. Three weeks in the British Isles . out were only the Spring tide, sorr. Ifit had intinded to rain, it wud be at it before now,sorr. Leenane is beautifully situated on the shores ofKillery Bay, with high hills all around, cuttingthe landscape into fjords, mildly suggestive ofNorway. Its hotel is better than the one at West-port, but parsimonious in the matter of towels. We will go on to Galway to-night to avoidbeing held in the Connemara country over Sun-day. The weather is threatening and we want tobe nearer a railroad and covered cars beforeanother storm breaks. We are now in CountyGalway,
. Three weeks in the British Isles . out were only the Spring tide, sorr. Ifit had intinded to rain, it wud be at it before now,sorr. Leenane is beautifully situated on the shores ofKillery Bay, with high hills all around, cuttingthe landscape into fjords, mildly suggestive ofNorway. Its hotel is better than the one at West-port, but parsimonious in the matter of towels. We will go on to Galway to-night to avoidbeing held in the Connemara country over Sun-day. The weather is threatening and we want tobe nearer a railroad and covered cars beforeanother storm breaks. We are now in CountyGalway, having crossed from Mayo in our jaunt-ing car. The veins of turf hereabouts are four or fivefeet thick and of good quality, as evidenced bythe darker color. There is a small tweed factory in Leenanewhere the entire process of weaving can bestudied. Edward VII visited this place in hisSeeing Ireland trip and had a button on hiscoat tightened. Now they call themselves Tweedmakers to the Royal Household. >? z oa o> > Si o H. Westport and Connemara Country 237 The hotel property is inclosed by a hedge offuchsias, five or six feet high, drenched with redbloom and so thick-set that a cat could not crawlthrough. On our way to Leenane we drove for a mile ormore along the side of a mountain stream. Thedriver said that during a recent freshet the watercovered the road and salmon were caught wherewe were driving. No action could be takenagainst anyone fishing in the public highway, butwoe betide the unlicensed sportsman who caughta fish in the brook. If he was caught, catching it,he would surely catch it. We spend the afternoon returning, the scowlof a frowning mountain and order a six oclockcar for Maams Cross, where we will catch theeight twenty-two train for Galway. The pret-tier drive is to Clifton, but under present weatherconditions it would be impossible. Leenane is a popular resort, fairly well pat-ronized even in June. It is twelve miles from thenearest railway station.
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