Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1912 — SCENES ON EMERALD ISLE Writer Takes Auto Trip Through Ireland and Views Historic Places. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SCENES ON EMERALD ISLE Writer Takes Auto Trip Through Ireland and Views Historic Places.

Dublin, Ireland. —To see Ireland at Its best there is no time of the year more pleasant in which to tour it than !n April or May. There is scarcely a point to which the traveler turns in iny direction that does not afford opportunity for historic Research or study of the ancient literature and poetry of the land. Storied ruins and remains of ancient seats, or towering Bcclesiastic edifices tell of the deeply religious faith of today, as well as of the ancient piety of the Irish people. Perhaps in all Ireland it would be difficult to select a trip more delight-

ful than that by road between Dublin and Killdrney. To fully enjoy the trip, the better part of two days should be devoted to it. Except by rushing at express speed the distance is too much to cover, enjoyably, in one day, while, breaking the journey, and staying in Limerick over night, it is a real pleasure. On a recent visit the correspondent had the enjoyable experience of accompanying Mr. Joseph Devlin, M. P., the energetic and resourceful secretary of the United Irish League in Ireland, and Nationalist member for the division of West Belfast; Mr. John Culhane, a bright young lawyer of Dublin, son-in-law of Mr. David *Sheehey, M. P., a veteran in the Irish national fight, and one or two other friends on a trip by automobile from Dublin to the Lakes of Klllarney. We left Dublin In the early afternoon, passing out through Thomas street, the scene of Emmet’s execution in 1803, and of the arrest of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a few yards further along the same street, the latter event taking place in 1798. Almost every inch of ground in that section of the Irish capital is associated with some historic Incident either of the Rebellion of ’9B, the Emmet Rising, or the Fepian movement in the 60’s of the last century. For the first 12 or 15 miles after leaving Dublin the run is a short distance from the southern bank of the Liffey, the river which waters the Irish capital. On the left in plain view is the Hill of Tallaght, where one of the warmest skirmishes between the .British authorities and the unarmed advocates of Irish nationality took place during the Fenian rising in 1867. Beyond, and still further south, He* the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, which form, until one reaches Kildare, a charming background to the landscape. The Round Tower of Clondalkin, and the deeply wooded Hill of Lyons, with the magnificent residence of Lord Cloncurry situated at its base, help to form a magnificent picture which, seen from an eminence within Lord Cloncurry’s demesne, affords a view extending over 13 of the 32 counties of Ireland.

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