Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim.
Author: GWYNN, Stephen (Illustrated by Hugh Thomson).
London: Macmillan, 1899. xvi, 319 pages. Illustrated. Hardback.
Rediscover this wonderful nineteeth century travelogue on Donegal and Antrim which mixes topographical description with lots of local history and folklife. Hugh Thomson’s 80 plus pencil sketches complement the text wonderfully. Included in these illustrations are: The Mill at Dungloe, Doochary Bridge, The Rosses, The Royal Irish (Constabulary), An Irish Piper, A Donegal Lass, The Mail Car, A Street in Ballycastle, The Bridge over the Margy, Carrying Peat, Ballygally Castle, etc.
Contents:-
1. Introductory–Ulster Dialect–Advice to Cyclists.
2. Enniskillen–Lough Erne.
3. Ballyshannon–Donegal.
4. Killybegs
5. Carrick–Slieve League–Glencolumkille
6. Glenties–Ardara.
7. Burton Port–Dungloe–Glenveagh.
8. Gartan–Doon Well.
9. Lough Swilly
10. Glenveagh–Gweedore.
11. Dunfanaghy–Horn Head–Tory Island.
12. Rosapenna–Mulroy Bay–Port Salon.
13. Rathmullen.
14. Gap of Mamore–Malin Head–Moville.
15. Derry.
16. Coleraine–Portstewart–Portrush–The Causeway.
17. Ballycastle–Carrick-A-Rede.
18. Rathlin–Fair Head–Glendun.
19. Glenariff–Larne–Carrickfergus–Belfast.
20. Fishing and Golf in Donegal.
Index.
ISBN: None/Unknown
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