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Page 108
... land was without a king - but Ireland was none the better for it , and to this day " the curse of Cromwell " is a form of exe- cration familiar to every peasant in the land . IX . ROMWELL , the champion of English liberty , regarded Ire ...
... land was without a king - but Ireland was none the better for it , and to this day " the curse of Cromwell " is a form of exe- cration familiar to every peasant in the land . IX . ROMWELL , the champion of English liberty , regarded Ire ...
Page 135
... land and become independent agriculturists . What little they earn as tenants and laborers , becomes so reduced by Church and governmental taxes , as to leave them but a fraction of the pittance their industry may bring them . The money ...
... land and become independent agriculturists . What little they earn as tenants and laborers , becomes so reduced by Church and governmental taxes , as to leave them but a fraction of the pittance their industry may bring them . The money ...
Page 141
... land , Rent of acre of unmanured land , Half a barrel of potatoes , . Milk , • · £ 1 10 0 1 15 0 • • 0 10 0 • 0 10 0 070 £ 4 12 0 • 3 50 £ 1 7 0 Deduct 195 days ' wages at 4d . a day ,. Balance due to farmer , · " He said - ' I owed him ...
... land , Rent of acre of unmanured land , Half a barrel of potatoes , . Milk , • · £ 1 10 0 1 15 0 • • 0 10 0 • 0 10 0 070 £ 4 12 0 • 3 50 £ 1 7 0 Deduct 195 days ' wages at 4d . a day ,. Balance due to farmer , · " He said - ' I owed him ...
Contents
IRELANDHER WOES AND STRUGGLES UNDER BRITISH OPPRESSION 93174 | 174 |
BOOK VI | 239 |
HOSTILITY OF THE BRITISH PRESS AND THE RULING CLASSES TO | 289 |
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