Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2): (2nd ed.) (1888)Hurlbert, William Henry
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Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2): (2nd ed.) (1888)
Hurlbert, William Henry
Ireland -- Description and travel; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1837-1901
CHAPTER II.
Dublin to Sion, Feb 3, 56
Poor of the city, 57
Strabane, 58-60
Sion flax-mills, 60-62
Dr. Webb, 63-65
Gweedore, Feb 4, 65
A good day's work, 65
Strabane, 66
Names of the people, 66
Bad weather judges, 67
Letterkenny, p 67, 68
Picturesque cottages, 67
Communicative gentleman, 68
Donegal Highlands, 68-70
Glen Veagh, 71
Errigal, 72
Dunlewy and the Clady, 72
Gweedore, Feb 5, 73
Lord George Hill, 74
Gweedore 1838 to 1879, 75-81
Gweedore 1879 to 1888, 81-91
Father M'Fadden, 83-104
A Galway man's opinions, 84-89
Value of tenant-right, 83
Condition of tenantry, 84
Woollen stuffs, 87, 88
Distress in Gweedore, 88,
Do. in Connemara, 88
Mr Burke, 90
Plan of Campaign, 93
Emigration, 94, 95
Settlement with Captain Hill, 94
Landlord and tenant, 96-98
Land Nationalisation, 98
Father M'Fadden's plan, 98
Gweedore, Feb 6, 104
On the Bunbeg road, 104-110
Falcarragh, 111-123
Ballyconnell House, 112-123
Townland and Rundale, 118
Use and abuse of tea, 119
Lord Leitrim, 121
A "Queen of France," 121
The Rosses, 123
CHAPTER III.
Dungloe, Feb. 7, 124
From Gweedore, 124
Irish "jaunting car," 125
"It will fatten four, feed five, and starve six," 125
Natural wealth of the country, 125
Isle of Arran and Anticosti, p 12
The Gombeen man, 126-130
Dungloe, 126-131
Burtonport, 129
Lough Meela, 128
Attractions of the Donegal coast, 128
Compared with Isles of Shoals and Appledore, 129
Wonderful granite formations, 129
Material for a new industry, 129
Father Walker, 131
Migratory labourers, 133
Granite quarries, 133
Stipends of the Roman Catholic clergy, 134-137
Herring Fisheries, 137
Arranmore, 137
Dungloe woollen work, 138
Baron's Court, Feb 8, 139
Dungloe to Letterkenny, 139-141
Doocharry Red Granite, 140
Fair at Letterkenny, 142
Feb 9, 143
On Clare and Kerry, 143
A Priest's opinion on Moonlighters, 143
The Lixnaw murder, 143
Baron's Court, 144
James I.'s three castles, 145
Ulster Settlement, 146
Descendants of the old Celtic stock, 146
The park at Baron's Court, 146
A nonogenarian O'Kane, 148
Irish "Covenanters," 150
Shenandoah Valley people, 151
The murderers of Munterlony, 151
A relic of 1689, 152
Woollen industry, 152-155
Londonderry Orange symposium, 156
February 11, 157
Sergeant Mahony on Father M'Fadden, 157-163
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