Above: View in Connaught Connaught comprises that part of Ireland west of the Shannon, south of Ulster, and north of Munster. Its shores, which are much broken, are washed by the Atlantic Ocean. A great part of its surface is wild and rugged; farming is in a very backward state; and the people often suffer from famine. It contains five counties. Read More

Above: West Coast in Ireland Bantry Bay, on the west coast, is one of the finest harbours in Europe. This inlet, and also Kenmare Bay and Dingle Bay, stretch far into the land, and are enclosed by lofty mountains. The Shannon mouth receives the water of the largest river-basin in Ireland). Limerick is its chief port. Galway Bay and Clew Bay have herring-fisheries, and are studded with islands. Sligo Bay contains the greatest oyster-beds on the Irish coast. In this bay three ships of ... 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