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the Bandon, while uiDon the wild shores of Bantry Bay and 

 by Glengariff there are plenty of trout streams. Close by, 

 in county Kerry, there are the Killarney lakes, overrun 

 during periods of the year by tourists, spoiled by the use 

 of cross lines, but still, in early months, not hopeless for 

 the rodster. 



Continuing our way up the western coast, we come to 

 the estuary of the magnificent river Shannon, which con- 

 tains samples of most of the fish to be found in Ireland. 

 Songs have been sung in praise of the salmon of this river, 

 and it has obtained more prominence in the literature of 

 sport than any other Irish river, which is but natural, 

 seeing that it runs from Leitrim in the north, passing 

 through a number of lakes, the last of which is the prolific 

 fishing ground of Lough Derg. County Clare, being some- 

 what out of the way, and not much written or talked about, 

 is but little frequented by anglers, but the best pike fishing 

 in Ireland is probably to be obtained in some of its lakes. 



Galway, according to its angling value, should have been 

 mentioned first. In this county is the famous fishery of 

 Ballynahinch, the white trout station of Glendalough, and 

 the Galway river, in which the salmon fishery has been 

 brought to a high pitch of perfection ; it drains Corrib and 

 Mask, in the latter of which trout of the phenomenal pro- 

 portions of twenty pounds are very occasionally taken. 



From Galway the angling tourist makes his way through 

 Connemara by Westport to Ballina, a famous centre on 

 the Moy, with Lough Conn not far distant. Mayo is the 

 country of which Maxwell wrote, and there are privileges in 

 connection with its fisheries that make this station the 

 most attractive of all for the man of moderate means, 

 though the upper portions of the Moy are strictly pre- 

 served. Lough Arrow is in the next county, Sligo, but 



