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| ARDARA, COUNTY DONEGAL.- The village represented above is situated in the southwestern portion of county Donegal, on the northern bank of the Ownmcocker river, near where it fals into Loughrossmore Bay. It obtains its name from a rath which stands on an emnence in the neighborhood of the village. This elevation was called in Gaelic Arda'-raith-the Height of the Rath. The peninsula of Loughross,near the base of which stands Ardara, is bounded north and south by the bays of its own name, called respectively "more" or "big" and "beg" or "small." On this peninsula stands the little town of Cloughboy, which means, in Irish, "Yellowstone"-the accepted Gaelic orthography being Cloch-buidhe (bwee). Thus it will be seen that the Yellowstone park and river, like Baltimore, had namesakes in the Green Isle long before Columbus landed at San Salvador. Ardara is an inconsiderable village, devoted mainly to fishing, farming and attending to the warts of tourists, who frequently visit that remote coast in search of novelty and retirement. From a hygienic standpoint, few places are superior to Ardara, and the scenery, in clear weather, is varied and delightful. The place has 500 people, all of whom, whether rich, poor or "betwixt and between," seem happy and, consequently, contented. Ardara will never become a great seaport, or "entrepot of the world's commerce," but, no doubt possesses lighter hearts than cities whos harbors "float the ships of all nations." |
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