Above: Geography in Ireland Ireland is called The Emerald Isle" from the rich green colour of its fields and pastures. It owes this delightful freshness to its moist climate.Here is an Irishwoman's description of her native land, written after she had been away from it for many years "I remember a beautiful isle far away; An isle by the blue sea caressed; And the fields are so green and the mountains so gray In this isle far away in the west." This island, the second largest of the ... Read More

Above: Mountain in Ireland The surface of Ireland, in a general view, consists of a great plain, surrounded by a ring of mountains in masses near the coast. The interior is chiefly an immense pasture field. The only part that is waste is the tract of bog land which lies across the middle Read More

Above: North Coast in Ireland Lough Foyle is the estuary of the river Foyle. At Moville, on its northern shore, steamers from Glasgow to America make their last call before crossing the Atlantic. Lough Swilly, in Donegal, extends far into the land. Read More