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 . uality for building andother purposes. From Mountcharles the road leads through asmiling countryside; well cultivated gardens and fields withclean comfortable cottages form a pleasing contrast to the wildsurroundings so recently left behind. There is nothing remarkable about the town of Donegal, butits ancient history is interesting; its situation on an arm ofDonegal Bay is picturesque, and it is a capital cent
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 . uality for building andother purposes. From Mountcharles the road leads through asmiling countryside; well cultivated gardens and fields withclean comfortable cottages form a pleasing contrast to the wildsurroundings so recently left behind. There is nothing remarkable about the town of Donegal, butits ancient history is interesting; its situation on an arm ofDonegal Bay is picturesque, and it is a capital centre from whichto explore several districts of more than average the most part the roads are good for cycling, and some pleasantexcursions can be made a-wheel or by car. There is comfortableaccommodation at Mrs. SmuUens Hotel, The Arran Arms Hotel andThe Temperance Hotel. The chief object of interest is the oldFranciscan Abbey, situated on the shore of the bay ; it dates backas far as 1474, and within its walls many pages of the famousAnnals of the Four INI asters were compiled. Donegal Castleis a well-preserved pile, erected on the site of the stronghold of the. DONEGAL BAY AND BARNESMORE. 123 ODonnells; in the hall is a very fine chimney-piece. TheDoxKGAL Spa, with better treatment at the hands of the natives,would prove a valuable property and attract many visitors. Of theseveral excursions from Donegal into the surrounding countryside— some of them through wild and grand scenery—the chief is toLough Eask and Barxksmore Gap, both of which can be reachedby rail or road, and thereafter explored on foot. The road lies upthe valley of The Kask River and in about three miles thelough is reached, a charming sheet of water set amidst richly
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