Above: View in Munster Munster comprises the whole of the south-west of Ireland. The entire coast is washed by the Atlantic, which enters the land by long narrow opening's like those on the west coast of Scotland. This province contains six counties. Couty Clare lies north of the Shannon and south of Galway. It is surrounded by water - the Atlantic, the Shannon, and Lough Derg - except for about forty miles on its northern borders. The ... Read More

Above: View In Connaught County Roscommon lies between Mayo and the Shannon. It is on the whole a level county, and includes some of the finest and richest grazing lands in Ireland. It contains numerous lakes, among which arc Loughs Allen and Ree. Roscommon, the county town, lies inland. It has a fine old abbey and the ruins of a Norman castle. It has a large cattle trade. Boyle, on the Boyle, ... Read More

Above: View in West Cape Dunmore Head, the point of a peninsula in County Kerry , is the most westerly point of Ireland. Loop Head, in County Clare, is also at the end of a peninsula. It is a bare headland, rising two hundred feet straight from the waves, A huge pillar of rock of the same height as the cape is separated from it by a fearful chasm about thirty feet wide and two hundred feet deep. At the bottom of this ... Read More