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Title: Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakes. Being the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Shrubsole, Edgar S
Subjects: Donegal (Ireland : County) -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : W. Cate, Limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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cenery as that to be obtained by sailing from Teelin Bayround the coast to Slievetoocy. For this purpose sailing boatsand competent boatmen can be hired at Teelin close by Carrick.On closer acquaintance it will be found that the exploration ofthese magnificent cliffs entails a lot of hard walking and some-what risky climbing ; howbcit with the assistance of a local guide(which the tourist is well-advised to arrange for) and the exerciseof some care no serious danger need be encountered. It may beadded, for the benefit of those who are not practised mountaineersor cliff-climbers, that several points of vantage, from whichmagnificent views can be obtained, are quite easily reached, andalthough the more venturesome certainly see more of the majestyof the cliffs and mountain passes, a good idea of the extremegrandeur of the place is obtained with absolutely no risk, and,comparatively speaking, but little fatigue. For instance, theASCEXT of Slieve League is but a somewhat tiring climb over
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\\hi;r;: .si.ii:\i LlCALLi: TEKMLXAT(HKUlirr, 1,972 Ft.) S IX SIJFAE LEAaiE AM) THE GLEX 111 rough mountain-side, when undertaken by the easiest route : butit is quite a different journey when the summit is reached by wayof Bunglass, Eagles Nest and One Mans Pass, which is the wayup now described. For about one mile the road skirts the western shore ofTeelin Bay which is sheltered from the storms of the Atlanticbv high rocks at the entrance. The first turning to the right,■close bv Teelix village, is the easy way up the mountain ; alittle further on a rough road leads over the hill to an old martellotower, and from this point Carrigax Head (745 feet) can beexplored. This fine cliff is the most southern of the grand serieswhich extend as far as Slieve League—and for that matter right

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