The Sunny Side of Ireland Part 21

There is a chain of lakes near Inchigeela (Lake Allan and Gougane Barra) where some salmon and pike fis.h.i.+ng may be had. There is also a small lake near Bruff (Loch Ghur) where trout, pike, etc., may be killed; also there are small lakes near Bantry well stocked with trout, &c.

Lake.--Inchigeela. Station.--Macroom, on Cork and Macroom Railway, 25 miles from Cork. Good hotel, provided with boats, fishermen, etc. Pike and trout free.

Lake.--Loch Ghur. Station.--Kilmallock, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 42 miles from Cork. Good accommodation at O'Sullivan's Hotel.

Pike and trout free.

~KILLARNEY DISTRICT.~

Killarney for the Angler is a paradise. He can fish a different stream or lake every day for a month or longer. The best fis.h.i.+ng season is March, April, May, and September. Close season, November to February.

Lakes.--Lakes of Killarney, Lough Leane, Muckross Lake, the Long Range, Upper Lake. Station.--Killarney, thence by car. Accommodation at Killarney. Trout and salmon. Licence required for salmon, cost 20s.

Lake.--Guitane. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 5 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown and red trout free.

Lake.--Looscannagh. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 10-1/2 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout, etc., free.

Lake.--Glas Lake. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 5 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout, etc., free.

Lake.--Gourggh. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 9 miles, walk two more. Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout free.

Lake.--Cushvalley. Station.--Killarney, thence by car about 8 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout free.

Lake.--Garagarry. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 6 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout free.

Lake.--c.u.mmeenduff. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 13 miles through Gap of Dunloe. Accommodation at Killarney. Amply stocked with trout free.

Lake.--Curraghmore. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 15 miles.

Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout free.

Lake.--Augur. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 9 miles. Brown trout free.

Lake.--Callee. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 8 miles. Accommodation at Killarney. Fine stock of trout free.

Lake.--Managh. Station.--Killarney, thence by car 6 miles. Accommodation at Killarney. Brown trout free.

~SLIGO DISTRICT.~

Lake.--Lough Gill. Station.--Sligo, on Great Southern and Western Railway, thence by car 3 miles. Good hotel accommodation at Sligo.

Salmon, white and brown trout and pike free, by permission, which may be obtained without difficulty.

[Ill.u.s.tration: SHOOTING]

~DUBLIN DISTRICT.~

Station.--Lucan, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 6-3/4 miles from Dublin. Accommodation at Spa hotel. Rough shooting by permission of owners.

Station.--Athlone, on Great Southern and Western Railway. 80 miles from Dublin. Good hotels. Wild fowl shooting on River Shannon and Lough Ree free.

Station.--Monasterevan, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 37 miles from Dublin. Good hotels. Rough shooting free along the River Barrow.

Station.--Banagher, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 84 miles from Dublin. Good hotel. Wild fowl very plentiful along Rivers Shannon and Brosna, free.

Station.--Dunlavin, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 32 miles from Dublin. Good hotel. Rough shooting free.

Station.--Rathvilly, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 47 miles from Dublin. Good hotel. Snipe and duck fairly abundant, free.

~LIMERICK DISTRICT.~

Station.--Croom, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 11 English miles from Limerick. Accommodation at Croom Hotel and Murgue View Hotel.

Rabbits, plover, snipe, duck, at Tory Hill, by permission of owner of land.

Station.--Dromkeen, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 11 miles from Limerick. Accommodation good. Snipe, duck, plover; free.

Station.--Castleconnell, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 9 miles from Limerick. Accommodation good. Wild fowl; shooting on the river.

Station.--Patrickswell, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 7 miles from Limerick. Accommodation at Patrickswell Hotel or Dunraven Arms, Adare. Geese, duck, widgeon, teal, snipe, and c.o.c.k; by permission of Mr.

Peter Fitzgerald, J.P., Mondela House.

Station.--Rathkeale, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 19 miles from Limerick. Accommodation at Pigott Arms and Eagle Hotel. Good duck shooting; free.

Station.--- Killaloe, on Great Southern and Western Railway, 15 miles from Limerick. Accommodation excellent. In winter Lough Derg is visited by large quant.i.ties of wild fowl, which afford capital sport; and the bogs and marshes around Killaloe hold snipe in fair numbers.

~CORK DISTRICT.~

There is excellent wild fowl shooting all along the sea coasts, and along the rivers for a few miles from the sea. The Youghal coast, the Lower Lee, Blackwater, and Bandon Rivers, afford excellent sport of this kind; also the deeply indented coasts of Kinsale, Courtmacsherry, Skibbereen, and Baltimore.

Station.--Bandon, 20 miles from Cork, on South Coast Railway.

Accommodation fair at the Angel and Devons.h.i.+re Arms. Snipe, wild fowl, and plover; free.

Station.--Blarney, 5 miles from Cork, on Great Southern and Western Railway. Accommodation excellent at St. Ann's Hydropathic Establishment.

Snipe and plover fairly abundant; free.

Station.--Clonakilty, 33 miles from Cork, on Cork, Bandon, and South Coast Railway. Accommodation fairly good at Imperial or Shannon Arms.

Snipe and plover; free.

Station.--Mitchelstown, miles from Cork, on Great Southern and Western Railway. Accommodation fair at Ahearn's or Fitzgerald's. Snipe and plover may be had on the slopes of Kilworth Hills, by permission of Officer Commanding Kilworth Camp.