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Killarney, one of the Ireland's loveliest districts is known all over the world for the unsurpassed beauty of its mountains and lakes. Three main lakes of Killarney occupy a broad valley stretching south between the mountains. The lakes are surrounded by luxuriant woods of Oak, Arbutus, Birch, Holly and mountain bushes. Kilarney the center of the lakes district,can provide anything the visiter might need, from housing and food to fishing tackle.Seeing the sites is accompalished in an uncommon variety of ways here - by car, coach, bycycle, boat or "jaunting car", a horse -drawn rig driven by a jarvey(guide) who knows the territory and how to tell a story on the way. Among places to see near Killarney ; Gap of Dunloe and Lakes of Killarney. Because of difficult terrain and logistical problems, his is the best done on an organized excursion, usually an all - day trip. The gap, a wild gorge four miles long, can only be traversed on pony - back, in a pony trap, or if you insist on foot. Sound - effects underline the weirdness of the rock - strewn scenery as echoes bounds off the mountain sides - to the west, MacGillycuddy's Reeks, the highest range in Ireland; to the east, Purple Mountain. The long trek leads down to the shore of the Upper Lake, where the tour continues by boat. The scenery around the lakes - thick forests, stark crags and enchanted iselands - could scarcely be more romantic. But there is adventure too : shooting the rapids at Old Weir Bridge.
The city of Limerick stands on the site of an important Fort of ancient times, where the Shannon river meets the sea. It is one of the most progressive of Irish cities and an important transport and industrial centers. in the west, the river Shannon explains and beautifies the city of Limerick. By the time the waters of the Shannon have reached Limerick (pop.52,ooo), they have flowed 170 miles through thick and thin: narrow streams and howling rapids, placid lakes and efficient locks. From Limerick, a sea port and industrial centres, they have still another sixty miles to travel through the Shannon estuary to the open atlantic. This key position at the meeting of the river and its tidal waters assured the city along and often violent history. The danes were first on the scene. Their policy provoked repeated attacks by the neighbouring native irish, who finally drove them out. The Anglo-Normans, in turn captured the place with the unpretentious Irish name of Luinmneach, meaning Bare Spot. England's King John, who visited Limerick in 1210 ordered the construction of a bridge and a castle. His castle survives but most of the town walls behind which the townsfolk gathered during times of siege, were pulled down in the 18th century to make way for civic expansion.
I visted Waterford town, it is the crystal factory which produces one of the best crystal in the world . Here is kept a cup won by our cricket team and is made by this factory.The city of Waterford (pop, 4O,OOO) is a busy port about 18 miles from the open sea. From the far side of the River Suir, its long quay presents a very European appearance. Waterford's foundation can be traced back to the 9th century, but the first charter was not granted until 1205, by King John of Magna Cartafame. Many municipal mementoes are preserved within Reginald's Tower, the city's most venerable building. The walls of this massive circular fortification, ten feet thick and about eighty feet tall, have survived many a siege since they went up in the year 1003. The tower has served as fortress, mint, barracks and prison, and now it contains the waterford civic museum. An elegant Georgian street, the Mall, begins ast the quay. Waterford city hall built in the 1780s, as many distinguished features including a couple of little theatres and a Council Chamber illuminated by a splandid chandlier of logically Waterford glass. The golden age of waterford glass ran from 1783 to 1851. After a century's lapse, production was resumed and the largely traditional processes can be seen on guided tours of the factory. A few miles from waterford centre on the cork road. Its best to check with the local tourists office in advance.
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