'e. Relf".... t. Lt. Col. J. C. Cunningham. The Kennels. Lt. Col. Frank :\1. Byers. 11 Lombard ..trN"t.Kennels. Ballvnahinch. to, Down. Br)fasl (~;)-l~:,).

Ward Union (~;,,; Tues .. Sals. J)nn..hi.tug-hllll. I)rumrec. Du leek. Trim. :\Ir. (;. \', :\Ia1colmson. \shbollrnl'.Co. "eath.

~Ir. E. Crai,:!ie. \Yhitchal1. Finglas road, Fing'las(l~:ll~l.

==--=====FOXHOUNDS

Avondhu (:!ll); \\'("(b. and hvt·· h.'rJltoy. ,Ltllow. Cork. 'litf·helstowll. "r, T. O'Rnrll. Corrin Vi lit>. F{'fmoy. 1>,.1. H-ro<!(·rick. 1~ Pat~~t. Ft'Tlnoy (:!.J).days. .

Ballymaead (2:>D: rue> .. hi;. Oldra,tl". K,·lb. Capt. H. C. Speicl Soote. Drol11one. 1\lr. 'I~tthcw Gilsenan. Babsvil1c. CrO''''akiel. I{rlls.Oldraslle .

.8ermin~ham and North Galway TII,tllI. Ilt>adfonl.{:!:»; :\1011"., Thlln:.

Sir Dermal and Lady Cusack·Smilh,Bermin~ham Hous-e. Tuam.

'Ir. p.1. F,dr. Headforrl.

Carlow (:~O); Tues .. Sat",. ('arlow. Tllllo\\,. ~Irs. W. Hall anti )Ir. O. H. EustareDuckelt.

1\lr, p. F. (;ovcrn('y. \\'csloll. C:\r!ow (I:!").

Co. Limerick (;)O); ~rons., \\'cds.. Lillj(·rick. (roolll. \<tarf'.Fri~. and occasional hye-day"'.

Co. Waterford (:10); Tile..... c::~t.... \V~tcrford. Tr~t110re. Portl~w. l\illn:1c·thol1l~s.

CooHatin (:!:",: ~lolIs. Fn ...

Lord J)ar('~hury. Clons-hire. Adarr.

)fr. R Ru>sell and The Marchioness of\Vatcrford. Seafield. l<ilmacthoma"O.

(ountC":o's Fitzw;l1ialll. LaJ\' JlIlietFitzwilliam and )'Iaj. S. C. R.Harrett. Coollatin.

Lt.-Col. C. C. Conye,.,;. Ardshanhall)', ,\darc (~!l).

)'Ir. H. de V. Hunt, COl11eragh Lodgp. I{ihwtl'·thollla.... Co. \Vaterford.

01 . .1. l'\. Digg-Ie LackE'cn. Shillelagh.

Duhallow (3;-,); )'Ion~ .. \\'eet..... \1a1)ow. BulH"·'HIt. ])oneraile.Fric::.

lapt. J. A. Hornsby. and Capt. H. )Ir. J. S. O'\I,'ara. Hawthorn Cotla~e. )Iallow (70).freeman Jark'-'On. Blarkrock.:\Iallow.

Ea'!t Antrim (p~n; "'pcls., Sab, B('lfil-;t, ,\ntrilll. Larnr. Carrirkfrrg-u", '1\T\ilrinll~arron. Templepatrick. Co. ('apt. J. R~s. :!:! )'Iay street. Belfast (:!;'I-t I~).

East Down :.!.• ); 'ton..... ThuJ'C'. I)ownp,ltrid•. B"ll'"nahinrh alld 'r\\,,',1..1It',

.:\Ian:hione~ l)m\'i\~pr of Londonderrv.Vi...C'ountE"-s Burv. ).IO!ITlt Stewar-t.:'\(·wtowllard....

:\Ir. p. \\'. Stewarl. Sunnv Hnlmr l{illough Co.Ilown (Arcll(lass ~:U). . , .

East Galwav (:!6): \Ion..;." hlll~. Ballinac:.lo(· ItlOa~her. Portumn:\. L. H. Smith Li"'many. Lawrenr£>lown.Ballinasloe .

:\Ir. H. F. h:rnnr. Fynag"h. Eyrecourt. Co, Galway.

Gaultier (21); TlI~.. Fri.... \\·al('rforcl. Trall1ol"('. ).Ir.-;. ).[. Alison Crosbie. :\lanor of St..John. Waterforcl.

).Irc.;. \I ". lIilllpy. KllIotteran HOll!o\e. \\'atrrfordr;:l) .

LIPl . .1. ~. B;li!£>y and :\Iiss DUlIlainl".Ff'rll~.

)'Ir. \\', \\ orcl...worth. Inis Bea/!. Inch.

Kildare ( ); '1'11<'::'., ThllP·... ~"h. Dublin. Xaas.and allf'rn;ltt' \(on...

Lt. Col, C. ),1. I.. (I('Tllents. Kil1adoon. (,('Ihrid~('.

llubHn. Dunboyne, !\n\"un, ){el1~.

Kilkenny (:;;Sal ....

Lelx IQII""II', Co.) (:ltJl); TII''; ..Sat";. Hyt>·day Thllr~.

Louth (~H): illons.. ('ri,.

Meath (:10); )Ion, .. \\'ecb .. Fn>.

Ihomac;towlI. I{ilkrnny,

J)l1rrow, ,\hhryleix, Slrndbally.downey.

])unclalk, ] )rogbe<lil.

\Iaj. D. )'kCalmont and :\Iaj. \ .. ,~lcC;'\lmont, l\lonnt Jnliet. Thoma"O-

I

town.

Rath· Capt. H. C. p. IlnmiI1011. )lo)'ne'lD\lrrow.

Capt. R. A. Filga1c and iIIr. \\'. H.Filgate. Li!=renny, Ardee.

iIIrs. A. H. Conncll and Lt.·Col. C ICameron. ~ugentstown, KelJs. .

\lr. C. Salmon E ... tat(' nfficc. Ballylinch. '1 tWIll:I,,;·town (7).

l\lrs. \. Blake. Itei1lh JlolI~f'. ~1:\1"yhoroIlKh.

Lt.·Col. Shirley and )Irs. Shirley. 1.0llKh I;ec.Carrickmacross (15).

:\Iaj. N. l\lorroug-h Ryan. Stackallen 110115('. ~'avall.

North Kilkenny (16ll; Tile... Fr""hford, Hallyra~~et.Fris.

Muskerry (~;)); \\~ed~., Sat!', Cork, ~[acroolll. )Ir. E. ". ~Iahony. Cloghroe House. The )Ia,ter (Blarnev 21).Blnrney.

~rr. J. )Inrphy, )fr. )1. )Iaher and ~[r. ~Ir. )1. O'Reiily. Ualh-raf(f(et (7).R. D. Keogh, Ballyring, Fresbford.

North Tipperary (22~); ,rons., Nenagh. remplemore.Thurs.

Capt. E. A. Pe:lrce, Lissenhall. ~t>na~h. p. ).lacGrnth. :31 Pease St., N'cni1gh and ).Iaj.·(;rn.A. V. T. \Vakely, Ashforct, Templemore.

South Westmeath (101: three day, I .\thlone. \Ioate.a fortnif(ht.

South Union (22~); Tues., Fri.... Cork. J\insale. Carrigaline.

~Ir. T. Hawortb. Auburn \'illa5. Athlone ('-,-1).

~Ir. A. G. C. Webb, Coolantry and )11' . .I. F.Calanan, Glenview, Rallingarr)'.

\fr. J. C. Ryan and A. p. Harri., Eml\' Hon,e.Eml)'. Knocklong. .

\laj. R. Peel. Knocknacr... Clonf(h·jordan.

)Ir. J. J. R)'an and )Ir. T. F. Ryan,Scarteen, Knocklong.

\Ir. )[. )Iabon, ~nnaf(h. Ballvkiernan.Athlone.

)(r. C. A. Lo\'e and Comdr. C. Everitt. )11'. E. p. Clarke, )11. Emla. Douglas. Co. CorkFumey. Carrigaline. (?2562).

Knocklon/(. Tipperary. Kihnallork.

Birr, Uou~hjordan. Borri~kane.

Roscrea.Ormond (:10;: Tue... .. 5at5.

Searteen (~;,): )Ion•. , Tbnr>.

Sylvan Park (20); usual!y Tu""., Kells, \'irgin:a.Sats.

Tluperary (-10); )fon... Weds.. Cahir. Clonmel, Fetharcl. Cashel.Ihllrs., Sate.

\Ir. W. R. Anstin, Sylvan Park, Kells. ~Iiss B. Farrell. )l;lItown. Clonmellon, Co. \\·e>t.meath.

Lord Donoughmore and ~Irs. )/asters, )11'. A. r.. Smith. Dnneske. (ahir (20'.Tullamaine, Fethard.

United Hunt (~:»; Tu .. Sat•.

Waterford (~1O); Tue,.. Sats.

Cork, Midleton.

\'·aterroI'd, Tramorf'. l'ilmarthol11n"O.Portlnw.

)Ir>. )[. Whitehead. The Krnnel•.)lid1eton, Co. Cork

~rr. R. Russell and Lady \\'aterlorcl,Seafield, l<ilmacthomac;.

:\Ir. E. C. Brown, Hermitage'. Clanmire. Co. Cork.

).Ir, R. de V. Jlunt. ("omc;,\g-h Lodf{e, I\iltn~r

thomas, Kilrossanty (:l).

Westmeath (3;)) ; )'lons.~ Wecl,..Fris.

Wesl Waterford (-); \[ons.,Thur>.

Wexford (:l0) ; ~fons .. \\' d~.,

Fris.

\tnllinf;{ar.

Lismorc. Tallow, Cappoquin, Dun·garvan.

\Vexford. New ROS5.

Lt· Col. D. Purdow and Miss Ramel, :\Ir, R. Reynell and )lr. J. 11. Urabazol1, Killynon.The Kennels. Cnleen, l\JlIlling:tr. Killucan.

)Ir. R. J. Muleaby and )Iaj. p. H. A. Mr. R. 11. Hall, J3leoch. Yilliers!owll, appoquin.Burke, Dromana, Cappoquin.

~Ir. p. Picker>glll, Ballynabol., Co. )Ir. T. Col fer, Rosbecon ('as tie, New Ross (76).Wexford.

HARRIERS

CO:\'\'E:'\IE:\'T TO\I":\'S ~IASTERS .\:\'D KF.:\':\'ELS SECRFT\RIES

~Ir, ~I . .I. O'Bricn. Bell,·"e. Delqanv,Bray (1 '.); \I"ecb .. Silts.

:'.Ir. E. KJl:lpP. Cohurg. Bray. Co. \\'jC'klow(Brov ~),

Rt. lion, Lord Fomham ond ~Ir, D. ~Ir, H. S. llJack, 100 ~roin slreet. Covan ..\nderson.

Co. Clare (:Hl;; 'Ions.. Thlll', Fnllis. Kewmarkel-on*Fergus.;\nd bye·cJa}'~.

Co. Galway (~;;); Tues.. Fris. Athrnry. I.oug-hn·a. Galw:1Y. Gort.

:\Ir. J. F. Quinn. Claremont. Clare- :\Ir. B. H. \laurer. Ratnfclgh, EnTlls (XX): 'Ir,castle, ~,I. A. l<.enJlPoy. B.1I1k place, Fnms (to:;,.

~laj. P. Profumo. The Kennels. Brig. E. R. :\Iahony. \\Oalervicw. LOtl,~hre:\. Co,Cr.1u~hwel1. Co. (;alway. (;alwav,

Kilmoganny (:~.)); twice wel'kl\', Carrirk-on-SlIir. CnJl:m,

Co. Westmeath (I;)); "'{'cb. and 7\ltlllingar. Eclj!{'\\,orths(Q\\,II.alte-mate Sats.

Killeagh (1(l~): Slln~. and In (' "idletol1, YOU~hil!. Cork,d<\\':'\.

Golden Vale (16); Weds.. \Ions.; Cashel. Thurles. Tipperary. Cahir.Fris. alternnte weeks.

FreynE'S, Torhoy. Colehill. londord,

\lrs, R, Craigie. l-Llrristown House. St, :'Ilarg;t!'('l'S.Co. Dublin (~:l~()I).

~Ir. T. ], Kennedy, ill \Ioin street. Coshel (:l6).

:\lr, E, R.oe. E:trl !'-treet, DtllIdall< (;l~),

:\lr, T. J. Flelllill!.!, The Sqll;tre, Dungarvnll,

:\Iessrs, \\'. J, Free1l1:kn :lnd J. Qllil1lan, .\ngl('S(~a

street Clol1ll1('1 (Clonllwl In,")},

The \I"ter (Croom S),

Jlr. C. O'Driscoll. "ilhrogan Hill. Bancl()l1, ('0

Cork rBondon l~l.

:\liss 'I,

\lr. P, J. O'Driscoll, Old ~lihtarv

Barrack"-. Bandon, \

'II', N, SheeT "l'rry road, Clonmel.

:\11", :\r, Fitzgibbon. f..j,,-kePIlPtt Hous-e. \('room,

Mr, E, Fitzpatrick and ~Irs, T, Bevan.

~1~:iS::.~W;~I~ly~o~::,~~~;ndr:~.Dun-Igar\'an,

:'Ilr. J. H. Crai~ie and ;\Iiss B. Kearns,Coolquay. The \"anI. Co, Dublin.

'Ir, T, Hyde. amas Park. Cashel.

'Ir. :\1. Cooney. Snnna. lancmore. ~Ir, C. .J Corcoran. :\Tullingar (1nl.'Iullingar.

~!r. C. Fe-ITal!. Red _-\hbey. I\:en:lg-h,

:'Ilr. A. p. Codd, Churchtown. KillPlick, :\Iaj, F. B. Boyd. Bush\'ille, Tagoat, Co. \\'ex!ord(Ro<slarc ;;).

:\Ir. C, \'. Blal"que. Castle:own. Carrirk- :\11', p. SheeT ~ewtown, Carrick-on-SlIir (41).on' 1I1r.

I Col. C. F Parks. Kilpikl", Banbridg-e, :\Iiss :\r. Clarke. Ballyaughlis Lodge. Lishl1rnCo, Down, {Drumbo 202).

\Ir. ]. O'Bncn. Kil:cagh Co. Cork. ~Ir.]. J. Colter. "illeo!,h. Co. Cork,

Iktnhrid~('. Rathfriland. f'rolllore.

·lonl1}1~1. j"ethi"lrd. (;'\hir.

\\'~xfonl. l~thSlar('. Killl1orC".

nlln~:lrV:lIl. Cappoqllill. YOllllhal.

f)l1hllTl. :'\!.llahidc.

J)ullnalk.

Bandon.

('room. ,\clarr.

L ngford. Ballymaholl. EcI£!cworthstown. (;r.lnard.

Iveogh (~Ol; \\'ed' .• Sats.

KiI!inick (1 ~l; ~Ions.. Th"rs.

Flngal (I H): Tu"".. Fri,.

Clonmel (11;); Tues .. Fris.

Croom (1;)); TuC"i. (\nc! occasional \hy{'-d;'\y~.

Dundalk (10): Sats, (Tues,dur!nl(Christmas holidaY5:). I

Dungarvan (l'l); Suns, ancl Byedays.

Carbery (Ii~); Thllr~.. Sun..;.

Co, Longford (10); TuC'>.. Fris.

Monkstown (12~); "'('cl<;,. Suns. Cork Citv.

Mount Loftus (1;)); \\'('(1",. nlte'!" Graigucn:lm:ln:lg-h, (~orcsbrid~e,nate Sat", (~owrnn.

Klllulagh. Old Roch and Ch'c~ester Lisburn..Intnlll.(~()); ~Ion'.. Thurs.

'Ir. \\'. H. :\IrCulloch Swallow. nuhlin ro;'.c1Drogheda.

~lr, .I. H. Bomber. Prospect. 11ollymono (H:l1~),

~Ir, \\', '1', \lcKeever ond ~Irs J .I,ll()('" I.'sdoran, Belle\\stO\\n

~Ir. Il, Morlon, Bollyloughon,

:'Ill", N. Haves. (,JE'1l road. :'Ilonk"town \11". J. Hayf<;,. Carli<;le' Collage. :\lonk"'lo\\'n. Co.Co. Cork. ' Cork,

Dr. \\'. 11. O'Brien. Tinn::tpark. Crnig- :\11", \\', \I'1l1in... Doninga House. Corcsblldg'r,IIen31nanagh,

:\[r.]. BritlOn :\Irgahey. Dllnrlrod, ~lr, G. D. Cocltes. Fruithill ..-\ndersontown fFklfa:-.tCrlllnJin. NH i~).

'Ir. :\f. O'Brif'n-Kellv. Derrvknockanr. :\[1', E. R, Shaw. ~:~ \Il1lgTav(' street. I.ImerickI imcrick. " (J~ or 1;1),

Limerick. Croom.

llallylllena' Antrim, Hnndal:--town,Mid-Antrim (Ir.); '1'110, .. Fris.

Li~erick (I:!); Thl1~. and occ;\sIOnal bye-days.

Little,range (16~); Thur... or Dro;.!hCdJ. »1I1<:'('k. B.1lbriggan,Weds,

l 'aas. i\:ilculkn. Newhridge. CUJ'rdg'h. ~lr, I,. L, L·rquhart. Athl?arvan 'II', p. Podgcr (jlll1,), FrenchfurzC"I-louc;(l, l,ildarC',Cl:lne, Lodg-e, CUITagh.

Newry (l~); Tues .. Sat"

North Armagh (,"); Sats.. \I'ocl"

''It'wry. Ilanhridge, IPortadown, Lurg-an, GiIford. :\toira.

:\trs, \, Close, Drumbanagher, !erretsp;t~s. ~e\\'ry. Co. nown.

I.l. Col, E, H, nru'h. ~Ir. R. H.Davison, Hillv!ew. BallvrlouganPortaoown, -

'li"s 'I, C. 'Ioorehead. Derryleckagh Hou<:;,r.:"oJ,~\\'rv. Co, Down (:-':cwrv :n:3L

'Ii<.:s .I. A, l'prichard The Firs, Porlaclowl\ (;-l~(i).

North Down (~,-,); \\'eds .. Sots.and occa"ional bYf'odays.

North Kildare (1 il; ~Ion,.. Thurs,

:\l~wtowllar(ls. Creyabbey. Saintfielcl,Ballyg-owan.

~Iayr.ooth. Celbridge.

'11'. (., ~ugent, COmbf'T. Co, Down.

Copl. L. J. \lartin. St. Catherines.Leixlip.

~Ir. 'I' (; .1. "inqan, Glenl(onogh, Bongor (1:1).

:\Ir. J. ". Tyrrel1. Ballymacoll. nlll1ho~·n('. Co.~Iooth (Dnnboyne 33).

Roscommon (10\; \\'Nb,. Suns. H~('omnV')Jl. Strokestown,

Norlh Mayo (13); Thllrs. Fnlli~rone, Cross.molina. Ballinu.Foxford,

~Ir. B, B. Scot! and ~Ir, P, J, Rowe, Dr, A. de \'. Rurke. \'inoria terroc,. Bollino ((HI),Barnfield House, BalJi:la.

~Ioj. T, ~I. Hilder. Ballint"rley. ~Irs. K. (;00<1. .. 'Ihe \·illa." Roscommon (~I).

Roscommon.

The Route (21); \\t('(~..... S:lt~. Coleraine, Portstewart. Portfllsh.Ballvmoney,

Sligo (lO); \\'eds, ond bye-clay", Sligo,

H C~~ra~~~~\\'ell. E"q., Spittal Hill. 'Ir. S. S. Henry. Dllnsui"ni:;:.h. Port:;:.trwart (::0).

::'.Iessrs. J. A, Stevenson and J. :\Ir. p. -\nderson. Colg'u House, SlIgo.Rowlette, Hossaville. Sligo.

Soulh Co. Dublin (12); \\'eds.. Dublin.~:ats,

~rr. :\'. O'Dwl'er, Athgoe Straffon,Co, J'ildare. '

South Co. Sligo (10); Fris., Tnes.. Sligo. llovlo. Collooney. Ihll"moto.and hye-days.

Strahane (lR;); \\' ds.. Sots. Strah;tlw. f:lstJefin.

~lr, J. Dorron and ~Ir. E. F. P,Cooper, Annabeg. ColJooney,

:\11C:s F, Gorrin~e and Jlr, \\', D,Smyth. Carrickalee. S~r;]bane,

\lr E F p. looper, ~darhree Castl('. CoJloonevt'o. '51;1(0 (Collooney 18), -

\lr.-.. C.orringe. Pp:lcOC'k Rank. Sion ~liJlc;. Co.•'I)rone,

Tara (10); ~lon,.• Th"I's. Nnvan. Trirn. Ell field , :'Ilr. George Briscoe and :\Ir. E. 11. :'Ill'. Thoma" Xoona11, LudJow street. Na\':lll (t\).:\Iassey, Bellinter House . .Navan,

Wicklow (l!)); ;\ron5., Thurs. .\rldo\\'. (;or('v. Mrs. Pa rkh ill , Great Grove, G?rey,---.:-~==~=

,Tynan and Armagll (10); I\'od,.. Arm'gh,

Sols.1\liss T. !\fcClintork, Trcnchcrf(le!. Miss .1. rrwin, :'IIOlll1t Jrwin. Tyn:\Il, :\liddlrlo\\'lI

(~Ol),

~Ir, L, Hill. Clonc, :~~hrim.

IRISH TRAT'El. Der('ll1he]', ] 9GO,

Cong Calling!Dy PATRICIA BOYNE

PICT RE to your elf a little old-world village ona na1'1'OW neek of limestone joining two large

])('autiful la kes, Conib and ~fasl\:. UaH-a-clozenhridges span water that channel the limestOlw.l\nd these "'atel'S flow freely, hoth over and under1he gl'OUlH.l, before they lose themselves in thelovely little Cong river, tHty yards wide. a shortmile in itfl picturesque course into Corrib. Thatsmall water-washed village is Cong, taking its namefrom the fiaelic "cung-a ", a ]leck or narrowistlJlll1ls.

Standing in the village, with /'water, water,foverywhere ", hoth eyident to the eye ~Uld r,lshingunderground, you will agree 'with Cong ~s ParishPriest that this spot i no safe venue for a eross-.ountry 1·are. Hare and hounds woul(l surely

s1 umble into some of the multitudes of caves andsuhterranean streams which are among Congo'snatural (or sometimes artificial) turiosities. Theyare all P31·t and pal'tel of those rivers rushing froml'ain-fedl\1ask via the Cong river to Corril) and thesea. .Among them, the Priest's ave, which oncehitl a hunted priest; Kelly's tave. which harbonreda beloved outlaw; Captain 'Vehh's Cave-he 11sedi1 fOl' unspeakahle atrocities; Mark Anthony's('av(', ('1 ear, cool and full of jumping trout, thoughits 11am(' remains a hrain-t('ailel' : the JJady's BatteryI1ncl th(' TT01'S("S Disc'owry. l\fost fascinating cav('rnof all is the sixty-f('d-clN']1 Pig('on Uole. Rixty-onesteep stone steps lead you prerariously downwardinlo a huge CHvern Assured by a deep unclel'gl'oundriver.

Canal Would not Hold Water"\Vater water. everywher(''' is true of Cong,

('xrept for' one place where man designed that itshould flow. This is the 110tol'ious Conp: Canal, the0reat Blunder, as the loeal people call it. It is the'fruit of a dream or inland navigation, devised to('onneot Galway by water with Ballinrobe and Tourmakeadv. Cung' handball alley lies in the bed ofthis ma;l-made mon trosity, and if you penetratel)('hind the alley you can walk dry-shod along' the{JOOl' of th(' canal that stJ'etches almost to Lough~rask. . ep 1he splendid stone work, all handm'ouQ'ht, where the deep hed was chiselled out of1he limesto11e and the sides built of square, dressedhlocks to house the waters that would not he1)'apped. Bven in a di<;trict where stone work "'ass('cond nature to the people, this structure is am01l11m ('n1 to their skill and patience. The produr(of a rllnal-ridden age, it was started midway1hromrh th(' last rentlll'Y to relieve devaRtation andpowl'1,V in tl](' w('s1'. rallRNl hy famin('. 'Wh('th('1'

BRIDGE AT CONG

hecause of the fissured limestone or faulty eng'ine('ring in determining levels, the waters escaped andhurried underground again, on their well-worn wayto the Corrib.

Everyone has heard of the Cro's of Cong, no\\' illthe ational :Museum, Dublin. It is worth tJ'av('llillg' to see the home of this tr('asured relic, tll('Augustinian Abbey founded in the twelfth centm'y011 the site of Nt. [1'eohin" seventh century monastery, When Cong Abhey was suppressed in 1542,cne thousand monks .followed the last T.Jord Ahbotinto exile, leayingo the cloisters, lihrary, college,hurches and shrines to moulder into ruin. ,John

King, Secretary to Ireland at that time, and fatherof Milton's belov('d friend, whose drowning' in 111ClIrish Sea evoked :Milton's famous It Lyei(las ", wasgranted the Abhey and its lands.

High King Retires to MonasteryEven the casual touriRt is arrested bu som(' strik

ing features of the ruined Abbey-its three-liQ'lltGothic window over the high altar, one perfectC-Iothic doorway, its Romanesque other windows anddoors, and the carved beauty of the SCUllt ]'elll11tllltsof its cloistered colonnade. Here, in this Abbey.the last High King' of Ireland, defeated in hisattempt to stem the Angolo-Norman tide of invasion,spent his last fifteen yem's of his life.

But cro. ses, shrines, cahirs, castles and churcheare legion in this part of :Mayo. Just to show aquick cross-section of the wealth of pagan andCbristian remains we quote a .few: the 1arket('ross in the main treet (a fourteenth centurymemorial to two abbots of Cong'); eleven ca ,tIes(nine De Bm'gos, two 0 ~Donnell) scattered in profusion around the countryside: Leac-na-bpoll. thatcurious flat stone with five cup-like hollows, nowin the yard of a farmhouse and thoug-ht to haveheen a baptismal font in the Abbey: the Stone ofLugnaecIol1, oldest Christian monument in Burope,on lovely Inchagoill (th Stranger's Island), fourmiles out on TJoch COl'rib. rong folk will tell youthat the Strallg'C1' was Rt. Patrirk's sistel"s SOll,

Lugna('dol1, who came to live and die th('1'(" and[Continued on paile 59 ..

IRISH TRAVEL

,tU

Df'('ember, 1950.

~bri5tma5Bray (Co. Wicklow): Royal Hotel

~:n]'(l: 7-]2, 'Vf'lcome Dimwl' 1ll1cl net-togetherDamp. 24th: 3, Putting Competition; 7-1 a.m.,l:ala Dinner-Dance and Cine Show. 25th: 11.30,C'11l'istmas ::\Toming Swim (Prize); 3, Outdoor'1'reasure Hunt (Prize); 7, Yuletide Dinner, Santa(,lans; 10, CaIn Dance, Cabaret. 26th: 3, peciallyconducted Bl!S '1'OUI' of 'Yicklow Mountains and" Bonfire" Cl'OSS Roads ])a11ce; 7, Dinner; 9.30-2a.m., Gala Fancy Dress Dance Illld Parade (Prizes).~7th: "Early lunch for guosts wishing to attendl1eopm'dstown Races; 7, Galll ]<'nl'ewell Dinllel' ImdP"esenta1ion oL Gifts.

Bundoran (Co. Donegal) : Great Northern HotelJl'estivities' programmC" includes GolI Competi

tions; Whist Drives; TI'ensure IIlmt; TahIe TennisTournament· Subscription Draw; Darts Compf'titions and D~ncing. On Dee. 26th thf're will he a(lnclerdla Dance (Fnncy Dress).

Cobh (Co. Cork): Hotel Commodore23]'(1: 8-12, Daneing'. 24th: Orchestral "EntC'l'

tainment. 25th: Children's Christmas Pm·t:v; R.Dinner, Cabaret and Dance. 26th: Treasm'C' Hunthy motol' hoat to Dl'nke's Pool; 8-2 a.m .. Dinnerand Flmry Dress nnl!.

Dalkey (Co. Dublin): Shangri-Ia Hotel2-:l-th: 7, 'Yelcome DimH'r, Happy l<'amily DallCP,

Father Christmas. 25th: 3, Whist or Bridge D1'ivt':md Gnmes; 7. (,h1'Jstmas Dinner. naIn DIll1ring alh1

names. 26th: '1'l'ips arranged to Tleopn1'dstownRaces a£1C'1' T;1111rh; 7. Dinnel'; 10-3 a.m., Dmlcc.27th: CaJ' Tours and Sillht-seC'inp: Trips; 6.30.Dinner; 10-2 a.m .. InfOl'mal Dame. 31st: 7.30.Father Time Gala Dinner, Cllhl1ret and Fl1thpr TimeBm'lesque, Dl1ncing.

Dublin: Cumberland Hotel24th: 7. 'Velcol1le Dinner. Bl'ic1gC' 01' natllC'

Whist. 25th: 4, Progre,'siYe Whist, Games; 6.:30.naIa Dinner, Santa Clnus; 8.30--2 a.m., Music l111dDancing. 26th: Morning, Suhscription Dra"w; 4.Ring Rong; 7, "Wren's Dinner. , ocial Gathel'ing andDancing'. 27th: 1. Farpwe11 Lunrh; 6. S1ll1)]'i, eHigh '1'1'11

Dublin: Gresham Hotel23rd: -12. Danting. 24th: Orchestr;~l Con-

cert at Dinner. 25th: 7. Yuletide Dinner. Dm)cing and Entertainment. 26th: 7.30, nala Din nCl' ;

10-3 a.nl.. Danting and Entel'tainment. 31st: ]0pm., J p,,- YC'l1r's Rye nl11a Danrr an<1 'Fintert:lin-ment.

Dublin : Royal Hibernian Hotel25th: Oaln Dinner and DI111('C'. 26th: 9-3;i m.,

Boxing Day Ball. 31s1: 10-8 a.m., New Yel11"s'Eve Ball (Buffet Snpper),

tbt ~ottI5Dundalk (Co. Louth): Ballymascan.lon Hotel

Entertainments will include Gala Dinner Partyon hristma Day and a Rupper Dance on Ri.8tephen's Day. .

Dun Laoghaire (Co. Dublin): Royal Marine Hotel23rd: 7, 'Yelcome RhelTY Pm·ty, DintH"', Dmw

ing-. 24th: 12 noon, Putting Competition; 7.30,Dinner; 9-12, Dancing. 25th: 12 noon, Swimming:Race at Forty Foot; 4-6, Orchestra; 7.30, OhristmasDinner,: Concert, Guinea Quiz, Dancing. 26111!Noon, Table Tennis Competition; 7-2 a.m., (la 111Dinnm' Dance. 3]st: 7.30, Dinner; 10-3 a.n1 .. NewYC'ar's Eve Gala Dance and Caharet.

Greystones (Co. Dublin): Clyda Hotel23rd: 7, Get-together RhelTY Party; 9-12, DancC'

ing'. 24th: 3, Treasure Hunt; 7, Gala :f\ilmer; 9,Concert and Quiz. 25th: oon, Putting· Competitioll; 7, Christmas Bnnquet; 9. Santa. Clans. Dall('ing. 26th: Joon" ub, cription Dra,,-; f>. "l~r(l

lan "; 9-3 a.m., Fancy Dres Dance (Prizes).

Greystones (Co. Wicklow): Grand Hotel24th: 5, Flag Whist Drive; 9. Yuletide Party

and Dance. 25th: 3. Treasure Hunt; 5. 1\1err,,Go-Round, Games in the Ballroom. 7, Carniy~11Dinner, Santa Clau.. 10-1 p.m., Gala Fan<:~v DressDancr (Prizes). 2 !th: 1 p.m., Suhstriptioll l)raw:5, Bridge, Card ompetition.; 7, GaIn Dimwr: 92.30 l1.m., Dance, " Anld l,l1ng' , yT!i'."

Killarney and Parknasilla (Co. Kerry): GreatSouthern Hotel

EntC'rtainments il1C'lucle 'Vhis1". Drives, Tahlr'I'ennis. Golf, Fancy DrC'ss I1nd Carnivl11 Dam'C's(p,'izes) .

Lismore (Co. Waterford): Devonshire Arms HotelEntertainments inelude Dinner Dl1ntcs, 'l'al.le

'I'£'nnis. Parloll1' Gnmes Darts. Cl1rds and ChristmasTl'ee. There will also be a visit to "!\fount Mrllrrayand to other local heauty spot. .

Lough Arrow, Ballinafad (Co. Sligo) :Hollybrook Hotel

24th: 7.30. Dinner; 9-1.30 a.m., Dal1ting. 25th:2.30. Tahle Tennis and Dnrts Tou1'llament; R.Christmas Banquet. Chri .. tmas Tree, )fnsil'111 l<1,-ening. 26th: 9.30. Woodcock Shoot; 11.30. ::\feet ofSouth Co. Sligo TIarriers: 7.30. Dinner. Hnnl 111111(South Co. Rligo Haniers).

Tramore (Co. Waterford): Grand Hotel2"lth: J oon . :Meet of \Yatel'ford BenglC's; 4.

'I'ah1e 'l'ennis Competition; 7.30. Dinner. 25th:4-6, Orchest1'l1; 7.30. Yuletide Dinner: 9-1 l1.m ..(,inderelln Dance. 26th: 11.30. :Meet of \Vatel'f\wclHounds; 4. Ol'chestra; 7.30, Gala Dinllf'l'; 9.80-8a.m., Grl1nd Carnival DnnC'e I1nd Rnpper.

IRISH TRAVEL

Hotel Impressions from Ten Countries ny MICHAEL GORMAN

J- hotrl.~ in 1110<;t eountrit-s \\"hieh eon<;ioeJ' louri<;man illlportunl sOUl'ee of illeomc and whieh

make a 'ipecifl] effort 10 attrt":d yisitors. there aJ'eeertain sfl'\'iees ,\'hich nI'e eon~idel'eo cssential andwhich al'f~ uni\'el'f:al to almost all. These includeitems s11eh as hot ,,'ater at any hour of the day OT

night. quickly sened meals. dJ'inks :-;en'co :-!t' thet'orrect tf'l11peratul'e, and so on,

During' thE' past fiye months ~s I tnn'eJledthrou/,th somE' ten European countries, int-ludinv;Fl'ance, ~\ustria, (lrrlllany, Denmark, OI'way,~\\'eden and Finlantl, I found it so, ~lyen in thesmallest 11OtE'1<; tht'~c things \\'He taken for f,!'ranted,'['hey com>1itutr tlw minilllum l'esponsibility of <lny()Jl(' undt?rtakinp to acccpt 1'00'eig'n visitors in theirhotel. Tllis t'er,;ponsihility is In'eat, since to theyisitor the hotel i::; l't'eqllently the source of many of];is first and mo:-,l impoltant impre!"sions of ncount/·y, An un fortunate experience in a hotel anda g'uest JlJay long retain a viyid prejudi('e againstthe natioll which that hotel l'epreseilts. I realisethis the more fully as I am subject myself to su('hulll'rflsonahle ]wejutlice and hecause of it alwaysearrfully 11Yoid ('rrtain pad:> of the C'ontinent.

'l'he EssentialsOn top of thesc' hare essentials each country iHlS

its specialities. 'Yhere food is con('emed, for'examplc, you can enjoy 'Yiener Schnitzel in Austriaor thE' Smor~a, bOl'd in S"'eden, hut to fullyappreciate these drlit'a('ie<; you must feel yourseifin congenial surrollnrling<;; that the host is reallyg'!ad to see you and not merely tolemtin!." you 1'01

tl1(' .'ake at the few shillings in your pur e,Only "'hell you aJ'e l'easonahly comfoJ'tahle in

Y0U1' iodg'ing (·an you rnjoy the loeal t,ustom;;;. th('i)ieturesql1~ national eostumes, the haroqu(' (·hurt·hesor whatHer it mny have l>een that promp1 ed youto travel Car fl'om home, ]~\'ery country has in itspeople, in its sceneJ'y, Hnd ill its huildings, manyindividun1 characteristi(·s to attJ'act the travelleJ',hut those countJ'ie~ ,,'hit·h al'e most sUt'cessful ,,'iththe tourists are those which guarantee him at leastfrugal comfort in his at'('ommodcltion and whieh.furtheJ'mo1'e, assist him to filld those things whit·happeal to his particular tnstE',

Information Book of the MonthThere is onlv one really satisfactory way of ful

fillin o this second requirement, and this is the 0newhieh has heen adopted in most of tlle capitals of'Em'ope and in many o~ the laJ'?;er ('ities,. ~n alltOUl'ist offices and agenCles, and m the '(lU1Jor1ty ofhotels, one can obtain, sometime<; f1'er- and ~,ol;letimes at a small charge, a booklet eallNl 'Ihe)[onth in .. ," \Vherever I ,vent, from \'ienna. toHelsinki, my first aetion was always to ~et ollr oft]l('se hooldets. \Vhen they are well planned tllE'y('an he incredibly helpful. One whicll I. J1~ve tohand hegins with a short histori('al descrIptIOn ofthE' (·itv. In the following- pages there is ('a1'eCullyindE'xe~l information on E'\'ery suhject that rould(,olleei\'ably interest the traveller. Hot"ls, restaurnnls nnc] ('offE'e shops. thratres, legations nnd ('on-

slll~tes, haiJ'dl'essers, flowE'r shop, Things ,,'orlhseelJ1I~, all al'e t'areflllly listrcl, 'Phe bookl('1 ('()JJdudes \\'ith a section on general information,,'hich ranges from a list 0 I' hospitals where first aidis o~tainable at all hours of the day or nig'hl, todetaIls on how thE' house numhers are arranged inthe streets. A map is also indudeo.

I found such booklets particularly useful when IJleeded information on the times of chuw'h ~'''rviees,

the hours when museums \\'el'e open, and so on, Jllthe centre of these little hook lets theJ'e arc :1 fe,,'pag'e' which al'e devoted to the main events of themonth in which it is issued, Herr are listed P1'Og'J'ammes of theatl'es and cillE'mas, aJ't exhihitions,race meeting" and various types of sporting' events,This was the only pad 01' the puhlication '.vhich hadto he ehanged \\'ith ea('h is, UE', The rest heing eon:stant, was printed in hulk, alld finan('('(l hy JRrg'enumbers of advertisements,

Hospitality is Key to AllOne factor in paJ'ti('1I1ar t·ontrihuted more than

all the others in gi"ing' me a fa"our~hh impre SiOllof a country and of making me "'ish to s~c it a!l:ain,'rJlis was hospitality and kindllf'ss, 'V11l're it ,,'as]11'('sent minor diseomfOJ,ts het'am? bearahle, "Thereit was ahsent, eYen !tlXlll'Y was hund lat'king, 'rhlsean he illustrated hy referring to tll<:' Finnishtourist industry, nel'allSe of the wal' Ihe tOlll'ist('entres in Finland hcl\'e suffE'red badly, Many newDn(l excellent hotels ha\'e h en built to replace tilo'elost as a result of' enemy adion and those lUJl1c1ecloyer to Russia in 'eded telTitoJ'ies. hut the eOi.l11try1'E'Ulains for the traveller one of the mo<,t expcn,i"'('jn Europe bee'ause of ('ontinuecl inflatiml,

Although thel'e are several modem ('ities the interYening rail cOllneC'tion are m01'e 1Jl'imitive th~n

iu other parts of northel'n EUI·ope. Yet I 1taye metno one ,,'ho had "isit('d 1<'inlanc1 in the Inst yearand had not cletel'l11inec1 to reyisit it at the firstopportunity, I went, intenoing to stay th,"ee c1nysand remained a 'Yeek. Al d the reason: the '\Yonderful kindness and genel'osity or the people,EverY"'here one went one was well attended "lidhelped in eYery way possible, It was not a questionof a large commercial o]'gani 'ation which looh,daftel' one in return for a splendid fee, This hospit~lity ('ame from all the people, \Yhen one setfoot in Finland, one immediatelv f€lt that one ,\'asrejoining some old friE'nds, .

Ireland's PriorityIn Ireland, too, \\'e haye something of this hacli

tion of pontaneous hospitality, That it is 'luitedefinitely thprf- and is not the re"ult of a myth iscxemplified Crom thf reat·tions of se\'eral travellersJ met in different parts of Europe, One Frl~nchman,

for' example, had stayed a fe\\' nights in a partielllarly unattraC'tiYe hotel in Duhlin, hut hec~ns('of its ,,'al'TJl atmosphe,'e, hecause eYeryhoc1y fl'omthe manager to the hoots was willing' to help himenjoy his visit, he has determined to l'elUl'Il n('xtyear for a longe]' "ifjit. Strangely en0u~h hospitality is :J thing which the travellrJ' merts Cjllitf'!'Hl'ely nowntlays, 11 (·os1s 110111illg:.

1h'l'('ll1 bel', 1%0,

SHORT STORY

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IRISH TRAVEL

Si-I j.\ J)0 vVDy IVY F, VALDES

OW it seems a small thil'g to tal\l' the jo~' out ofa perfed day-,inst the sight of 8n oh1 man

lounging' against the pal'apet of the Liffey, lh~t itdid, 1'01' J<jwanl l1illon, 'rhe SOl't of Illan youwouldn'i expect a smal"t gentleman like :JI,. Dillonto Hotiee, unle's it was to give him 8 sixpellee. HatJlO :,ilvel.' l·oin came oui of J<jdward Dillon's pockct.'l'hcl'e was no word of g'l'eeiiJl'.\· either. Only h('looked ai him, and the whole l\'tll'ld ended-hiswOI,ja.

A ]n011]('n1 1>eft)l',' 11<' was happily S1Lo\-\Olllg his wife1hc sights of his nati\'(' ('il \'. Ile inlS walkili!!, sire!'ts1!C lUll1 not tl'od foJ' t \\'ent)" ,veal's, pL'oUfl ihatbarbul'a was hy his side. Hut noW r..ll pleas,]] e was,IS dead as the 'ashes of Yl'~tPl'day's fire, and Dothillgai all e~:i.'ted hut llla t sl:ahhy ;,lall lo11uI~ing by t}ll~iJl'idge acrOSS the Liffey. .

" l<jdward, it's a 10\'el~' day. Let'.' ,\'alk instead01' taking' a taxi."

Ihll'hal'a's yoiee 1'el'alled him fl'o111 a world ormemol'il's and fears, Tle gathered hi. 'catieredwit~ anll i'ol'l:ed a laugh,

., If YOU wish, But there is nothing to Sl'C ~xe pjthese 1:0\\'S of cro,Hled houses.'" And he looked :1:

thetlJ. ,\'iih seorn in his eyes,"But thai's just what I want to see, Ed,,'ul'd,

Look--."lle wasn't looking, TIc ,num't listen ilig e,,'n

1.'0l' at that moment the figure lounging ag'ainst theparapet saw him, Although thl' width of a roa~lsepal'ated them, l<jdward DiJon kl1('\\' that 1'eeog1ll

tion hnd dal'tecl into the man's eyes. Fear gal emotion to leo's that a moment bel'ol'e had seemed

l:>

pa I'a lysed.. " 'ome on," he said, 811(1 th('y began to walk.A\\'ay fl'om the centre 01' the l'ity, thl'ou~'h streets01' lall houses turned inio tenements-stl'eets thatmadc 'f<Jc1wal'd Dillon shudder hel'ause thf'y ,,'ere '0

wry ral' removed l'1'om th(' lil'e he li\'('d, But heclid~1't l('i Bill'hanl SllSpel't that. lnstead, he tnlked.attempting to dl'o\\'n feal and forget that hi,: pastLad l'aught up with him.

Hut the knowledge ,,'as th<'1'(" obliterating ('ycry-ti1ing' else, Harhara ,I'l)l]ld ne\'N' understanJ, Hel'oull1.J.'t exped her to e\'('n, If ,he lli<;eoYl.'rcd the<I'ulh, , , ,

., l<}dwill'd, this isn ''1 a running 1'11<:e!" Shepansed to gather hreath, " Rememhel' what tll('dodor snid ahout your heart."

"Xonsense !" l;e laughed, and glalll:ed OV('1' ltisS110u1del',

.r\1Il1 he sail\' him following--that ll1[c11 ,I'ith tlw

(·lut 11 ('ap,.1 lome on," he said. And ag'ain he tl'L'aded his

\\'ay 1hl'ough a maze 01' nmTO\\' stl'eets whi('h i11tel'l;}(,.".l [,11(1 inte1'wove amongst themseh,'s,

"Just imagine living in a place like this. E:1W;JI·'l.No yie\\', no garden--," 8he bl'oke off suddenl~r<l~ld 5topped in Iront of a '111all shop with a bow

,I'jlLdo\1" 'I'hieh wa a jumble of curiositie-" '. Luukat that box of pretty handkt'I'ehiefs cndJl'oid I'cd"ith shallll'ock ! I must take one bal'k tv Bllolund,"

She hild gone in~ide hefol'e 11e l'ould exp;'<;tl11i1tl'OL' ])l1I'I'Y heL' on, Fora moment he sto,.. d irresolutethen quil'kly d1'ew hack in a doorway, But he wa~100 late,

I. ~o it's really yOUl'self !" c1'ied :t voice, and the1ll;1Il ,,'ith the cloth l'ap stood beto1'e him, "Hac]'a rt('I' all these yea1's-a rtel' the way y011 went! M

Ed 1nl ]'(1 Dillon caught hold of the mau's coat. HerOJ'g'ot pL'ide, fOl'got enl'ytbing' exeept lhat his"'hole W:Jy of life ,,'as in jeopa1'dy, "You're llotto tell! SIll.' ,I"ouldn't U1Hlel'stand, I'll make itwol'!hy youI' \\'ihle not to hl'eathe a \I"onl to Illywi re ! "

SCOI'Il filled the old man's CYNi aml lw pushedDill?n's hand away, ,I Keep youI' dirty money, 1don t \I"ant a penn~' of it,"

" 1'01, won't tell he1') You ,I"on't , , , ".\nd then suddenly th(' fal'e und-::1' UH' cloth C:.IlJ

hlll1'I'ed, the day darkened, l<jdward Dillull pnt outhis Lnnd, An instant of pain, ancl ~heJl 1he d,\I'kness closed in upon him, and he fell "t·ig'ht there attLe old man) feet, ~

Heart AttackIt 'sas the worst heart-attal'k Edwal'd Dillon had

tall, and it left him yery shaken. As he opened hiseyes memory camc smg'ing hal'k. 11(' looked at thefo.mall, oyer-crowded 1'00111 with its kitchen rml"cits jumble of fumitul'e, 'rheil he saw the 11I~1I;bending 0\'('1' him and he knew where 'he \I'aS, liett'ied to stJ'nggle up, hut al'111& wel'e holding- him,

"Ecl\\'al'd, you m1lsn't, Just lie quiet," '1'h c1'('

,I'as a tOLH:h or fear in Bal'hl11'a's voiee," I want to go haek-to the hot('l , . "I. In a moment, Eclw,nd. Now just rest."Rest, Hm\' could he I'est in this house. Jle

(,pened his mouth, hut no ,,'ol'ds I:nme. ~lowly 'hist~res l'()YCll round the room. 1"1'01n the dresser ,I ithits ro,,'~ of plates and eups, to t11e mantl,pie('e,T~lel'e hIS eye, stopped, For on it stood a photog-raph01 an old lad~-. Ill.' clre\\ a shal'p breath, '1'he sio'htof it ~tilTed 101' the £I'st time a Iail)t 1'eelinp,'''' of] emol'se and shame, It sti1'l'ed mCllluries,

" 8nl'e, there was a OTeat man horn in this yeryhou~e," 'rhe old mnn' ,,'ol'lL pierced the lbrkltess1ha t \I'as 8n ITounding: him, Edwarc1 real ised ',I'it ha start that he \I'as speaking to B;ll'bar:l. ,. Yes, ayery great man, He is ril'h and famous in England,~ret he started hom this yelT house, Ran nil'.') \' to)'C'lU' COlllltry ,,'ith nothing, ' IO\\' he owns fael ,'Il'it",,Jllc1 lives like the kill:,! himself."

" 'Villi is he ?" a5ked Hal'hal a.'rhr old man"s faec was plwkl'l'('ll. ,. NO\l let 11)('

think. Gone right out of my ]lc;:ld that name has."He 1ul'llef'l as Ed"'arc1 sti1'red, "nLlt th('1'(" thegenth'm~]j. is waiting 10J.' you. He looks better."

(Continued on paae 59)

SECOND CENTENARY OF SARAH CURRAN'SFATHER

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" Another Daughter."But to retul'll to l! athel'. Perhaps his greatest

:>LH'eess was his secming the Mash'rship of the Ho] Isill 1 07. Now at last he "'as sueee 'SfLll and not tooold either. Hut his family's need [or furtherf>llpport compelled him to re~lt a house in London,<Ind in ..Amelia Place, then a g'I'o\l'ing' suhurh of th'\\Test J!jnd, he in taIled himself to dil'eet affairsn~orc closely. 'trangely thi!> last JUO\'(' \I as not as~lw(·pssfu] as all the othel's had jll'o\'ed Ulclllseln'sto br. <i-raduaIly he abandolled thl' HathlaruhalllPl'iory and took to living ill LOlldol1 ,dtogether.I~ut hi' career was soon o\'er. aud l'ather ~uddenly

Ill' passed a\nlY on October the 14th. 1817. Threl'o[ his \'hildren were in attendauce at his ueath heel.a~ reported by the London lH'\\'spapers. !Not a word"'as menliolle<l of the haples~ .'arah. exceptdi'i!.\'uised as " another daughter" who had predetea~ed him. ill' oratorical gifts were the subjector the hest ne\\'spapel' l'OlJuHent, awl then the briefehitu~l''y noticc that he was hmi d at Padding'tOlII 'elllctclY.

How many of us have Jl0t stopped 10 lOllk at hisj!ortl'ait in the National (lall('l'y, Dublin! TI('t:ertainly does not look a very distill!.!,uished mall,IJUt he does look the Celt. At hemt t.e was 0])(',

perhaps even more so than tragic Robert Emmet.hut those: family interests were always to be"'atched and so a~hancement "'as to rule both heartalld head.

THIS TOWN HAS FIVE EYES(Continued from p'Ce 47)

unfinished 011C', uufinished heeuuse ITugh llc Lat·ydispel' 'ed the 1ri, h comnnmity-are beautifullyeno-raved, and many of the earved scenes show Iluc·hemblematic pictures as the )liracle of the Loaycsand Fishes; th Holy Sepulchre, "'ith 'olrliel'sguarding it; Daniel and the Lion ; Dayid delivering the sheep out of the mouth of the Lion; Adumand Eye; ain and Abel; a g'roup of Ecdesia tics.one wearing an 1ri h brooch; the baptism of Christin the Jordan; the yisit of the Shepherds.

A Gallows in 1798There are many slabs and other curiosities to

examine at tIle Belfry Towel', and there if> )IarketCro s-a "Termon Cro s" - which was usedas a gal/OR'S ill that dread year of 179. Npace doe'not l'tUl to tell of the Palac of Teltowl1, linked upwith Nt. Patrid( and 1. olumba; of th hur 'hesof . t. Kieran the Pious (three Crosses here) andDulane, with its Cyclopian stonework and inclined(1001'S as found in ancient Greece and Italy.

8pace does not run ... come and see for yourself. .. you will never be sorry.

ll\.lSJI TH.1VEL G7

IRISH EVENTS DEC. 1ST TO JAN. 11TH

DURING THE MONTH;

DECEMBER

Hurling and Gaelic Football. National Loao'uo gaules:Leinstcr Colleges' scries.

Industrial Exhibition. Pcrmancnt UiSplt1Y of Irish lllllllU'Iacture<1 goods at :.I .'t. Stephen's Green, Dublin.

Association Football. Shield g:uucs.

Rugby Football. Lcagues' gllules,

Hockey. Ladies' llnd .M eu's L 'agues.

Basketball. Leaguc aud Hhield lIIalclies,

Irish Close ('haulpiuuships. B"(','c:lIioll.I)cpiH, Phol'ui" Park, Duhliu .Chauillillghil\. Hraid llarrillgtu u, ,\Ih

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The Kingdom Cup, 'fralee. Co. Kcrry.

Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow.KiIlarney, Co. Kerry.

JANUARY, 1951.

New Year's Day.Racing. ~Jetropolitan, Balloyle, Dnblil\.Fencing. International 'l'ournament .\.thlunl', Co.·Westmeath. 'Coursing. Deise Cup, Dungan'an, Co. \Vatcl'fOl'll.Table Tennis. Cork Close Champion -hips ,t.John's Hall, ork, - •Association Football. Intcrnational: Treland v.England, Dublin.~ockey. Ladics: ] ntcrproYineial, ?l1 unster ".'Cl-t.er, Cork; .Men' Irish Senior Cup and llish.Tulllor Cup enes. •P.E.N. Literary Discussion. Dublin Centrc, .TUI'Y'sHotel, Dublin.Racing. Xaa~, Co. Kildarc.Motor Racing. Duhlin Uni,'ersitv Grafton CUllTriaL •Ploughing Meet. "\t Gortroe, Killarne~', Co. Kel'l',\'.Wi~tel' Recital. Season. Ro~'al Hilwmian IIotl'l.Recltal: Frunl'OlS D'.\lhl'rt, Yalerie Wall<er.coursing. ~Junstel 'up, Ne',\'castle \Yest. CountyLimerick.Coursing.Coursing.

Water Polo. .AulullllI Hinor League series.Table Tennis. l\Hllltv .\Iltl'illl Opeu Chaulpiuu··ship., BallYUlcna. ('u. ·.\ntrilll.Coursing. Crohanc and Killenaule Co. '1'i ;,'pel'luy;Gort. Co. Galway. 'Hockey. Ladies' ,'ellior 'frials; Men's Inle"·provin(~ial. Ll'ill~ter v. Ulster, Dublin; Irish JuuiurCup, DulJlin.Trotting Races. H:lheny, Dublin.Rugby Football. Hepre~cntative Gault': ('Olllill'!legional dl' Lile do l'nuI~e v. Connly Duhliu X\'.!~ternational Concert. Npousurcd h,\' 1':,C.,\,:1lI heatn' Ho)':". H:nvkins Ht., Dul)linSt. Stephen's Day.PantomiJne. Heason opons.World Premiere. .\ new l'Jay " HOUHJ ror Clt,·;S\"JI1a~ 01' 'fill' Grand 'rour," 1i,· l\li('hael j\lacLi:lululOir, Gatl' 'I'heal \'l', Duhlill. .Motor Races. Irish ,\lotor Hacili o' CJuh, Willt('rTrial. Llster's Cl'Utl'(' \Vintl"· Tri~1.Dog Show. Dublin Dog 'how Society ('hallll'iulI'~hijJs, Dublin.Association Football. Leinsler Challcnge ('liPFinal. Dublin; ~[unster Challenge Cup FilIal, Cork.Revue. Christmas Hen", Gaiety 'fheatre, Dub1ill.c~u~sing: ,Corn .l?ul'hullain. Dowdallshill, DlIll<lalk;

fh.lldl,enu~ Cup, 1\.11kenn."; LOl'h Gm'man Cup. "'l'X.or .

Racing. Leopardsto,,,n, Co. Dublin' Green Park,Limerick. .Coursing.

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Badminton..IL"II, l:anlaFeis. Ij'eis('Ii" th.Art Exhibition. Jo;xhiIJitiuJ, ul' .\luderll Irish .\1'1.

\\'atl'rford.Racing. Leopardstown, Cl'. Dublin.Hockey. Jen's Irish f'l'nior and .TUll1or l'llP~'

series.Rugby Football. Inleqlro"inl'ial: l'lster ,'. Leill .. tcr.lk1fast.Athletics..\Il1:Jt('UI' .\thlcti' union of Ireland'~Novice Championship.Trotting Races. Rahcn~'. Dublin.Winter ReCItal Season. Royal Hibl'l'Dian Hotel,Dublin. Joint Recital: ~'lora '::-<eilsen and Fran('oi"D'Albcrt. /Coursing. Callanan Cup, St. Margaret's, Count.'·Dublin.Table TeImis.Duhlin.Water P'olo.•\utunln 1lJinol' League serics.Coursing. BeHast and District.Badminton, Irish Jose Championships, RecreationHall, Garda Depot, Phoenix Park, Dublin.Coursing. Limerick city.Art Exhibition. Howard Knee Exhibition at tho\'ictor Waddington Galleries, South Anne Street.Dublin.Rugby Football. hallenge latch: Ul-ter v.British Army XV, Rayenhill, Belfa t.Racing. Mulling-ar, Co. Westmeath.Athletics. Dublin Uni,'ersitv Harriers' Invitation~[eeting, lslandbri<1ge. Dubli·n.Hockey. Ladies' Senior Cup series; ::\len's Jnter.pro"incia1. Munster Y. Connacht, at Cork or lime'rick; ::\fills Cup series at Dublin.MotOr Racing. M.G. Car Club's Winter Trial.Contract Bridge. ationa1 Pairs Championship}~inal, Dublin.Aonach na Nollag. Displa~" and ale of Irishmanufactured goods, Mansion Hou 'e, Dublin.Winter Recital Season. Rond Hibernian Hotel.Dublin. Bach Festi "al, "'ith "iolet Lynch, "'i1liamWatt, F. Rran. F. D'Albert.Grand Opera. Dublin Granc1 Opera Society, Gaiety'l'heatre, Dublin.Show. Li,'esto<:k. 'ho\\' amI Sale, St. Columcille'sPark, CeallHnnus :MOl', o. Meath.Comsing. National Open Cup, Droichead Nua. Co.Kildare.

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IRISH TRAVEL

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December. IU!)().

" Sub-TropicQ I" South

The Yew Walk seen here in the Ashbourne Gardens, near Cobh, Co. Cork, suggests a regionnearer to southern Europe than to Cork harbour. The south of Ireland landscape

and climate have many foreign aspects like this.

Dec')mber, ] 950. IRISH TRAVEL 59

Two Things an American Visitor Missed

In the l:our~e of a lettel' expressing thanks 101' theIH'ompt senices of the II'ish TOl1l'ist Association,Dr. John J. )lcCarthy, J<'.A.C.S.. Lakewood, Ohio,writes:

" There is something lurther needed, howewr, tocndea]' II eland to the 11 eart of visitors "ithoutrelatiYC there. The t\,'0 things we missed mOi>tand of which we i>peak al'e a chance to visit a lovelylittle Irish cotta<re with its thatched roof and itsrose g'arden andbits c1emonstl'ation of Irish familylife; and secondly, an opportunity to listen to anIrish story-teller for an evening, to get some of tIll"lOl'e of heland that we have heard 0 much abuutin song and sl Ol'y."

An Exhibit House in Holland" In Holland one of the ]'outine tourist stops is at

a farm house, to see how they live, and keep houseand keep the eows in their house, and make ch~esethere. I helicve such an exhibit house, beautifuland dean, should be l,ept near all tourist C~I~tresfor foreigners to vi -it. In Holland the nSltorsalways buy some of the cheese or lace ~r otherproducts, ~1l1f1 thus will J'epay the house,,?fe ,thatshows them about. The second suggestIOn JS, Ibelieve, even more important. To-day, Oc.tobe:' 15th,in Cleveland we spent the aftel'l:oon hst.enll1g toSeumas Mac' bnus tell 80me of hIS old IrIsh tales.An invitation to an eYening of such story-tellingwould he well worth a dollar to any tourist inIJoeland: so, it would he financially self-supporting.It would he only necessary to find the good storytellers and set lip the programme in such spots asthe Shannon Airport and such excellent hotels asare in the various parts of Ireland.

"If the suggestions \\,el'e combine?-- and theevening was spent around a peat fire In a lovelylittle thatc'hed roof home, not too far from thehotels it would he ideal: and it would add greatlyto the' enjoyment of any Bng'lish-speaking foreignel'visiting Ireland."

CONG CALLING!(Continued from page 52)

whose name, asking a prayer, is inscribed on theancient stone. Nor can we forget that all Southernlloytura, that plain stretching' to th~ east of Cong,is a prehistoric battlefield strewn WIth monuments.

To-day, Cong's trlllllp 'ard to the vis~tor is .theAshford demesne. Here one can wander In a faIryland of twenty-fi\·e miles of avenues and walks andtwo thousand three hundred acres of woodland,with part of Loch Corrib's dream shores and someof Mayo's magic mountains thrown in for lu~k."There else will you find such well-tended profusIOnand variety of t~'ee and shrub? One big avenue ofBishops' Pines prolific of gi~antic cones: a walnutneighbouring an acacia; yews, larches, cypresses,lJeech, sycamore and all the usual run of trees. including- at least three varieties of oak. Altogethersuch a plaee as lIlUSt he sampled to he believed.

Calendar of Events, 1951The Irish Tourist Association's" Irish Event·

Calendar, 1951," will be issued eurly in January,A comprehensin list of social, sporting' and cul~u:'al fix~ures scheduled for the 12-month period,It J conSIdered one of the 1110 t reliable publi('at ionof i.ts kind and a JJlO t useful tourist publicitymedIUm. Thousands of copie'> of the Calendar aredistributed free, at home and oYerseas. throu o'h theA sociation's offices, the recognised tourist ad'encie~nd all the transportation companies. Overseanewspapel's and journals are also circularised.

A a medium of publicity the Calendar offel's amost helpful sel'\'ice to the organisers of publicfunctions. There is no charg'e for inse],tion and fulldetails of fixture, date and venue, are alwayentered. The Association will welcome any inl'ormation supplied. Particular attention is directed toreligions festiyals and celebrations (Patterns, pil,gl'images. etc.), national activities (games, displays,lesieanna, aeriochtai), historical exhibitions ·01'pageants, outdoor and indoor shows 01' o'amescultural activities-art, drama. music-and p~pula;'events generally,

The !'Iafional Gallery of ArtRe-decoL'ation Imd re-nrrang-ement in the large

room of the National Oallery of Art at Duhlin antIin some of the smaller rooms, have resulted' in It

bl'ighter and very pleasing viewing for visitors whoare patronising the Gallel'y in incl'easing numbers.

THE SHADOW(Continued from page 55)

,- ['m (luite well." Edwal'd Dillun rose unsteadiivto his feet. "Perhaps you couiJ get a taxi for me.;'

But oeldly enoug'h he was uneasy, eyen whell thetaxi was elnrying him away fro/It'that house. ha-k~o th'3 110te1. And yet he couldll'r Cjuite put his real'Jllto wods. Barbara sat be::;icl~ him, anxious fondsubdued, Thel'e was no rea,';<la in the \I'01'1d towony. lie had escaped from 1hI~ shado\l' of thepa,,1.

" Bchniru, did you heal' what thaI' 1ll;1Jl \I'as tel1jll~. lite '1 About a famous mall heing ])01'11 in thathousr, I mean." lIer words tl'ailL'Ll away, Heswallo\yed bard, then nodded. ''It',,; \\'ond";'ful ! .,~he raised. eyes that \\'ere suddenly llim with tc'arsto his. "Just imagine-to rise from ~uch ])o\'('l'lyto fame and riche. Ilis wife must 'H' \' IT pl'oud. "

For a moment he thoug'ht he had not hea I'd eurrectly.

"Very proud. very pl'oud indeed." she r-'pcat0dsoftly.

And all the doubt.· and all the rears \I'erE' wipeda",ay. The poverty of his past that had hI en tohim a hadge of shame. Sl"ll through nllrhm'a's e.vc·~

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sct' ..." lIe looked up and his eyes Ulet nUl'hal'a 'H.

" You see, I forgot to introduc'e my brothe]'."

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