On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara (1902) (14758752426)

Identifier: onirishjauntingc00bayn (find matches)
Title: On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Bayne, Samuel G. (Samuel Gamble), 1844-1924
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Publisher: New York, London, Harper
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Great work;thats a new patent! At Recess we had the pleasure of meet-ing Mr. W. J. D. Walker, Inspector andOrganizer of Industries for the CongestedDistricts Board. We had a long and in-teresting reminiscent chat with him re-garding other days in Ireland; he is anenthusiast on the subject of helping thepoor there to help themselves. The Boardhas employed experts to teach these peo-ple the best way to fish, build boats,breed cattle, till and improve the soil,make lace, weave cloth, manufacturebaskets, and do many things of whichthey have at present but little, if any,knowledge; in fact, they are helped inevery possible way by the British gov-ernment. Galway was near by, and an agree-ment was made to join Mr. Walker onone of his tours of inspection to the AranIslands. So to Galway we went, wherewe received our first mail since leavingAmerica. After having ascertained thatthe Seaboard Banks doors were still open,glanced at the price of U. S. Fours/and noted the growing strength of the94
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RECESS TO GALWAY Hackensack Meadows/ we set out tosee the town. Galway is situated on gently risingground, on the north side and near thehead of the bay. The greater portionof the town is built upon a tongue of landbounded on the east by Lough Athalia,an arm of the sea, and on the west by theriver which forms the outlet of LoughCorrib. The other and smaller part ison the opposite bank of the river and inthe district known as lar - Connaught,the connection being maintained by onewooden and two stone bridges. The WestBridge is a very ancient structure of thedate of 1342, and formerly possessed twotower gateways at the west and centre;these, however, have long since disap-peared. The Upper Bridge, leading fromthe court-house, was erected in 1818. Under various names a town has beenestablished here from the very earliesttimes, and Ptolemy mentions a city calledMagnata, or Nagnata, which is gener-ally considered to be identical with Gal-way. This last name is derived, accord-ing to some, f