Ardrahan

And a woman near Ardrahan says: ‘There was a girl near Westport was away, and the way it came on her was she was on the road one day, and two men passed her, and one of them said, “That’s a fine girl”, and the other said, “She belongs to my town”.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

Ardrahan is rich, smoky and full but entirely approachable.

Both a Blessing and a Curse 2009

Ardrahan is rich, smoky and full but entirely approachable.

Both a Blessing and a Curse 2009

Ardrahan is rich, smoky and full but entirely approachable.

Both a Blessing and a Curse 2009

Ardrahan is rich, smoky and full but entirely approachable.

Both a Blessing and a Curse 2009

Since that time, no one, save the man whom they had chartered to bring over monthly supplies of necessaries from Ardrahan, had ever seen either of them: and him, none had ever induced to talk; evidently, he had been well paid for his trouble.

The House on the Borderland 2007

Some hours afterwards, he had ridden back, taking the track by which he had come, towards Ardrahan.

The House on the Borderland 2007

We had reached Ardrahan the previous night, sleeping there in rooms hired at the village post-office, and leaving in good time on the following morning, clinging insecurely to one of the typical jaunting cars.

The House on the Borderland 2007

Possibly, this can be partly accounted for by the fact that the nearest railway-station (Ardrahan) is some forty miles distant.

The House on the Borderland 2007

* Vulgarly written Corlews and Ardrahan. [note in Spirit of the Nation]

The West's Asleep 1997