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station, entered their reserved carriages, and arrived in 

 Belfast shortly after seven o'clock, delighted with the many 

 features of interest afforded on this record-making excursion 

 of the Club. 



THE BOYNE VAT.LEY. 



The second excursion 

 of the Summer Session 

 took place on Saturday, 

 11th June, the place se- 

 lected being that inte- 

 resting historic and pre- 

 historic district — the 

 Valley of the River 

 Boyne. Notwithstand- 

 ing the early hour 

 (7-15) at which mem- 

 bers had been instructed 

 to assemble at the Great 

 Northern Railway Ter- 

 minus, Belfast, a large 

 party turned out, and 

 were conducted to the 

 specially reserved car- 

 riages set apart for 

 their accommodation, 

 which, however, proved 

 inadequate, and many 

 of the members were 

 forced to find seats in 

 other parts of the 7-30 

 train. At Portadown, 

 the first stopping-place for this train, the party was aug- 

 mented by a contingent from Hillsborough, Lurgan, Moira, 

 and Lisburn, which had proceeded thither by an earlier train, 

 and at Drogheda, where some Dublin members joined, it was 

 found that almost ninety members and friends had decided 



MURED ACH's cross. 



[Photo, by W. J. Fennell. 



