NEW AND POPULAR HISTORY OF IRELAND1851 |
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Page 90
... famine came like a deluge , the system was almost overwhelmed before it got properly rooted in the soil . Before the famine , the workhouses had been very odious to the paupers . The separation of husbands and wives , as well as parents ...
... famine came like a deluge , the system was almost overwhelmed before it got properly rooted in the soil . Before the famine , the workhouses had been very odious to the paupers . The separation of husbands and wives , as well as parents ...
Page 96
... famine . The hearts of the victims were hardened , the natural affections were dried up , the sick were neglected , the dead were unburied , and sights the most hideous and revolting were presented in many parts of the south and west ...
... famine . The hearts of the victims were hardened , the natural affections were dried up , the sick were neglected , the dead were unburied , and sights the most hideous and revolting were presented in many parts of the south and west ...
Page 97
... famine exaggerated , read the following , by an English gentleman , who has been an eye - witness of the scenes he so graphically describes : - " I do not think it possible for an English reader , however powerful his imagination , to ...
... famine exaggerated , read the following , by an English gentleman , who has been an eye - witness of the scenes he so graphically describes : - " I do not think it possible for an English reader , however powerful his imagination , to ...
Common terms and phrases
agitation appointed Archbishop Armagh arms army battle became bill Bishop body British Castle church clergy command Connaught Cork Court Crown Danes Daniel O'Connell death defeated defended Dublin Dublin Castle Dundalk Dungannon Earl of Desmond effect enemy England English Government estates famine favour forces galloglasses garrison gave head Henry honour House inhabitants insurgents insurrection invasion Ireland Irish army Irish chiefs Irish Government John Kildare Kilkenny Kilmallock King King's kingdom land landlords leaders Leinster letter Limerick Lord Lord-Deputy Lord-Lieutenant marched Meath ment military monarch Munster murdered nation native night O'Brien O'Connell O'Connor O'Neill officers Ormond Pale party passed peace persons plundering Pope Prince prisoners proceeded Protestants Queen rebellion rebels received Reformation religion religious Repeal Roman Catholics Rome says sent slaughter soldiers soon spirit surrendered sword tenants tion took toparchs town treason troops Tyrone Ulster Union United Irishmen Viceroy Waterford Wexford