CONTENTS

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William Eleroy Curtis
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I. A Summer in Ireland 1
II. The Cathedrals and Dean Swift 15
III. How Ireland is Governed 34
IV. Dublin Castle 53
V. The Redemption of Ireland 60
VI. Sacred Spots in Dublin 77
VII. The Old and New Universities 97
VIII. Round about Dublin 115
IX. The Landlords and the Landless 130
X. Maynooth College and Carton House 143
XI. Drogheda, and the Valley of the Boyne 159
XII. Tara, the Ancient Capital of Ireland 174
XIII. Saint Patrick and his Successor 188
XIV. The Sinn Fein Movement 202
XV. The North of Ireland 209
XVI. The Thriving City of Belfast 222
XVII. The Quaint Old Town of Derry 237
XVIII. Irish Emigration and Commerce 247
XIX. Irish Characteristics and Customs 260
XX. Wicklow and Wexford 268
XXI. The Land of Ruined Castles 283
XXII. The Irish Horse and his Owner 300
XXIII. Cork and Blarney Castle 312
XXIV. Reminiscences of Sir Walter Raleigh 330
XXV. Glengariff, the Loveliest Spot in Ireland 343
XXVI. The Lakes of Killarney 366
XXVII. Intemperance, Insanity, and Crime 391
XXVIII. The Education of Irish Farmers 404
XXIX. Limerick, Askeaton, and Adare 417
XXX. County Galway and Recent Land Troubles 432
XXXI. Connemara and the Northwest Coast 443
XXXII. Work of the Congested Districts Board 459
INDEX 475

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

An Ancient Celtic Cross at Glendalough Frontispiece
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Queenstown 4
The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary 8
Holycross Abbey, County Tipperary 10ONE IRISH SUMMER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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