. Highways and byways in Donegal and Antrim; . hom the whole penin-sula of Inishowen was assigned after Cahirs forfeiture. Suchwas the last incident of any note in that pacifying of Ireland, aprocess which is wholly forgotten by those who owe to it theirestates, but which the descendants of those who were despoiledremember with a resentment perfectly unintelligible to thewinners. When leaving Doon Rock, you get back on the main roadwhich you left for the Causeway, keep straight along to theleft, and it will take you back to Gartan, but there is a hill onit too steep to ride down. You will sigh
. Highways and byways in Donegal and Antrim; . hom the whole penin-sula of Inishowen was assigned after Cahirs forfeiture. Suchwas the last incident of any note in that pacifying of Ireland, aprocess which is wholly forgotten by those who owe to it theirestates, but which the descendants of those who were despoiledremember with a resentment perfectly unintelligible to thewinners. When leaving Doon Rock, you get back on the main roadwhich you left for the Causeway, keep straight along to theleft, and it will take you back to Gartan, but there is a hill onit too steep to ride down. You will sight Gartan lake before VIII RETURN TO GARTAN 3 there is any diverging road; and having seen that, if you taketo the left and go up towards Letterkenny, you will have yourselfto thank for a detour. Your best way is to keep straight on,avoiding a road which runs due for the lower lake, and in timeyou will come to the upper end of Lough Akibbon, belowColumbkilles station, and a road down the south side of thelake will take you back to the hotel. 1. On the way to Car tan. CHAPTER IX From Gartan, should you wish to shorten your tour, there isan easy road of ten miles to Letterkenny, which is at present arailway terminus, though within three or four years the line willbe carried through Kilmacrenan to Dunfanaghy, thence alongthe coast to Gweedore and finally to Burtonport. FromLetterkenny you can get to Deny, and if you have had enoughbicycling, train and steamer will take you from Derry toBuncrana and Portsalon on Lough Swilly, or to Moville on CH. IX THE LAKE OF SHADOWS 5 Lough Foyle. If, again, you do not care to go round byGweedore and Dunfanaghy, you can cycle from Letterkenny toRamelton, which is six miles, and thence along the west shoreof Lough Swilly—a hilly but beautiful road—to the pretty townof Rathmullen. At Letterkenny and Rathmullen there aregood inns, at Ramelton a poor one. Luggage can be sent fromGartan as far as Ramelton by mail car, or to Rathmullen byway of Der
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