. Romantic Ireland . deous motor-cap and mask offashion. Cork abounds in cars of all degrees ofdecrepitude and luxuriousness. The Irishjaunting-car is much more a real accessoryof Irish life than the shillalah or the sham-rock • In Wicklow one finds the cars morenumerous than elsewhere; in the west theyare the most decrepit, and in Dublin themost luxurious; but in Cork, of all centres ofpopulation, they appear to be the most in use. There has been considerable fun poked atthem They are certainly not beautiful, com-fortable, or magnificent, and their drivers, likethe jarvies, cabbies, and coche
. Romantic Ireland . deous motor-cap and mask offashion. Cork abounds in cars of all degrees ofdecrepitude and luxuriousness. The Irishjaunting-car is much more a real accessoryof Irish life than the shillalah or the sham-rock • In Wicklow one finds the cars morenumerous than elsewhere; in the west theyare the most decrepit, and in Dublin themost luxurious; but in Cork, of all centres ofpopulation, they appear to be the most in use. There has been considerable fun poked atthem They are certainly not beautiful, com-fortable, or magnificent, and their drivers, likethe jarvies, cabbies, and cochers ofother lands, are a species apart from all otherhumanity. In some parts of the country it is compulsorythat the name of its owner, usually the driver,be legibly written on the tailboard of everycar This led to the story which Punch, itit did not invent, at least promulgated, thatan inspector, who asked Pat what he meant byhaving his name o-bliterated, was me withthe reply: Ye lie, sor; its OBrien. A (Mode) u in. Queenstown, Cork, and Blarney 25 There are two distinct varieties of car inIreland, quite apart from the tourist caravans,char-a-bancs, and omnibuses in which visitorsare whirled between the beauty-spots of Erinsleafy glades. The characteristics of each areplainly noted in the inside cars of Cork— practically extinct elsewhere — and the outside cars. Seated in the indescribable native vehicle ofCork, which whirls one through the town withunexpected lightness and speed, you conversewith the affable driver through a small hatch-way, open in fine weather and closed in wet,and flanked on each side by a glass you ask for an explanation of the differencebetween the two varieties of cars, the driverwill most likely reply: The difference between the two cyars, isit ? Thats simple, yer honour. Sure, the out-side cyar has the wheels inside, and the insidehas them outside, as ye see! Since Blarney, the castle, and the lake arepractically a suburb of Cork, th
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