"Holyhead-Dublin"

Name of traveller

Arnold von Lasaulx (1839-1886)

Reason for travel

• en route to Ireland

Date of travel

August 1876

[W]ie Leuchtkäfer flimmern die Lampen der Stationen Conway und Bangor vorüber, und dann beginnt ein Rasseln ganz eigener Art und von ganz außergewöhnlicher Dauer. Man saust durch das viereckige Doppelrohr der berühmten Britannia Brücke (tubular bridge) hindurch, die in ihrem mittleren Pfeiler im Meere zu fussen scheint . . .. (Lasaulx 2)

Content

• architecture: praises Holyhead harbour
• history: brief reference to historical Roman legion in Holyhead
• literature:
  • quotes a poem by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810-1876) to relate the sensation of travelling by night train
  • reference to the Irish journey undertaken by Johann Georg Kohl (1808-1878) in 1842
• terrain:
  • reference to mountains of north Wales
  • brief sketch of the coastal view at night on leaving Holyhead
• transport:
  • modes of travel: steamboat; train
  • describes the look of train stations in north Wales at night
  • the train crosses Anglesey in half an hour
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Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

travelogue

Citation

Lasaulx, Arnold von. "Holyhead-Dublin." Aus Irland: Reiseskizzen und Studien. Bonn: 1978. 1-7. Print.