. Highways and byways in Donegal and Antrim; . Lame. 2Qo EAST AND WEST CM. XIX makes up modern Ireland, a country which is young yet;which, as Curran said, will never be rotten till it is ripe. Andwhether in West or East .the tourist will, I hope, find besidesmuch natural beauty, a common element of Irish character ina ready and kindly Glenarm. CHAPTER XX FISHING AND GOLF IN DONEGAL Salmon fishing in England, and in most parts of Scotland,has become almost exclusively a rich mans amusement. InDonegal it is still within the reach of everybody who canafford to pay five or ten shillings
. Highways and byways in Donegal and Antrim; . Lame. 2Qo EAST AND WEST CM. XIX makes up modern Ireland, a country which is young yet;which, as Curran said, will never be rotten till it is ripe. Andwhether in West or East .the tourist will, I hope, find besidesmuch natural beauty, a common element of Irish character ina ready and kindly Glenarm. CHAPTER XX FISHING AND GOLF IN DONEGAL Salmon fishing in England, and in most parts of Scotland,has become almost exclusively a rich mans amusement. InDonegal it is still within the reach of everybody who canafford to pay five or ten shillings a day for his pleasure. Ofcourse, to get the pick of it, you must pay more than that \but it is a great point that you can get it by paying for asingle day or a week. The best known of the Donegalfisheries is that at Ballyshannon, where the river being oflarge volume is more or less continuously fishable, but thecharges are naturally high. Next to that comes, I should say, the Gweedore fishing,which has many points to recommend it. There is a goodhotel to stay at, where things are arranged for the convenienceof anglers, and the river is the ideal thing of its kind ; aboutfive miles of water from lake to sea, and no still water in thewhole of it. Runs succeed each other with the infinite andbeautiful variety that makes it a pleasure mere
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