72 PERIODICAL VISITS OF THE HERRING. 



mare, county Kerry, from July to October, but at Bautry 

 there has been no productive fishery since 1828. The 

 season lasts from August to Christmas. 



East Coast — Ayklow. — Onward to Arklow herrings 

 a]»pear at different localities from August to December. 

 At Arklow the fishing was formerly considerable from 

 June to August, but now it begins about the 1st of 

 October. The Arklow herrings are similar in size to the 

 Loch Fyne herrings. On the Wicklow coast there are 

 sometimes considerable shoals from September to Christ- 

 mas, and until within these few years there was a 

 summer fishing in June and July. 



Carliiigford. — At the Lough of Carlingford the her- 

 rings were at one time fished abundantly, but the Irish 

 Channel herring-fishery is now considered the most ad- 

 vantageous ; it lasts from June to November ; and the 

 fishing is pursued less or more by the fishermen at New- 

 castle, Dundrum Bay, &c. 



Ardglass is a very considerable herring station. About 

 100 Penzance boats (of from 15 to 20 tons), 100 boats 

 from the Isle of Man, and 100 Irish boats, used annually 

 to pursue this fishery. 



Carrickfergus. — The visits of the herring shoals are 

 generally very regular at difi'erent parts of this coast, 

 from Ardglass to Carrickfergus, from June to November ; 

 and herrings in considerable shoals are said to enter Bel- 

 fast Lough to spawn in September a,nd October. 



Larne and Fairhead. — Herrings may be caught from 

 May to September of superior quality in difi'erent locali- 

 ties between Larne and Fairhead, but not in considerable 

 quantities. 



North Coast — Lough Foyle, dtc. — From Lough Foyle 

 to Lough Swilly there are two herring seasons, namely, 



