BLACK'S

GUIDE TO DUBLIN

AND THE

WICKLOW MOUNTAINS.

WITH PLAN OF DUBLIN.

BODE

EDINBURGH:

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK.

DUBLIN.

THE PASSAGE.

FROM HOLYHEAD TO KINGSTOWN, 63 miles-4 to 5 hours' sail. Fares, 8s., 11s., and 12s. Several packets each day. Two meet the mail trains daily from Chester.

FROM LIVERPOOL TO DUBLIN, 137 miles-10 to 12 hours' sail. Several packets sail each day. The Companies are-The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, 24 Water Street, Liverpool; and the Dublin and Liverpool Steam Packet Company, Drury Lane, Water Street, Liverpool.

THE PASSAGE við Portpatrick Railway and Belfast, three hours' sail. FROM GLASGOW TO DUBLIN, 223 miles-18 to 20 hours' sail. Four times a week. Fares, First Cabin, 10s. ; Steward, 28.

THE tourist who for the first time visits Ireland would do well to land at Dublin, that being the centre point of all the great tours throughout the country.

The voyage across the Irish Channel from either of the ports above mentioned is generally attended with much of the disagreeable, as the turbulence of the sea there is not surpassed even by the dreaded straits of Dover. The shortest route, therefore, vid Holyhead, should always be adopted if possible.

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By this route Dublin can be reached in eleven hours from London, and eight hours from Manchester. Holyhead packets land their passengers at Kingstown, only half an hour's distance from the Irish capital, while the Liverpool and Glasgow steamers go direct to the city. If the traveller, moreover, is not in haste, some interesting places can be visited on the road, such as Chester and the

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