Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . LOUGHKOS BAY. 101 foreground Croaghuhrid Mointain (971 feet), Bi\ More Moun-tain (1,001 feet), Carrigan Mountain (1,104 feet), Silvkr Hill(1,979 feet), and several others. Another charming excursion from Glenties is in the directionwe are going in connection with the complete tour of The DonegalHighlands. This is to Narin, Portnoo and Rosbeg. The roadfor the first three miles is over a bleak, uninteresting moor
Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . LOUGHKOS BAY. 101 foreground Croaghuhrid Mointain (971 feet), Bi\ More Moun-tain (1,001 feet), Carrigan Mountain (1,104 feet), Silvkr Hill(1,979 feet), and several others. Another charming excursion from Glenties is in the directionwe are going in connection with the complete tour of The DonegalHighlands. This is to Narin, Portnoo and Rosbeg. The roadfor the first three miles is over a bleak, uninteresting moor, butat that distance a detour should be made by the road leading toGwEEBARRA BRIDGE, just before reaching which a sharp turn tothe left lands the traveller on a road which skirts the beautiful. I)L NMORE HEAD. GwEEBARRA Bav, and thereafter the scenery on all .sides, butespeciallv along the coast, is very fine. The main road is rejoinedat Maas, and followed until, on the right, will be seen ClooneyLough, which is a capital brown-trout water holding fish up to2 lbs. or 3 lbs. in weight. Mr. W. Gallagher, of CastlcgolandHouse, close by, has boats on this lough, for the use of payingguests at his house. .V little further ahead is the quaint fishingvillage of Narix, and this passed Portnoo is reached. Portnoo is rapidlv growing into a popular sea-side resort ;it has exceptional natural advantages : there are two really 102 PlCTlRESOiE DONEGAL. magnificent strands, with unlimited bathing facilities ; boatingand sailing are quite safely indulged in ; the sea-fishing is excep-tionally good ; plenty of trout-fishing in loughs close by ; goodshore-shooting ; wondrously in\igorating air, and the place isset amidst magnificent scenery. Recently a pier has been erected,and Mr. Cannon (of
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