Contemporary Ireland"This book is a English translation of L'Irlande contemporaine, Paris, 1907 "--p xii Includes bibliographical references. |
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... regards the small holders , Co - Operation possesses the secret of the future . He must come free of the egoism and pessimism which have remained in his blood since the Great Famine and nothing can expel these except the singing and ...
... regards the small holders , Co - Operation possesses the secret of the future . He must come free of the egoism and pessimism which have remained in his blood since the Great Famine and nothing can expel these except the singing and ...
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... regard themselves as but different regiments of the same Army of Advance . May that hope come true ! T. M. KETTLE ... regards the Historical Introduction , to Mr. A. E. Clery , LL.B. , and as regards the remainder of the book to Mr ...
... regard themselves as but different regiments of the same Army of Advance . May that hope come true ! T. M. KETTLE ... regards the Historical Introduction , to Mr. A. E. Clery , LL.B. , and as regards the remainder of the book to Mr ...
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... regard to cattle , which were then the chief wealth , and even in regard to land . The chief had a private demesne appertaining to his office , which he farmed out to tenants , who paid him rent in kind . The chieftaincy was elective ...
... regard to cattle , which were then the chief wealth , and even in regard to land . The chief had a private demesne appertaining to his office , which he farmed out to tenants , who paid him rent in kind . The chieftaincy was elective ...
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... regards the territory that lay beyond it English public policy was confined to fostering dissensions among the Irish and inducing the chiefs of individual clans , by fear or favour , to recognise English suzerainty and accept feudal ...
... regards the territory that lay beyond it English public policy was confined to fostering dissensions among the Irish and inducing the chiefs of individual clans , by fear or favour , to recognise English suzerainty and accept feudal ...
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... regard to Ireland . The King's Government set itself to make the royal power supreme in the Pale , and to effect a real conquest of the whole island . Even under the new conditions , however , the Government acted only when compelled by ...
... regard to Ireland . The King's Government set itself to make the royal power supreme in the Pale , and to effect a real conquest of the whole island . Even under the new conditions , however , the Government acted only when compelled by ...
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Page 26 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue there withal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 306 - I must say from all accounts, and my own observation, that the state of our fellow-countrymen in the parts I have named is worse than that of any people in the world, let alone Europe. I believe that these people are made as we are ; that they are patient beyond belief ; loyal, but at the same time broken-spirited and desperate, living on the verge of starvation in places in which we would not keep our cattle.
Page 39 - I must do it justice : it was a complete system, full of coherence and consistency ; well digested and well composed in all its parts. It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in them, of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.
Page 401 - A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language more than its territories — 'tis a surer barrier, and more important frontier, than fortress or river.
Page 172 - What I have now to add is simply this : I have acted all through this business, from the first, under a strong sense of duty. I do not repent anything I have done ; and I believe that the course which I have opened is only commenced. The Roman, who saw his hand burning to ashes before the tyrant, promised that three hundred should follow out his enterprise. Can I not promise for one, for two, for three ? " Indicating, as he spoke, Reilly, Martin, and Meagher, " Promise for me " — " and me " —...
Page 160 - We were reckless, ignorant, improvident, drunken, and idle. We were idle, for we had nothing to do ; we were reckless, for we had no hope ; we were ignorant, for learning was denied us ; we were improvident, for we had no future ; we were drunken, for we sought to forget our misery.
Page 39 - The Irish are in a most unnatural state ; for we see there the minority prevailing over the majority. There is no instance, even in the ten persecutions, of such severity as that which the Protestants of Ireland have exercised against the Catholics.
Page 263 - No rent shall be allowed or made payable in any proceedings under this Act in respect of improvements made by the tenant or his predecessors in title, and for which, in the opinion of the court, the tenant or his predecessors in title shall not have been paid or otherwise compensated by the landlord or his predecessors in title.
Page 341 - Upon what principles of comparison, and by the application of what specific standards, the relative capacity of Great Britain and Ireland to bear taxation may be most equitably determined.