Transcriber's Note Certain typographical features, such as italic font, cannot be reproduced in this version of the text. Any italicized font is delimited with the underscore character as _italic_. Any "small cap" text is shifted to all uppercase. The occasional 'oe' ligature is given as separate characters. Fractions are formatted as, for example, "2-1/4". Illustrations, of course, cannot be provided here, but their approximate positions in the text are indicated as: [Illustration: caption] Please consult the more detailed notes at the end of this text for the resolution of any other issues that were encountered. ONE IRISH SUMMER [Illustration: AN ANCIENT CELTIC CROSS AT GLENDALOUGH] ONE IRISH SUMMER BY WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS AUTHOR OF "_The Yankees of the East_," "_Between the Andes and the Ocean_" "_Modern India_," "_The Turk and his Lost Provinces_" "_To-day in Syria and Palestine_," _etc._ _ILLUSTRATED_ [Illustration] NEW YORK _DUFFIELD & COMPANY_ 1909 COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DUFFIELD & COMPANY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. CONTENTS PAGE I. A SUMMER IN IRELAND 1 II. THE CATHEDRALS AND DEAN SWIFT 15 III. HOW IRELAND IS GOVERNED 34 IV. DUBLIN CASTLE 53 V. THE REDEMPTION OF IRELAND 60 VI. SACRED SPOTS IN DUBLIN 77 VII. THE OLD AND NEW UNIVERSITIES 97 VIII. ROUND ABOUT DUBLIN 115 IX. THE LANDLORDS AND THE LANDLESS 130 X. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE AND CARTON HOUSE 143 XI. DROGHEDA, AND THE VALLEY OF THE BOYNE 159 XII. TARA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF IRELAND 174 XIII. SAINT PATRICK AND HIS SUCCESSOR 188 XIV. THE SINN FEIN MOVEMENT 202 XV. THE NORTH OF IRELAND 209 XVI. THE THRIVING CITY OF BELFAST 222 XVII. THE QUAINT OLD TOWN OF DERRY 237