WELCOME AT KILLARNEY
Mr and Mrs J. A. Lynns Witness Tourists Kiss Blarney Stone MOTOR TOUR OF KERRY ROMANTIC BANTRY BAY (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 2.45 p.m to-day. LONDON, April 21. Mr J A. Lvons and Mrs Lyons arrived at Killarney. They were haded bv an hotel orchestra playing the “Soldiers Song.” The party motored 100 miles through mountainous country ablaze with golden gorse from Cork, where Philip Monahan, city manager, . received them on behalf of the Lord Mavor Thev attended High Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and lunched with Monsignor Sexton, Dean or C< Th"e party visited Blarney Castle, where Mrs Lyons climbed the difficult spiral staircase and watched tourists kiss, fhe Blarney Stone, But neither Mr or Mrs Lyons emulated this gymnastic feat, which entails lying on one’s back and nearly dislocating the neck. The party thereafter skirted romantic Bantry Bay and toured Kerry, which is regarded as the jewel of Ireland, as Killarney is the jewel ol Kerry. ____
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 8
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164WELCOME AT KILLARNEY Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 8
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