Ireland Under Coercion - vol. 2

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Author: William Henry Hurlbert
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IRELAND UNDER COERCION
THE DIARY OF AN AMERICAN
BY
WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERT
VOL. II.
_SECOND EDITION._
1888

"Upon the future of Ireland hangs the future of the British Empire."
CARDINAL MANNING TO EARL GREY, 1868

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER VII.
Rossbehy, Feb. 21, 1 The latest eviction at Glenbehy, 1 Trafalgar
Square, 1, 2 Father Little, 3 Mr. Frost, 3, 4 Priest and landlord, 3
Savings Banks' deposits at Six-mile Bridge, 5 Drive through Limerick,
5 Population and trade, 5, 6 Boycotting and commerce, 6, 7 Shores of
the Atlantic, 7 Tralee, 7 Killorglin, 8 Hostelry in the hills, 8 Facts of the
eviction, 9-13 Glenbehy Eviction Fund (see Note G2), 12 A walk on
Washington's birthday, 13 A tenant at Glenbehy offers £13 in two
instalments in full for £240 arrears, 13 English and Irish members, 14
"Winn's Folly," 15 Acreage and rental of the Glenbehy estate, 16 Work
of eviction begun, 17 Patience of officers, 17 American and Irish
evictions contrasted, 17 "Oh, he's quite familiar," 18 A modest Poor
Law Guardian, 18, 19 Moonlighters' swords, 20 Father Quilter and the
"poor slaves," his people, 21,22 Beauty of Lough Caragh, 23 Difficulty
of getting evidence, 25 Effects of terrorism in Kerry, 25 Singular
identification of a murderer, 26 Local administration in Tralee, 28

CHAPTER VIII.
Cork, Feb. 23, 30 Press accounts of Glenbehy evictions astonish an
eye-witness, 30 Castle Island, 31 Mr. Roche and Mr. Gladstone, 31
Opinions of a railway traveller, 31, 32 Misrepresentations of evictions,
32 Cork, past and present, 34 Mr. Gladstone and the Dean, 35 League
Courts in Kerry, 36 Local Law Lords, 36 Mr. Colomb and the Fenian
rising in 1867, 37 Remarkable letter of an M.P., 38 Irish Constabulary,
morale of the force, 40 The clergy and the Plan of Campaign, 41
Municipal history, 43 Increase of public burdens, 44 Tralee Board of
Guardians, 46 Labourers and tenants, 46 Feb. 25, 47 Boycotting, 47-49
Land law and freedom of contract, 49 Rivalry between Limerick and
Cork, 50 Henry VIII. and the Irish harp, 50 Municipal Parliamentary

franchise, 51 Environs of Cork, 52 Churches and chapels, 53 Attractive
home at Belmullet, 54 Lord Carnarvon and the Priest, 55 Feb. 26, 56
Blarney Castle, 56, 57 St. Anne's Hill, 56, 57 An evicted woman on
"the Plan," 59 The Ponsonby estate, 59 Feb. 27--A day at Youghal, 60
Father Keller, 61-76 On emigration and migration, 66 Protestants and
Catholics (see Note G3), 68 Meath as a field for peasant proprietors, 69
Ghost of British protection, 70 A farmer evicted from a tenancy of 200
years, 71 Sir Walter Raleigh's house and garden, 71-73 Churches of St.
Mary of Youghal and St. Nicholas of Galway, 73 Monument and
churchyard, 73, 74 An Elizabethan candidate for canonisation, 75 Drive
to Lismore, 76 Driver's opinions on the Ponsonby estates, 77
Dromaneen Castle and the Countess of Desmond, 78 Trappist
Monastery at Cappoquin, 78 Lismore, 78, 79 Castle grounds and
cathedral, 79, 80

CHAPTER IX.
Feb. 28, 82 Portumna, Galway, 82 Run through Cork, Limerick,
Tipperary, Queen's and King's County to Parsonstown, 82 A Canadian
priest on the situation, 83 His reply to M. de Mandat Grancey, 83
Relations of priests with the League, 83-85 Parsonstown and Lord
Rosse, 86 Drive to Portumna, 87 An abandoned railway, 88 American
storms, grain, and beasts, 88, 89 Portumna Castle, 90, 91 Lord
Clanricarde's estate, 92 Mr. Tener, 92-128 Plan of Campaign, 94-99
Ability of tenants to pay their rents, 95 Mr. Dillon in 1886, 96 Mr.
Parnell in 1885, 97 Tenants in greater danger than landlords and agents,
100 Feb. 29, 100 Conference between evicted tenants and agent,
100-106 Castle and park, 107 The League shopkeeper and tenant, 108
Under police escort, 109 Cost of 'knocking' a man, 109 What
constitutes a group, 110 Favourite spots for administering a League
oath, 110 Disbursing treasurers, 111 Change of venue, 111 Bishop of
Clonfert, 112-115 Bector of Portumna, 115 Father Coen, 116 Coercion
on the part of the League, 118-121 Deposits in banks, 120 Should
landlords and