On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . oon driving over thelong stone bridge with its many the way over the bridge we passedHorn Head House, the residence of Stewart, a property that has been inthe possession of the present family sincea Stewart raised men to fight for KingJames against the ONeills, in the Irishwars. The road winds up between vastsand-hills, the sand being of a remarkableorange color, fading into pink in the dis-tance, while large tufts of rich, deep greenbent-grass are dotted over its surface, mak-ing such an unusually striking contrastthat we
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . oon driving over thelong stone bridge with its many the way over the bridge we passedHorn Head House, the residence of Stewart, a property that has been inthe possession of the present family sincea Stewart raised men to fight for KingJames against the ONeills, in the Irishwars. The road winds up between vastsand-hills, the sand being of a remarkableorange color, fading into pink in the dis-tance, while large tufts of rich, deep greenbent-grass are dotted over its surface, mak-ing such an unusually striking contrastthat we stopped the car for full five min-utes to admire it. These hills are alivewith rabbits; they scampered off in all di-rections at our approach and quickly dis-appeared into their holes. One mile to the west in a direct line isMcSwines Gun/ concerning which mar-vellous fables are told. The coast hereis very precipitous and perforated withcaverns, one of which, running in for somedistance, is connected with the surface26 a cfa2; a Ht>0 O cn ac X o>. DUNFANAGHY TO FALLCARRAGH above by a narrow orifice, which is verydifficult to find without a guide, or veryspecific directions and the close observanceof landmarks. Through this, in roughweather, the sea dashes, throwing up acolumn of water accompanied by a loudexplosion or boom, which is said to havebeen heard as far as Derry. To the south of the rocks lies the finestretch of Tramore Strand. A little to thenortheast of this spot is a circular by the shore, Pollaguill Bayis reached, joined by cable with Tory seen from the land, the coast is rocky,broken, and indented, and in about twomiles rises into the precipitous mass ofHorn Head, over six hundred feet headland somewhat resembles inshape a double horn, bordered on oneside by the inlet of Sheephaven, thoughon the other the coast trends away to thesouth. The cliffs present a magnificentspectacle of precipitous descents, shelvingmasses of r
Size: 1304px × 1916px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidonirishjaunt, bookyear1902
