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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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rfectly safe character ; and as a yachting centre, for smallor large craft, it is bound to find favour in the future. Here arcsome of the finest natural arches, most interesting caves andmagnificent cliffs to be met with in the North of Ireland ; the oldcastles and other historical objects will delight the antiquary ;beautiful drives and walks extend in every direction, and \hvroads, for the most part, are good for cycling. The sea-fishingis good for many sorts of flat and round fish, and boats and theservices of competent boatmen are available at most moderatecharges ; the wild-fowling and shore-shooting ranks among thevery best free shooting obtainable anywhere ; there is goodbrown-trout fishing in the lakes lying a mile or so inland, andsome sea-trout and salmon fishing can be got In a few places.Comfortable accommodation is offered in several centres, and,as will presently be explained, a very excellent hotel stands in aprominent position amidst some of the most delightful scenery
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LOUGH SWll.I.V 17 associated with the loui^h. It is a channinii suniiiur resort, andthe marvellous beauty of the sunsets will delight the artist. Ona calm day the skv overhead is mirrored in the waters beneath,and the drifting clouds shed fantastic shadows on the bosom ofthe lake : towards evening other shadows steal down from themountains which are piled up on either shore, and creep acrossthe water—conditions of light and shade that help to give LoughSwillv the pretty name by which it is locally known, The Lakeof Shadows. When the mountains are cloud-capped and the windsweeps down from them, to burst in black squalls on the surface

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