• Since returning from Ireland, the question I have been
asked mostly is, What about the hotels ? Are they brood ? "
Well, one must pick and choose. " First-class hotels are mostly good, especially those owned by the railway companies. There are many of these ; one of the largest and most up to date being the Slieve Donard at Newcastle (Co. Down). A stay here offers a number of attractions. Bangor, the yachting centre, is quite near ; another, the Rosapenna, is already known to some readers of the Spectator. It is a privately-owned hotel at one of the northernmost parts of County Donegal. In Belfast I would recommend the Grand Central, or, not so convenient, the Midland Station. Good Dublin hotels are legion. The Shelbourne, looking over St. Stephen's Green, ranks in the first-class with the Royal Hibernian and the Gresham and others. My stay was at the Standard, quiet, comfortable, up to date, without a licence and just a little way from the bustle of the City. On the whole, one cannot go far wrong by choosing from the official guide book of the Irish and Ulster Tourist Associations or from the Hotels Association booklet.
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