Ireland/Irish > Black's guide to Killarney and the south of Ireland

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summit of the ridge the road passes through a tunnel in the
rock, when we enter the county of Kerry and obtain a sight
of the Reeks. From this point the road becomes less wild
and more cultivated until we arrive at
KENMARE.
Hotels.—Lansdowne Arms—Bed Is. 6d., breakfast Is. 6d., dinner 2s., tea Is.,
supper Is. 6d. IVeUington—RcA Is. 6d., breakfast Is. 6d., dinner Is. 8d. to
2s., tea Is., attendance (charged in the bill) Is.
This is usually the half-way station between Glengarriff and
Killarney. The town, which is entered by a fine suspension
bridge over the river, is small, but neat and clean, and the bay
delightful. There are two hotels, and a mail-car passes to and
from Killamey every day. The barren and wild, but pictur¬
esque country, increases in grandeur as we advance, until upon
reaching the summit of the ascent, the mountains of Killarney
rise gradually and successively into view, and we descend into
the rich and charming scenery surrounding the far-famed Lakes
of Killarney.
Second Route.
Cork.
Bandon
Clonakilty
Rosscarbery
Skibbereen
Miles. I
20 Bantry
12f 32f Glengarriff .
8-J 41J Kenmare .
llj 53 I KiUamey .
Miles.
. 18i 714
. 104 81i
. 21 102i
. 19 121f
(Daily coach between Bandon and Skibbereen; thence by hired cars.)
The preceding route embraces all the finer scenery of the
district, with the exception of Gougane Barra, and has the
advantage of being shorter than the present. To such,
however, as desire to see every feature of the country, the
drive by the coast towns of Clonakilty and Skibbereen may be
enjoyed.
Third Route.
Cork. Miles.
Macroom, by day coach . 18
Gouoank Barra . 15 33
lJass of Kamaaeigh.
Glengarriff . . . . 20 53
Kenmare . . . . 21 74
Killamey . . . . 19 93
The tourist who will consent to return to Cork by road,
and thence to Dublin by rail, instead of taking the train imme¬
diately from Killarney, would do well to select the first and