Transcriber's Note
Some illustrations were uncaptioned in the original. The transcriber has used the captions from the list of illustrations for the convenience of the reader. These captions are in {braces}.
Beautiful Ireland
Killarney
By
Mary Gorges
[Illustration]
London
Adam & Charles Black
Soho Square W
[Illustration: {THE UPPER LAKE.}]
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE GLAMOUR OF KILLARNEY 5
II. THE ROAD THROUGH THE GAP: ITS MEMORIES AND ITS RUINS ll
III. THE LAKES AND THE MOUNTAINS 23
IV. MUCKROSS 33
V. ROSS, INNISFALLEN, AND THE LOWER LAKE 38
VI. THE KILLARNEY FOLK 49
VII. THE FAIRIES--AND FAREWELL! 56
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BY FRANCIS S. WALKER, R.H.A.
1. THE UPPER LAKE _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
2. THE GAP OF DUNLOE ON A STORMY DAY 9
3. THE HEAD OF THE GAP OF DUNLOE 16
4. AT THE FOOT OF MANGERTON MOUNTAIN 25
5. O'SULLIVAN'S PUNCHBOWL 27
6. MUCKROSS LAKE AND GLENA MOUNTAIN 30
7. MUCKROSS 32
8. THE ISLAND OF INNISFALLEN 43
9. IN A TYPICAL COTTAGE 46
10. MOUNTAIN HOMES OF THE KILLARNEY DISTRICT 49
ll. CUTTING PEAT FROM THE BOG 56
12. THE EAGLE'S NEST, KILLARNEY _On the cover_
KILLARNEY
CHAPTER I
THE GLAMOUR OF KILLARNEY
Killarney--in Irish "the Church of the Sloes"--though but a small town, is, owing to its position, the centre from which the wondrously lovely scenery of the district may best be explored, a district which has been described as "t…