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postcard THATCHED COTTAGE IN THE YEATS COUNTRY: The coastal plain of north Sligo is dotted with trim thatched cottages, behind which rise the flat-topped limestone hills. Best known of all these hills is Ben Bulben. This mountain is famed in legend as the place where Diarmuid, hero of the epic love tale "The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne, was killed while taking part in a boar-hunt on the slopes of the mountain. postmark CORCAIGN 2 PM 11 OCT 197? [[in pencil at bottom of card: [19971?] ]]

Rev. Jack "Toots" CONROY 701 FISK MOBERLY Missouri U.S.A. 65270

Dear Jack: Tooring [sic] Ireland on my own and getting away with murder behind a beard and a glass of Guinness. Quit the rat race last Jan. & am thus in position to send you a long delayed letter. Love to Gladys FRANK WALSH