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Excerpt from Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland, 1831-1881, Vol. 1 of 2 From 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, and English in sentiment, was...

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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...

Excerpt from The Life of Lord Russell of Killowen I wish to express my thanks to the family of Lord Russell for the letters and papers which they have placed at my disposal in the preparation of this work. For 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 man who was, ab...

Excerpt from A Hundred Years of Irish History Events have marched forward since the publication of this little book. In 1906 the Government of Mr. Balfour fell. The Liberals came into office. They have been in office since. Previous to the General Election of 1906, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman pledged himself to bring forward a measure of Irish Constitutional Reform "leading up to the larger policy." In 1907, the Irish people declared, at a ...

Excerpt from England's Title in Ireland: A Letter Addressed to His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland My Lord, - I address this letter to your Lordship because you represent the Government of England in Ireland. I do not think that you will take amiss what I have to say. Were you allowed you would, I believe, discharge the duties of your office in sympathy with the national aspirations of the people you have been sent to rule, to say l...

Excerpt from Thomas Drummond: Under-Secretary in Ireland 1835-40, Life and Letters Mrs 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reprodu...

Excerpt from Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland, Vol. 2 of 2: 1831-1881 Before 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 confiscate...

Excerpt from Studies in Irish History: 1603-1649, Being a Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Irish Literary Society of London These words were written in an appeal for justice, or even the formality of a trial, by one who was betrayed by the English whom he had served. Sir Donnell O'Cahan had left his own people to seek an English alliance, and was rewarded by an imprisonment of nineteen years, without ever being brought up for trial. He...

Excerpt from Dublin Castle and the Irish People In 1886, Mr. Gladstone, as we all know, proposed his scheme - Home Rule. I may perhaps be permitted to give a personal reminiscence 011 the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to di...

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 Parliamentary History of the Irish Land Question, From 1829 to 1869: And the Origin and Results of the Ulster Custom In the following pages I have endeavoured to trace, from authentic sources, the parliamentary history of the Irish Land Question. That question has a history apart from and reaching far beyond the limits prescribed in my text, but with this more extended area of events I do not deal, contenting myself with a co...

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 Irish Memories The statement may seem incredible, but is, nevertheless, true, we have more authoritative information about King Brian than about Sarsfield. From the materials at our command we can get nearer to the great monarch of the eleventh century than to the gallant soldier of the eighteenth. We have Brians story from one who knew him, and who was familiar with the events of his life. "The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill"...

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