Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE WILD IRISHMAN THE WILD IRISHMAN BY T. W. H. CROSLAND _Author of_ “_The Unspeakable Scot_” [Illustration] NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1905 COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY _Published October, 1905._ PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION The people of America may or may not indulge kindly views of the Irish community; but there cannot be the slightest question that the Irish of Ireland have kindlier feelings for America than ever they have had for England. To the Irish of Ireland, in fact, America has long stood in the relation of a sort of promised land, and they have a habit of turning their thoughts thitherward even when small matters are concerned. There is a tale of an elderly lady of Galway who, on being informed by her medical attendant that it was desirable that she should consult a dental specialist, set forth incontinently for New York to the total neglect of London. She believed that of the two places, New York was the friendlier. I am informed that, broadly speaking, New York is policed by Irish Americans and that the American Irishman makes a rather useful subordinate municipal official. Be this as it may, there can be no doubt that very considerable numbers of Irishmen contrive to do themselves a great deal better in the United States than they could ever have hoped to do in their own native Erin. To those Americans and American Irish who happen to be at all interested in the present condition and prospects of the green country, I venture to offer the following pages for what they are worth. T. W. H. C. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.—DISTRESSFUL 1 II.—THE SHILLELAGH 11 III.—BLARNEY 19 IV.—WHISKY 29 V.—THE PATHRIOT 36 VI.—ORANGEMEN 42 VII.—THE LOW SCOTCH 50 VIII.—PRIESTCRAFT 60 IX.—MORALS 71 X.—PRETTY WOMEN 91 XI.—THE LONDON IRISH 100 XII.—TOM MOORE 105 XIII.—W. B. YEATS 117 XIV.—WIT AND HUMOR 130 XV.—MORE WIT AND HUMOR 141 XVI.—DIRT 151 XVII.—THE TOURIST 158 XVIII.—POTATOES 169