'Other Present Irish Questions,' Chap. VIII. I. Local Government in Ireland, 309; the grand juries, their composition and functions, 311-314; the administration of the poor law and the Boards of Guardians, 314-315; the administration of cities and towns--its history, 315-318; character of, in recent times, 318-320; how the reform of 1898 was brought about, 320, 321; sketch of the Local Government Act of 1898, 321-326; and of its working up to the present time, 326-329. II. Education in Ireland, history of, 330 _seqq._: primary education, 330-332; the National system founded by Mr. Stanley--its principles and history, 332-336. Secondary education, diocesan schools, 336; Royal schools, ibid.; Erasmus Smith schools, 337; other schools; the system has not been successful, and why, 337, 338. University education, Trinity College, its history and the character of the institution, 338-341; Peel founds the Queen's Colleges and University, 341; character of these institutions, 392; the Catholic University, ibid.; Mr. Gladstone's scheme of Irish University reform, 343, 344; grave objections to it, 345, 346; it is rejected by the House of Commons, 346; Trinity College "opened," ibid.; the Royal University, 347; injustice of the present system of University education in Ireland, 347-351; two plans of reform suggested, the second to be preferred, 351-360 P Palmerston, Lord: he condemns Irish tenant right, 124 Parnell: supplants Butt, 44; leader of the Land League, 44, 45; he denounces the Conservative party in 1885, 46; he pretends to accept the Home Rule Bill of 1886, 55; the special commission and Parnell, 59; he negotiates with Mr. Gladstone on Home Rule, ibid.; his fall, 59 Peel: his remarks on the Constitution in Ireland, 32; he appoints the Devon Commission, 115; his policy during the famine, 117; he refuses in 1842 to extend the income tax to Ireland, 285; he founds the Queen's Colleges and the Queen's University in Ireland, 341 Pitt: the author of the financial arrangements made at the Union, 275 Primary education in Ireland, 330-336. _See_ Chap. VIII., on Other Present Irish Questions Q Queen's Colleges and Queen's University: founded by Peel, 341. _See_ Chap. VIII., on Other Present Irish Questions R Rebellion of 1798: its effects on the Irish Land, 109 S Salisbury, Lord: character of the Irish policy of his ministry, 35, 36 Stanley, Mr., founds the system of National Education in Ireland, 332 Strafford: his Irish policy, 92 T Trinity College, 338-341. _See_ Chap. VIII., on Present Irish Questions U Ulster Custom, the, 111, 123, 137, 141 Union, The, 78, 79, 109