to visit the interesting pottery.

[Illustration: _Photo, Lawrence, Dublin._ Kylemore.]

[Illustration: _Photo, Lawrence, Dublin._ Lough Gill.]

For information as to Sport to be had in the Sligo District, see end
of this volume, where particulars are given as to Golf, Fishing,
Shooting, Cycling, &c.

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Summer and Winter Resorts

The health resorts of Ireland are so many, their attractions and
advantages so varied, that one wonders why it is that they are
comparatively so little patronised. The explanation is not far to seek.
Hitherto they have been but little known, one cause and another have
helped to keep Ireland a _terra incognita_. The "faculty," however, has
been for long acquainted with the benefits which the Green Isle
possesses, and many an insular invalid, consumed with the desire to
visit some continental resort, has taken the common sense advice of the
family physician and learned to appreciate the advantages Providence has
bestowed nearer home.

Winter quarters we have a good store, and beauty spots abound on the
coast, where summer delights can be enjoyed _galore_, to use an Irish
expression.

Most of the places referred to beneath have already been described in
the foregoing pages, but it will, perhaps, be convenient for those in
search of particular information as to health resorts and seaside
watering places, to have them collected in one chapter and listed
alphabetically--

~ARDMORE.~--Fishing village, five miles from Youghal, growing as a
watering place. Beautifully situated on southern shore of Bay.
Splendid strand, good opportunities for bathing. Deep-sea fishing,
mackerel, and herring "schools," plenty of lobsters. Cliff scenery
in vicinity; the bay is frequented by seals. Gaelic-speaking
peasantry. Round tower and ancient church. Good cottage
accommodation.

~ARRAN ISLANDS.~--Three in number--Innismore, Innismaan,
Innisheer--standing out in the Atlantic, a sort of long harbour bar
to Galway Bay. Scenery cannot pretend to be attractive. Bathing and
deep-sea fishing. Splendid views of cliff scenery on Clare Coast.
Steam trip up Galway Bay delightful. An enjoyable inn at Kilronan.

BALLYBUNION.--Good watering place, splendid strand, fine cliff
scenery, sheer on Atlantic Ocean, plenty bathing accommodation.
Castle Hotel is comfortable, lodgings clean and cheap. Eight miles