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Excerpt from Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland, 1831-1881, Vol. 1 of 2From the middle Of the sixteenth to the beginning of the nineteenth century, the end aimed at by the policy of the English Government in Ireland was the conversion of the Irish people to the reformed faith, and their incorporation, in language and feeling, with the English name and nation. That the Irish should be made Protestant in creed, andenglish in sentiment, was, n...

Excerpt from A Hundred Years of Irish HistoryYou have done good work in drawing attention to the relations between England and Ireland during the last cen tury. So far as I am aware, there is no history of that period, and Englishmen are perhaps less familiar with it than with any other period of Irish history. Each generation of Englishmen have comforted themselves with the re¿ection that they were righteous men, though their ancestors govern...

Excerpt from England's Title in Ireland: A Letter Addressed to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of IrelandA sympathetic Irish Secretary on one occa sion invited a distinguished Irish Member to dinner at the Chief Secretary's Lodge, to have a private talk on a matter of urgent public importance. You asked me to dine with you, replied the Irish Member, at the Chief Secre tary's Lodge. Where is the Chief Secretary's Lodge? I would lose my chara...

Excerpt from The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, Vol. 1 of 2: 1846 1891In August 1711 Parnell lost his wife, and her death seems to have overwhelmed him with grief. Nearly a year later Swift wrote in his Journal to Stella': On Sunday Archdeacon Parnell came here to see me. It seems he has been ill for grief of his wife's death, and has been two months at Bath. He has a mind to go to Dunkirk with Jack Hill, and I persuaded him to it, and have ...

Excerpt from The Life of Lord Russell of KillowenFor the rest, the responsibility is not theirs, but mine alone. I know not whether I have succeeded or failed in my task. I do know that I have tried to write in good faith, and to produce a true and fearless biography of a.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important h...

Excerpt from Studies in Irish History: 1603-1649, Being a Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Irish Literary Society of LondonThe truth is, they that gape after poor Irishmen's lands do what they can to have a colour to beg them - (state Papers, Ireland, 1610, p.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important histori...

Excerpt from Irish MemoriesIn studying the history Of Brian many re¿ections occur to one. It is well known that at the period Ireland was divided into four provincial kingdoms Ulla (ulster), Mumhain (munster), Laighin (leinster), and Connacht (connaught). Over the provincial kings there was a supreme king called the Ardri, who reigned at Tara, and possessed as his special domain the territory of Meath. Unfortunately there was no national life,...

Excerpt from Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland, Vol. 2 of 2: 1831-1881Before entering upon my subject proper I shall notice, very briefly, those "confiscations" by which the "whole power and property of the country were conferred upon tho English adventurers" to whom Lord Clare refers.The confiscations were in the main four : -In the reign of Queen Mary, the territories of the O'Moorcs and O'Connors in Offaly and Leix were confiscated, the...

Excerpt from The Parliamentary History of the Irish Land Question, From 1829 to 1869: And the Origin and Results of the Ulster CustomAlthough the necessity for issuing rapidly a second edition of this work leaves little time for supplementing what I had originally written, I desire to add something with reference to certain provisions of the Land Act of 1870 but slightly touched upon in the text.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hun...

Excerpt from Thomas Drummond: Under-Secretary in Ireland 1835-40, Life and LettersMrs drummond having recently found among her hus band's papers' a number of interesting letters, throwing fresh light on his work and character, placed them in my hands with a View to publishing a new life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of...

Excerpt from The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, Vol. 2 of 2: 1846-1891These revelations whetted the English appetite, and every day the newspaper reports were eagerly scanned in the expectation of finding that the Irish members themselves were involved in the plots of the Invincibles.' This, ' Sir William Harcourt is reported to have said, will take the starch out of the boys.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousand...

Excerpt from The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell, Vol. 1 of 2: 1846 1891Thomas, the poet, was born in Dublin in 167 9. A bright lad with a remarkable memory, he attracted the special attention of Dr. Jones, to whose school he was first sent, and afterwards sustained his early reputation by a distinguished career at college. Matriculating at Dublin University in 1693, he took his degree in 1697. Then, entering the Chaich, he was ordained Deacon...

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This collection of papers, first published in 1888, presents the history of Ireland as it unfolded from the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 until the Land Act of 1870 and the Home Rule Movement. Written at a time of great national interest in the `Irish Problem¿, Two Centuries of Irish History tells the story of Ireland¿s troubled relationship with successive British governments since the reign of William III, and charts the development of bitterne...

The Parliamentary History of the Irish land Question - From 1829 to 1869: and the Origin and rResults of the Ulster Custom. Fourth Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature...

Thomas Drummond, - Under-Secretary in Ireland, 1835-40 - Life and Letters is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available t...

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