The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-05-14, Page 12iiArE TWit0i4VE
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Dear Friends -
Did you ever spend a cosy even-
ing before the fire in the parlor
a. Old inn, in. Dungannon? In
Ireland, I mean! We have done
just tb.at, learning the history of
walls which surrounded the old
city and protected it in 1688. Many
of the old cannons are still in place.
A bit before noon we were on
our Way to Dungannon. This time
Ahe town from a journslist 9n The we were driving in over and
Dungannon News ,and talking with around' hills most of the time. Ex -
three travelling salesmen. A most cept for the peat b-ogs, there seem-
enjoylable evening it was, too! But- ed to be no level land anywhere
IL am beginning in the middle of in Ireland, and PM sure there is
my story, which will never not such a thing as a straight road!
And since it is a long and interes - The fields are laid dut in no recog-
ing story, I am craving the in- nizable pattern (I'd hate to use a
tractor in them) but you have no
idea of their beauty—green grass,.
and spring grain •and hedges;
golden 4Orse and all sorts of
shrubs in bloom; shaggy cattle and
sheep and frisky little lambs. Most
of the houses, were stone, low and
whitewashed, and there were some
thatched roofs. And everywhere
there were those wide sweeping
hills. I knew they coulgIn't pos-
sibly be as broad as they looked
and finally decided it was because
there "were no tall trees to break
the contours.
Presently we .arrived at Dun-
gannon, and there was no doubt
of it. The sign beside the road
was exactly like the ones in Huron.
And the names over the stores the
same as in Ashfield and W,awa-
nosh — Dickson, Finnigan, David-
son, Graham, MacManus—to name
just a f,ew. I was told to see Mr.
Herbert Beatty to learn some local
history. 'He kindly carne tcj. our
hotel and spent. an hour rolling
about the hill or fort of the Gan-
nons.
The ancient naMe is Dun
Gheanainn and the history goes
back to the Bronze Age.To old
dug out canoes, grinding stones, JACKSON ALUMINUM LTD.
battle ''axes, ancient ,wooden pails
and bronze age buMal grounds SEAFORTH
have been found near by. 'The is collecting wool for grading, and
ruins of a eastle-belonging to The sale on the co-operative plan.
MeNeills arc. on top of the hill. Shippers may obtain sacks and
And now there are several fac; twine free of charge from -the,
torics of various kinds in and above or their Licensed Opera -
around the town—one of 1 hem tors.
making glass fabrics. Imagine a •
town spanning the time from the Any Government Deficiency Pay-
Bronzeto the Atomic Age—and ment will apply only on Proper-
.
its namesake being in Huron C01.111- IY Graded Wools, •
ty. 1 wish I could pass on to yeti .Secure the Utmbst by Patronizing
more of what. Mr, Beatty told, me— the Organization that .made this
but On • know how space is vzilii- possible.
able --and also how verbose I can
become! Canadian Co -Operatives
NextmornIng --Nyt!---were''' on .01 -Ir Wool- Grovyers -Limited
way to •DaWnpatriek, but. nor
t•be-
217 Bay Street—Toronto
fore we' had seen .preparations fo
a warm reception for any TRA'S
who should he so bold as to appear.
#ulgenee of the Editor and writing
'more than a blue air mail.
,Our flight from Manchester Lo
Belfast (my grandfather- always
used to co Auburn, Ontario, as
• Manchester) lasted 80 minutes. It.
was clear and steady, taking off,
and as we ascended, the. landscape
looked like a crazy patch -work
quilt in shades of green; the hedge:
rows and ditches being the outlin-
ing stitches also in green; and the
buildings, trees, ponds and cattle,
tufts of colored embroidery. Be-
fore we were over the sea, we were
in cloud and wesaw no more ex-
cept at odd moments when lower
'clouds . looked like sunny snow-
covered mountain peaks. As we
neared Belfast, the clouds cleared
and again we saw our quilt. This
time wild hares—dozens of them—
on the grass beside the runways
added life to the pattern.
Belfast treated us royally. And
['use thato.vord advisedly. Direct-
ly opposite the Air, Terminal was
a big Sign on a building "Ulster
is British,'.' under a Union Jack
• and two crowns. We found the
same- fierce loyalty everywhere in
Northern Ireland, Mr. Sholdiss,
of a linen firm in Linenhall street,.
met us, took us out to lunch, drove
us around a bit and introduced
us to Mr..Thinbar, „Perinanent Sec-
retary-, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Northern 'Ireland : He ..welcomed
us and turned us over to a guide
vvho showed us all around Stor-
mont, the Parliament Buildings,
The approach to Stormont couldn't
be improved, a long broad avenue
ascending the slope to the building
itself which is most impressive:
The view from inside is just as
beautiful, across a broad valley to
rolling. hills. The, building itself
is so wonderful, too. Just as one
example,. Chain-
ber has, black ivory" pillars, red
curtains, and Belfast Dainask"walls.
'Mr. Sholdiss Wok us back to the
city,. Showed us through his ware-
houSe, gave us tea and left us with
one thought for the irish and
others in Canada—"If Canadians,
in general, would remember their
heritage they would be a great
help to the Mother Country which
is looking to them for help and
inspiration." My own impression
was that we are exiiosed too much
to'American propoganda 'which is
lend and convincing. This was the
View of Ulster .business, anyway.
We visited the City Hall, beauti-
. ful'and graceful, with lovely,stain-
ed.glass windows. We went for a
bus ride to the Zoological gardens
where Wet heard thrushes and
blackbirds singing their ,vespers.
The r•lTackbirds .here are much
more musical than ours. We talk-
ed with several strangers who were
most friendly and informatiVe.
And finally we settled down for the
night. . .
Next morning bright and early
we had breakfast and spoke •to a
Canadian girl who was desperately
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spent the next two days with us,
a most pleasant travelling compan-
ion-Wlo wandered around with me
when the path was too steep and
long for my husband. We drove
u,p the Antrum Coast Road—one
continual scene of beauty
vale, island and sea with the odd
Alined castle here and there. .A.,114,.
some ruined stone cottages and
some still in use. We stopped on
a stone bridge built in 1832 (when
• most of North Huron was solid
'bush) ,to look up and down Glen
'Dun, one of the famous Glens •of
Antrim. I wonder how many An-
trim people are reading this.
Our first big objective was the
Giant's Causeway, a curious form-
ation, of 'basalt rock: We scram-
bled around and took many pie -
tures. There were both fresh and
salt water pools and plants on the
rocks, which looked as if there
was not' the slightest nourishment
for anything green. Then.,,we
drove on to Londonderry. We
were treated to a mosk unusual
sight on 'the way. Behind a ,lOvv-
,hanging clouLand curtain of fall-
ing rain we could 'see the sun
shining 0,0 the waters of a small
tough. I have never seen anything
like it. We stayed at Londonderry
overnight and did a bit of sight-
seeing in the morning—St.. Col-
umba's Cathedral and the church
of St. Augustine; The Guildhall
which has the whole history of the
founding, the siege and relief, and
4ho present life of the city in
stained glass; a walk around the
a
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Barbed wire entangiements, sand-
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Vit-jc***ettitar4i- VO'df"Iffe.
ger—Mines" signs. I had no idea
feeling ran so high and that al-
most a state ,ef „war existed. The
countrysides of Tyrone and Dawn
were the, sa,rne, beautiful spring
green. Fr an hour or so we skirt-
ed the lovely Mountains Of Mourn.
At Dawnpaixick we saw Patrick's
Grave and, the flat stone which is
reputed to cover his grave. The
Cathedral is lovely, but in a stark
way. The Church of Ireland does
not use lavish decoration but there
were beautiful windows and coler-
ed coats of arms. We stopped at
a little two -room rural school with.
a palm tree growing in the middle
of a flower bed—but no shamrocks!
However, there were flowers every-
where, indoors and out; most beau-
tiful, huge bouquets M most un-
likely places, such -as the tiny Bel-
fast bus terminal. A funny in-
cident there—My husOand, went
steaming inand said, "When, does
the bus leave for thp airport?"
And the attendant answered, "Well
Soil-, it just depends on where
you want to go."
We visited five of the six coun-
ties of Northern Ireland and IT -
turned to Belfast all in one piece,
aur little car intact, and brimming
over with happy memories of Irish
kindness, friendlines sand hospit-
ality, and the never -to -be -forgotten
beauty of the spring landscape.
Sincerely,
The Country Mouse.
May 3, 1959.
London,
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and so on. These are just the
SideThr9flight.elart Jar lgentiagArLthe ,nort11-
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other
places where the ground is heavily -
shaded, Here too is the right place
for the wild flower gardeb. There
is even special grass for shady
locations.
At the opposite end of the scale
are those flowers which will not
do well unless'they get lots of sun,
things like poppies, nasturtiums,
portulaca and many others. Most
a them are not very partieular
about soil or moisture but they do
love the hot sun.
Does It Like Canada
No one wild deny that we have
a distinct , climate in 'Canada. In
fact, we have several climates. For
that reason the flower and vege-
table seeds we sow 'and the nursery
stock we plant must be especially
selected for Canada. Something
that may give wonderful results ip
Englancl or Virginia or- the South
Seas could be a terrible flop here.
When one selects seeds from a
Canadian seed catalogue, one can
be sure that that seed is suited to
Canada, that, inmostcases, it has
been. field tested under actual
Canadian conditions.
Lots Of Bouquets •
There is no good reason Why we
should not have all Sorts of cut
.flowers to fill every, vase in the
house and give bouquets away by
the armful from summer to fall.
But many gardeners do not like
to snip too many blooms in the
regular flower gardens for fear of
lessoning the display outside. The
remedy is simple. In a' few rows
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violets, "pansie.s, lily -of the valley
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