IN

CONNAMARA,

WITH REMARKS

ON ITS

GREAT PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES.

"I do not hesitate for a moment to say that the scenery, in passing from Clifden to the Killeries and Leenane, is the finest in Ireland.Inglis.

"I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry "Tis all barren; and so it is,-and so is all the world to him who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.-Sterne's Sentimental Journey.

BY

GEORGE PRESTON WHITE.

London:

W. H. SMITH & SON, 136, STRAND.

M.DCCC.XLIX.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Galway - Remains of Spanish intercourse James

Lynch Fitzstephen- The Warden of Galway-

Anecdote of Car-driver - Facilities of Draining

the Waste Lands Comparison with Holland—In-

defatigable Industry of the Dutch-Town of Ough-

terard Mr. Martin's Gate House-Lough Shin-

Mr. Thackery

dilla

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The Half-way House

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Lakes of Derryclare― Ballynahinch and Inagh -

Benna Beola, or The Twelve Pins -Anecdote of a

Frenchman-Ballynahinch Castle - Dick Martin. 1

Scenery The Peasantry of Connamara - Pecu-

liarity of Costume-Fine race of People - Round-

Ballynakil Harbour

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Settlers in Connamara - Kyle-

more-Mewlrea-The Killery-Beauty of its Scenery

compared with Killarney—Norwegian Fiord - Del-

phi Lodge Marquis of Sligo-Leenane-Abund-

ance of Irish-Excellent Fishing Grounds - Sun-

Fish, or Basking Shark- Mode of capturing the

Sun-Fish-Boffin Bank-Value of the Sun-Fish

Oil-Capture of a Whale - Pilchard Fishery-The

Fisheries in Holland-

surdity of Bounties

Fisheries

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- Sir John Borough - Scottish

- Habits of the Herring - Bloch-Large

Importation of Fish into Ireland from Scotland -

Advantages of Fish as a Fertilizer

Maum

CHAPTER IV.

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Comfortable Inn - Wild Sports of the West

Erris and Tyrawley - Bealanabrack River— Beauty

of the Scenery - Angling - Gillaroo Trout - Sir

Humphrey Davy - Excellence of Irish Trout and

Salmon - Enormous size of Pike

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Ro-

deric O'Connor-Celebrated Abbey - William de

Burge―The Pigeon Hole - Babby Burke

CHAPTER V.

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Lough Corrib-Lough Mask-Great Water Power

Bog Reports-Nostrum for Ireland - The Panic→→→

Capital Expended in Foreign Countries - Advan-

tages which would accrue to Ireland from Govern-

ment promoting Railways —Lord George Bentinck's

Comprehensive Measure

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CHAPTER VI.

The Advantages which have resulted from Railways in

England; to the Fisheries; to the Waste Lands;

to Agriculture; and in creating new Branches of

Traffic — Extraordinary Effects resulting from the

Formation of Roads, in increasing the Revenue

Mode in which Government ought to assist Legiti-

mate Undertakings - Great Cost unnecessarily in-

curred in Parliamentary Expenses - Inconsistency

of the Present Standing Orders of Parliament

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Small Amount at which Railways might be Con-

structed in Future-Unjust Taxation to which Rail-

way Companies are Subjected-The Great Advantage

which would arise from Extending the Irish Fish-

eries-Excellence of the Harbours on the Western

Coast of Ireland. .

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CHAPTER VII.

Benefits which would arise from Reclaiming the Waste

Lands-Abundance of Manures, Lime, Sea Sand,

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&c. Singular facts respecting great increase of

Population in the Distressed Districts -The Waste

Land Society's Estate at Kilkieran - Sir Humphrey

Davy, on the Great Resources of Ireland

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